- Chemical Sector
Solutions for the chemical and biochemical industry
We develop and scale sustainable processes to obtain ingredients, additives and advanced materials, integrating bioprocesses, green chemistry and advanced analytics.
Sector challenges
- Sustainability and decarbonisation: reduction of energy consumption and environmental footprint
- By-product valorisation and bioeconomy (biorefinery, fermentation)
- Solvent substitution and adoption of clean technologies, sustainability and decarbonisation: green chemistry
- Innovation in raw materials and processes
- Product and process quality: quality control, purity and trace impurities
- Safe and efficient process scale-up (from laboratory to pilot plant)
- Regulatory compliance and technical documentation
- Digitalisation
Our value proposition
Integrated platform
Synthesis/bioprocess → Separation/purification → Formulation → Validation
Differential technologies
Supercritical CO₂ extraction, omics, green solvents and sustainable upcycling
- Life cycle analysis and environmental footprint
- Modelling, scale-up and tech transfer support
- Process automation and improved traceability
- Increased safety and production efficiency
- Data management and process dashboards
Solutions and services
We offer solutions that integrate sustainability, digitalisation, new raw materials and products, and regulatory compliance, supported by more than 300 professionals and 21 pilot plants dedicated to innovative technologies that enable processes to be scaled up to pre-industrial levels.
R&D&I and technology
- Process development (chemical and biotechnological) and route optimisation
- Extraction/purification of natural actives and industrial by-products
- Formulation of functional ingredients and additives
Consulting
Tech due diligence and feasibility/transfer analysis
Sustainability and green chemistry roadmap
Documentation support for compliance
Laboratory
- Advanced physicochemical analysis, chromatography and spectrometry
- Stability and formulation compatibility studies
Digital platforms
- Process data models, dashboards and predictive analytics
- Integration of sensors and vision systems for quality control
Consumer and market
Studies on sustainability perception and material/ingredient value proposition
Events
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Success stories
- 2023
GREEN BRINE
Project for the valorisation of brines through the integration of sustainable technologies based on the concept of the circular economy. It enables giving a second life to brines by obtaining bioactive compounds with high added value, while also minimising the organic matter present in the brine by transforming it into an energy vector, resulting in purified water. The project involves ACEITUNAS CAZORLA, AINIA and ITC.
- 2023
MICOALGA-FEED
Development of new feed formulations that, when supplemented with fungi and microalgae, provide inhibitory and/or antimicrobial effects, enhance local immunity, and support saprophytic intestinal flora, improving animal welfare in poultry farming. The companies HIFAS VETERINARY S.L., NEOALGAE MICRO SEAWEED PRODUCTS S.L.N.E., GRUPO UVESA and FEUGA are involved in this project.
- 2023
SEGURAM
Design of new processes to enable the valorisation of by-products to obtain natural preservatives and functional animal feed. DELAFRUIT is working with AINIA on this project, in which the potential of the direct use of plant-based by-products, after conditioning and stabilisation, as active ingredients in animal diets has been studied. The project is part of the CIEN call of CDTI.
Capabilities and infrastructure
- Pilot plants (supercritical CO₂, microencapsulation, spray drying)
- Advanced analytics and characterisation laboratories
- Scale-up and tech transfer spaces
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