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 Non-invasive measurement of Tokyo Chemical Industry (TCI), which a scalable, affordable and sustainable tions, times of about four hours/batch
blood parameters; and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, and SaaS ERP for small and medium enter- can be reduced to less than 10 minutes in
 Polyurethane waste recycling. has two offi ces in India (at Chennai prises (SMEs). It has focused indus- fl ow reactors. In one case, a total of nine
and Hyderabad). The company has six try verticals for fi nancial, distribution, batch reactors (six 3-kl + three 6-kl)
Mr. Godambe detailed specifi c manufacturing units in Japan, China manufacturing and contracting func- with a total volume of about 36,000-li-
projects developed at ICT-NICE for and USA. Today, TCI offers more than tions. There are many differentiators tres were replaced by two AFRs of two
unlocking value from various waste 30,000 products and adds more than of ONEERP for various sub-verticals. litre volume each and two tube reactors
streams. GreenShift Energy is a tech- 1,000 new products every year for the Features like batch traceability and with 270 litre volume each.
nology provider for waste management chemicals, life sciences, materials sci- Halal certifi cation process manage-
with a mission of waste valorisation. ence, and analytical chemistry sectors. ment, etc. are available under the manu- AFRs are also useful in carrying
It provides services from identifi ca- Supplies can in lots ranging from a few facturing vertical. Recipe management, out reactions like fl uorination. In slurry
tion of appropriate technologies to the milligrams to more than 100 kg (for batch traceability, shelf-life manage- type of reactions, AFRs can handle up
development of solutions. bulk chemicals). ment, quality & product regulation to 14.3% solids in the slurry. In the
reports, etc. are available for the food & Mr. Chandrakant Sethia manufacture of APIs, even three-phase
In the Waste Biomass Densifi cation Dr. Jadhav presented glimpses beverages industries. Regulatory com- Corning, established in 1851, is a hydrogenation reactions (gas/liquid/
project, no external binder is used and of the company’s portfolio and the pliance, MSDS, dynamic formulation Fortune 500 company (ranked 292 in solid) with slurry type reaction systems
all reagents, including water, are recyc- chemistries involved,and the chemistry, versions, and industry-specifi c reports are 2023), and having sales of US$14.2-bn can be carried out in AFRs, resulting in
led. A pilot plant has been installed at structure, properties and advantages of available for the chemical industry vertical. (2023). The company, head quartered lower catalyst consumption.
Mr. Kunal Godambe Mumbai and is in operation. new products including a highly versa- in New York State, USA, isa pioneer
tion, Institute of Chemical Techno- tile and atom-effi cient trifl uoromethyl- There are several key challenges in developing several new technolo- AFRs are being used successfully
logy (ICT); and Mr. Kunal Godambe, Other incubation projects in waste thiolating agent; and Di(2-picolyl) for ERP implementation in the chemi- gies and products including the well- in the manufacture of fi ne chemicals.
Founder & Managing Director, Green- valorisation include: amine ligands for C(sp ) – C(sp ) cross- cal industry and ONEERP offers solu- known‘Gorilla Glass’ for mobile For example, they are used to carry
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Shift Energy Pvt. Ltd.  Leachate from composting to make coupling reactions. tions for these spanning manufacturing phones. out mono- and di-nitration reactions.
a farming aid; and operational data, chemical supply An AFR is successfully being used by
ICT-NICE Venture Incubation and  Paper pulp to nanocellulose; TCI’s website offers product videos, challenges, dynamic formulations, mate- Corning offers several AFRs, indus- a leading producer in Indiato produce
Foundation is supported by the De-  Onion waste to usable materials; and webinars, archives, comparative studies, rials tracking, regulatory compliance, trial products,and engineering services, 25,000-tpa of meta-dinitrobenzene from
partment of Science and Technology  Silica isolation from rice husk, product brochures, etc. managing laboratory analyses, etc. and Mr. Sethia presented several case benzene. Using AFRs can result in big
(DST), Government of India, with a before using it as fuel. Some of the offerings are shelf-life studies enumerating the advantages of AFRs. savings in carbon footprints. All AFR
funding of Rs. 5-crore and helps startup ONEERP Industry expiry/lifecycle management, advanced plants are modular and multi-purpose.
companies. ICT’s start-up policy has TCI Chemicals port- planning and production processes, The pharmaceutical industry, for Usually, the material of construction is
been designed to foster innovation, Cloud for Chemical forward and backward traceability for example, has improved yields and silicon carbide.
paving the way for entrepreneurship. folio & offerings for batch and non-batch items, etc. achieved signifi cantly reduced waste
It is a guiding framework for faculty Industry in the production of APIs with the use Corning has completed more than
and students to move from research researchers Rajesh Kumar T., Sr. Vice President – The solution can go live in weeks of AFRs. One such plant has six pro- 125 installations of AFRs, with capaci-
through innovation to entrepreneurship. Dr. Milind Jadhav, Product Specia- ONEERP Product Management & Auto- after installation and is user-friendly duct lines having production capacity ties ranging from 500-tpa to 10,000-
“Affordable Excellence with Societal list, TCI Chemicals (India) Pvt. Ltd. mation, Azentio Software and customizable. of over 12,000-tpa and has completed tpa, for carrying out a wide range of
Relevance” is the ICT-NICE mantra. more than 5,000 hours of operation. It chemical reactions. The company also
Dr. Jadhav presented an overview of Mr. Kumar presented an overview Continuous chemical has achieved 43% increased producti- offers related services like end-to-end
A number of projects are under in- of ONEERP industry cloud, which is vity with 30% savings. Multi-purpose fl ow process development.
cubation in the ICT-NICE programme. manufacturing: Seam- AFRs have been installed for CRO and
These include: less scaleup from lab CMO products. Reactions like haloge- Process-oriented olefi n
 Foodwaste-derived porous carbon nation and esterifi cation can be carried
for solar steam generation and sea- to 10,000-tpa out in fl ow reactors. metathesis catalysts for
water desalination; Chandrakant Sethia, Manager – industrial applications –
 VAXSAVER – Insulation boxes for Sales, Advanced Flow Reactors Diazotisation and hydrolysis reac-
vaccines; (AFRs), Corning India tions can be carried out for producing Latest developments
 Early pregnancy detection test for speciality chemicals, with yields of more Ms. Monika Kulinicz, Sales Man-
cattle; Flow reactors facilitate converting than 15%. In diazotization, the reaction ager, Apeiron Synthesis S. A.
 Apparatus for zero-spillage milking batch processes to continuous manu- time of about eight hours/batch can be
of cattle; facturing (CM) via inherently safer, reduced to less than fi ve seconds in fl ow Apeiron Synthesis provides meta-
 Sugarcane juice preservation; Dr. Milind Jadhav Mr. Rajesh Kumar T greener and sustainable technologies. reactors. Similarly, for hydrolysis reac- thesis catalysts as well as industrial

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