Why AVN?

Customers often engage AVN very early in the conceptual development stage, which allows AVN to assess the technology at its purest point in the technology development life cycle. AVN leverages the experience and technical skill set of our engineers and scientists to quickly identify potential pitfalls as we diagnose emerging first generation technologies. AVN is able to draw upon not only its current staff, but also a huge network of subject matter specialists to provide expert review of every aspect of a technology. Within a very short time, AVN can determine whether or not a technology is based on sound principles, whether improvements are required for viability or whether the technology is not worth pursuing for economic or technical reasons. Not only do customers appreciate AVN’s honest and forthright evaluations of their technologies, in many instances, engaging AVN in the development to commercialization process has saved them as much as 50 percent of total capital costs by avoiding unnecessary process steps and/or using a more economical raw material or a more efficient process technology.

AVN’s approach to project techno-economic-chemical-design-technology-improvement is designed not only to mitigate the risks involved in the completion of the project scope, but to identify the highest risks to success for the customer and to tackle those problems first. These risks are addressed in the initial project framework for scientific investigation which uses disciplined work processes to maximize laboratory activity, create early conceptual designs and provide validation of the technical and economic models. This framework is designed to create decision points for the customer at frequent intervals during the process. Regular communication between the customer, the project team and AVN techno-economic-chemical-design-technology-improvement is a critical element to ensure that the customer’s expectations are met. In addition to technical and economic risks, environmental health and safety is a factor that is considered at the start of every project.

The depth of AVN’s expertise in chemical product research, product development, process improvement, process safety, engineering and manufacturing is not unique in and of each element, but rather because all these disciplines are concentrated in one organization. It is this anomaly that sets AVN apart from its competitors. A company might have to interact with five or more service providers to obtain a similar level of expertise. Applying this broad perspective enables AVN to move products from concept to commercialization at a speed which creates a competitive advantage for our customers.

The depth of AVN’s chemical expertise is matched by the experience and creativity of its advanced software technologies group who combine innovative problem solving skills with a deep understanding of software application development and parallel computing architecture design. Development of software systems using an Agile software development process provides the customer with rapid prototyping capability and reduces both rework costs and developmental time delays. Of particular consequence, the development of modeling and simulation capabilities combining geographic information systems with gaming technologies to combine real-world data with next generation interactive immersive environments provides unique operational tools, experiential training environments, and “what if” scenario planning. Key components of the development include: interactive and immersive 3D environments; GIS data, analysis, and geo-processing services integration; parallel computing; artificial intelligence; and physics based modeling.