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mal fluid heating and cooling, plus a full range of
solids handling equipmen and distillation with vac-
uum down to 10 mbar and columns with 20 theo-
retical plates.
At Chemspec, details will be available on the
full range of performance products for industries
using powder coatings and liquid inks. Bonding
agents for increasing adhesion between rubbers
and elastomers to textiles and metals are also
available, together with biocides for disinfectants,
antiseptics and leather processing. Thomas Swan
now has a commercial plant for the production of
carbon nanomaterials including single- and multi-
walled carbon nanotubes under the Elicarb trade
name.
Organica (CS34) is expanding its cGMP kilo lab
to meet growing numbers of enquiries for APIs
used in Phase I-IIa clinical studies. The current
equipment comprises temperature-controlled 50
litre multi-purpose glass reactors in a reactor room
and large-scale laboratory equipment in a laborato-
ry room with three fume hoods.
Both rooms are located within a FDA-inspected
clean room area suitable for the manufacture of
APIs for parenteralia. The complex also has an area
for dry finishing under a laminar flow cabin and is
complemented by storage rooms for raw materials
and finished products, with refrigerators from +2�C
to +8�C, as well as a quarantine area. The diagnos-
tic dye indocyanin green is routinely manufactured
here under cGMP on a multi-kilo scale.
Another temperature-controlled, 50-litre, multi-
purpose glass reactor is about to join the existing
vessels. For demanding reaction conditions and the
use of hazardous materials, the fleet will be upgrad-
ed to a temperature-controlled (-20�C to +130�C)
10-litre glass reactor adaptable to various proce-
dures. A 50-litre rotary evaporator is also going in to
support the recovery of material from dilute solu-
tions and drying under reduced pressure.
Johnson Matthey subsidiary Alfa Aesar will be
showcasing its new 56-page boronic acids
brochure at J36. With a recently expanded range
of over 500 boronic acids,
esters and organotrifluo-
roborates, the firm can
provide synthetic and
analytical expertise in
these products. The
brochure includes a list-
ing of the full Alfa
Aesar range, which also
includes oxazaboroli-
dine reagents, coupling
and hydroboration cat-
alysts, phosphine lig-
ands and boronylation
reagents.
The company adds
that organoboron
compounds are play-
ing a major role in mod-
ern chemistry, with boronic acids to the fore. New
chemistry, notably the Suzuki-Miyaura cross-cou-
pling reaction, plus with their accessibility and ease
of handling have established boronic acids and
boronates as valuable and versatile intermediates,
with many applications.
Solvent Resource Management (C3) spe-
cialises in solvent recovery, covering over 20 dif-
ferent solvents, including THF, acetic acid, acetoni-
trile and pyridine. It has four sites in the UK pro-
cessing approximately 300,000 tonnes/year of
waste solvents and thus generating fuels for use in
the kilns of its owner, Heidelberg Cement, as well
as over 85,000 tonnes of recycled product for
resale.
The company says that it views waste solvent as
a valuable asset and if offers options from bespoke
toll recovery to competitive disposal.
This often includes
payment for
streams containing
high value solvents
that are recoverable.
The majority of its
product specifications
demand 99.5% mini-
mum purity.
The UK's William
Blythe (F58) is a
manufacturer of inor-
ganic salts derived
from copper, tin,
iodine, zinc and
chromium, plus
arsenic acid
and metal
nitrates. These
go into many
a p p l i c a t i o n s ,
including food
additives, pharmaceutical reagents, glass coating,
electronics, flame retardants, biocides, catalysts and
catalyst precursors.
The company also offers processes to clients on a
toll basis and for custom manufacture. Services avail-
able include dissolution in mineral acids, crystallisa-
tion, specialised precipitation, direct chlorination,
oxidation and reduction. These are supplemented
by specialised techniques for purification, decolouri-
sation and recycling.
Norkem (D42), a producer of speciality and gen-
eral chemicals, will be showcasing its newest office,
which opened in Spain last summer, in Puerto de
Sagunto, between Castell�n and Valencia.
This is continuing to build the company's pres-
ence in the Spanish chemical distribution market,
supported by established offices in the UK, the
Netherlands and China. The product programme
includes full ranges of copper, zinc, iodine, barium,
manganese, citrates and phosphates, all of which are
supplied into an array of global industries.
Molekula (D38b) offers chemicals and biochem-
icals in research and bulk quantities from two pro-
duction sites in the UK and India. Particular strengths
include APIs, biochemical reagents and buffers,
furans, indoles, picolines, pyrazines, quinolines, tetra-
zoles and pyridines. Bulk-produced items include
IPTG, ONPG, OG, PNPP, X-gal, EDAC, MUG, 4-,
5-, 6- & 7-azaindoles, tetrazole and acetonitrile.
The firm's Biomolekula arm has recently intro-
duced an on-line store for research biochemical and
standards requirements at www.biomolekula.com.
This complements the existing database of 50,000
products on the main website and a catalogue of
6,500 available research products.
Germany's Vacuubrand (C15) is a specialist in
vacuum pump technologies. Its new Pirani sensor
VSP 3000 is described as "a world first - a fine vac-
The Exhibitor Showcase puts the spotlight on
some of the latest products and services being dis-
played on the hall floor in brief presentations by
exhibitor companies. These last for up to 15 min-
utes, with five more set aside for Q&A, and they
run throughout the show. Some more slots will
probably be filled nearer to the show. Current tim-
ings are as follows:
Wednesday 17 June
10.00 - MeTHF Is `Green' Profits at Your
Fingertips, Dr Bogdan Comanita, Pennakem
10.30 - Technical Portfolio of Weylchem, Wolfgang
M�ller, Weylchem
11.00 - Use of a Manganese-Based Oxidation
Catalyst in Chemical Synthesis & Waste Water
Treatment, John Kirkbride & Philana Wesenhagen,
Rahu Catalysis
11.30 - CU Chemie Uetikon - Pharmaceuticals &
Fine Chemicals, Hendrik Baumann, CU Chemie
Uetikon
13.30 - Two Alcohol Oxidation Catalysts: AZADO
& IBS, Dr Osamo Yamada, Nissan Chemical
Industries
14.00 - Green Chemistry: New Nature-Based
Multi-Functional Additives, Robert Gick & Benjamin
Schott, CABB
14.30 - PIERS Global Intelligence Solutions: Find
New Markets & Sources of Supply in the
Chemicals Industry, Tony Berrell, PIERS
15.00 - The Datamyne: Turn Trade Data into Profit,
Elizabeth Navajas, The Datamyne
Thursday 18 June
10.30 - REACH: After Pre-Registration, Danny
Haacke, Notox
11.00 - Custom Manufacturing of Cytotoxic APIs
by Sochinaz, Dr Stanislas Veuthey, Sochinaz
11.30 - Syrgis Performance Products: Corporate
Overview & Highlights, Andy Harris, Syrgis
Tell it to the world
The VSP 3000 is Vacuubrand's new fine vacuum
sensor
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