Continuous Flow Reactors: Improved Economics and Greener Impact
Thu 10 Jun 2010 3pm UK, 10am USA Eastern
Currently, the commercial production of chemicals and drugs is mostly accomplished by batch processing. However, the continuous manufacturing of pharmaceuticals can offer considerable benefits to this traditional batch method, with higher purity products, greater efficiency and significantly lowers costs through lower energy usage and less material waste.
Continuous flow reactors enable new chemical pathways that in the past people could only dream about migrating from the lab to a full production environment. Additionally, current batch processing technologies require that chemistries be adapted to existing equipment based upon numerous variables, whereas continuous flow reactors allow customization to specific needs.
In this session we consider the evolution of chemical processing and how continuous flow reactors achieve:
- Lower energy costs
- A reduction in washing solvent usage
- Less capital investment and reduced capital risk in scaling up
- Overall lower running costs
Join this session to understand why migration to a continuous manufacturing environment will improve your manufacturing facility and enable you to be greener and more economical.
Speakers
Sergio Pissavini
Dr. Sergio Pissavini joined Corning SAS in February 2006 as Business Director of the Microreactor group with Worldwide responsibility. In this position is responsible to create a new business structure from sales to manufacturing operation, the related business processes and launching commercially the new product; long term business strategy, technology strategy are as well part of his responsibility.
Dr. Sergio Pissavini belongs to Corning Management Group.
Prior to joining Corning, Sergio Pissavini was vice president of Sulzer Chemtech, a Swiss corporation active in mass transfer equipment, falling film cristallization. While there he held P&L responsibility of the Europe and Middle East division. Previously, he held a variety of positions in the Chemical Process Industry in process engineering, troubleshooting engineering, and sales and marketing in companies such as Exxon Chemicals, Agip Petroli and Foster Wheeler Group.
Sergio Pissavini received his Ph.D. in organic chemistry from the Pavia University in Italy. He is also part of the IMD alumni group.
Company Profile
Corning Incorporated is the world leader in specialty glass and ceramics. Corning succeeds through sustained investment in Research &Development, more than 150 years of materials science and process engineering knowledge, and a distinctive collaborative culture.
Through its Reactor Technologies business, Corning innovation is now bringing significant performance benefits to industrial chemical processing in the form of the Corning® Advanced-Flow™ glass reactor. These high-throughput, easily scalable glass reactors can be customized to customers’ specific needs — enabling a cost-effective solution for a single reaction or a wide portfolio of chemical reactions. Corning’s technology increases the efficiency, scalability, and quality of chemical processing — all while reducing environmental impact, and cost.
Founded in 1851, Corning Incorporated employs approximately 24,000 people worldwide and had sales of approximately $5.4 billion in 2009.