Nateco_2 intensifies ultra-high pressure R&D and analytics

摘要

The extraction expert NATECO_2, which is a worldwide pioneer in CO_2-technology, is investing 38 million Euro in the expansion of R&D capabilities and production capacities. The provided R&D expenditure enables the implementation of a most modern multipurpose R&D extraction unit and a counter-current column. The new R&D extraction plant is being developed uniquely for NATECO_2's purposes. It consists of separate modules and flexible pipe layouts which allow tailor-made experimental set-ups. Now previously challenging process flows for product development under high-pressure become feasible, efficient and economic On the analytical side, NATECO_2 has invested into a UPC~2 for supercritical CO_2-chromatography, in order to perfectly adjust the analytics to the product & process-control requirements for R&D and production. Various substances gained by ultra-high-pressure extractions which are quite sensitive and difficult to detect, like fat-soluble vitamins, now can be gauged even more accurately.