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Achieving Profitable Growth at Mid-Sized Chemical Companies   The business and market realities for mid-sized chemical companies are simple to state, but difficult to deliver.  Technical and business leaders at these organizations face pressure to deliver profitable growth in hypercompetitive, low-growth, global environments.   In those cases where market and competitive opportunities… Read More

A client developed a proprietary fermentation process to produce succinic acid using raw materials from agriculture and forestry. AVN was able to provide chemical process and engineering expertise that led to the development of a novel isolation and purification process involving reactive distillation and crystallization. The novel process was demonstrated… Read More

A client had discovered a novel carbonylation catalyst and had carried out batch reactions on a small laboratory scale. However, important questions remained regarding the potential for operating as a continuous process, such as catalyst life and the ability to separate products from the reaction mixture. AVN designed and constructed… Read More

A client developed a proprietary fermentation process to produce succinic acid using raw materials from agriculture and forestry. AVN was able to provide chemical process and engineering expertise that led to the development of a novel isolation and purification process involving reactive distillation and crystallization. The novel process was demonstrated… Read More

A company wanted to scale up the production of a product with antimicrobial properties being made at small lab scale. AVN studied the chemistry of the route being used and developed an alternative route that was less hazardous and more amenable to scale-up. It also opened the possibility of producing… Read More