Scientific & Technical Consulting
We work with producers of chemicals, fertilisers and other process industries where chemistry and production meet: a formula that no longer behaves as it should, or a unit that has to run safely after a change. Our experience covers more than 20 years in laboratories and plants, up to the management of an industrial site, with a doctorate in heterogeneous catalysis.
01 Fields
We develop and adjust formulations and qualify the raw materials that go into them, with the matching specifications and stability data. Scale-up takes a product from laboratory batches to industrial production; this includes ranges of specialty and commodity liquid fertilisers.
Root cause analysis when product quality drifts or a production setting stops giving the expected result, followed by the corrected process chemistry and parameters. We also study the chemical mechanisms of an existing product to modernise its formula, lower its cost or improve its environmental profile.
Site management, process safety and SEVESO obligations, regulatory compliance, reliability and maintenance, turnarounds, OPEX and CAPEX budgets, and the definition of production equipment.
Surface and analytical chemistry to characterise materials and validate products: XRD, XPS, SEM, IR, BET and TGA.
02 Approach
Most assignments start at the plant. The diagnosis ends in a written deliverable, such as an analysis report, an action plan, a procedure, a specification or input for a permit application, which we then put into practice with your teams.
The engineer who makes the diagnosis follows the file until it is closed.
03 Examples
A
After a change of supplier, a formulation lost part of its properties. We compared the old and new lots to find the parameter responsible, then adjusted both the formula and the purchasing specification, so that later deliveries are checked on the right criterion.
B
Customers reported that a granulated product was caking in storage. We traced the cause through moisture, particle size and coating with a series of trials, and handed over an action plan with a control method for production.
C
A production unit had been modified and its operating documents no longer matched the installation. We carried out the process risk analysis and rewrote the work instructions accordingly; the operating teams were then trained on the new mode of operation.
D
Before committing to an investment, a company needed a firm frame for the project. We set out objectives, budget and schedule, supported the preparation of the permit application and defined the indicators used to follow the project.
04 Engineer
Chemical & bio-industry engineer, PhD in heterogeneous catalysis
05 Contact
Licensed engineering consultancy (Ingenieurbüro) for technical chemistry under the Austrian Trade Regulation Act.