Where Creativity Meets Innovation
Expert consulting services in innovation, product and process development, rapid prototyping, and commercialization.
Whether you have an existing process that needs improvement, a new invention, or an innovative application concept for a medical device or consumer product, we partner with you at any stage of development. Our expertise spans the entire product lifecycle, helping transform ideas into successful market-ready solutions.
From concept development and feasibility assessment to design, prototyping, testing, and launch, we provide strategic and technical guidance tailored to your specific goals. Here are a few examples.
Advancing Non-Invasive Technologies from Concept to Market
Biomarkers are traditionally measured through blood, urine, or tissue samples to evaluate normal biological processes, disease progression, or responses to therapeutic interventions. Emerging non-invasive technologies are creating new opportunities to measure physiological and biological markers more conveniently while improving user experience and accessibility.
If you have developed a non-invasive technology or sampling method capable of estimating a biophysiological marker that serves as an objective indicator of health, physical condition, or disease state, we can help accelerate its path to commercialization.
Our approach begins with understanding the customer experience and intended use environment. We then work backward to define product requirements, system architecture, and design concepts. From there, we guide the development of a reliable, repeatable, and user-friendly instrument that meets both customer expectations and technical performance requirements.
Chemical Engineering Unit Operations
Unit operations form the foundation of most chemical manufacturing processes. In many industries, operations such as conveying, grinding, mixing, homogenizing, emulsifying, blending, heating, and cooling represent the first steps in product formulation or the initiation of chemical reactions. Downstream processes including filtration, membrane separation, solvent extraction, distillation, evaporation, spray drying, and freezing are essential for product purification, concentration, yield enhancement, and quality improvement.
Virtually every chemical product manufactured today involves multiple unit operations. For example, instant coffee (or skim milk) powder is produced by spray drying a coffee extract (or skim milk) that is obtained through the extraction and solubilization of roasted coffee beans (or pasteurized milk). Likewise, advanced consumer products such as smartphones are built using numerous materials and components derived from complex chemical manufacturing processes, including printed circuit boards (PCBs), semiconductor chips, LCD displays, battery materials, Gorilla® Glass, metal and plastic housings, adhesives, and specialty coatings.
Our expertise spans the entire value chain, from the fundamental science and engineering behind material production to product assembly, packaging, and preparation for consumer use or further manufacturing. We combine deep knowledge of chemical engineering principles with practical industrial experience to help clients optimize processes, improve product quality, increase efficiency, and bring innovative solutions to market.
Core Areas of Expertise
- Material handling and conveying systems
- Mixing, blending, homogenization, and emulsification
- Heat transfer, heating, and cooling processes
- Filtration and membrane separations
- Solvent extraction and liquid-liquid separation
- Distillation and evaporation systems
- Spray drying and powder processing
- Crystallization and freezing technologies
- Process optimization and scale-up
- Product assembly and packaging solutions
This broad expertise enables us to support projects ranging from raw material processing and specialty chemicals to advanced materials and consumer products.