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Discover the perfect symbiosis to produce bulk material with maximum functionality for their intended use. At Glatt, we go beyond the ordinary. Discover the future potential for YOUR production. Immerse yourself in a world where your visions of tomorrow are already taking shape today. ChemProTech India in Mumbai – April 24 - 25. Save the date and meet us in Hall 1 at Booth J07

March 5, 2024 | 9:45 a.m. Hotel Leonardo Weimar. Save the date! The lecture presents an upscaling concept for fluidized bed processes with Wurster configuration developed and established by Glatt. It is suitable for coating and agglomeration processes alike. The concept is based on basic thermodynamical and fluid mechanical principles, resulting in reliable scaleup factors. Speakers are Dr. Sören E. Lehmann and Dr. Norbert Pöllinger, Glatt Pharmaceutical Services

With PHOS4green, we have developed an innovative patent-protected technology to recover the essential nutrient phosphorus from sewage sludge ashes and use it for new phosphate or compound fertilizers. Recovery of phosphorus from ashes. Direct conversion into fertiliser granules. Heavy metal depletion. Meet us at the CRU Phoaphates 26-28 February 2024 in Warsaw, Poland at stand 36 and learn more about our proven technology.

We explain how flexible fluidized bed processes can realize your product ideas. Particle size and particle structure can be specifically adjusted. This gives you a direct influence on characteristics such as bulk density, solubility, dispersibility, release behavior and flowability. Improved dosing and storage stability extend the range of applications for the subsequent processing of your optimized ingredients. Fluid bed spray granulation for highly soluble protein granules with improved sinking behavior. Fluidized bed coating enables tailor-made encapsulation of spherical and irregular particles.

Dr. Michael Jacob, Head of the Process Engineering Department at Glatt Ingenieurtechnik GmbH, will give a lecture on "Vacuum drying in fluidized beds". This will be part of the 4-day program around fundamentals and applications in drying, granulation and agglomeration.

Transform poorly free-flowing powders into dust-free, easy-flowing granules! Adjust the solubility of your instant products! Increase the bioavailability of active ingredients. Stabilize oxidation-sensitive and volatile substances. Encapsulate your additives for better transportability and storability with clever particle coatings! Discover fluid bed or spouted bed processes!

On 30 June 2023, a completely new type of production plant for special effect pigments was officially commissioned at the Glatt Technology Centre. The Darmstadt-based Merck Group placed the order for the development and construction of a plant based on chemical vapour deposition (CVD). The Dryflux technology is suitable for numerous powder applications.

Particle design + plant engineering. A perfect symbiosis for the production of bulk materials with optimal properties and functionality. With Glatt technologies such as fluid bed or spouted bed as well as with powder synthesis in pulsating gas flow, you can influence parameters such as particle strength, particle size, bulk density, solubility and many more. Visit us in Hall 3 at Booth 152. Our team will be happy to answer your questions.

The product requirements of paints and coatings are versatile, but the properties of commercially available fillers or additives are often not. Glatt experts will explain how this gap can be closed with optimised powders and particles. As a leading company for powder synthesis, fluid bed and spouted bed technology, Glatt will provide insights into successful customer projects for particle design, process planning and plant engineering at booth 3-732.

Both spray drying and fluid bed spray granulation can be used to convert liquid products into bulk materials. The most effective process will often be dictated by the desired properties of the final particles and the specific application. Glatt Ingenieurtechnik has a thorough understanding of both techniques and has a long history of designing fluid bed systems that are tailored to individual customer products.

By using Glatt’s innovative powder synthesis technology and the associated spray drying and calcination processes, new opportunities in raw material production have been explored. In this article, the inherent potential of barium strontium cobalt iron oxide (BSCF), doped and coated zirconium dioxide is described.

Planetary's production facility is designed to be a first of its kind multi-product microbial fermentation facility, able to produce precision fermented compounds, such as proteins and lipids, as well as biomass from mycelium on a commercial scale. Glatt Ingenieurtechnik will plan the process technology systems, including media supply, process control and automation, as well as the safety technology.

The company Glatt Ingenieurtechnik GmbH invested a six-digit sum for the photovoltaic system and uses the generated energy completely as self-consumption and thus reduces the purchase of electrical energy from the public grid as well as the expected high electricity costs.

August 2022 – National Science and Technology Development Agency Thailand (NSTDA) is implementing the Government initiative Thailand 4.0 with regard to strategic biotechnology growth hub at Eastern Economic Corridor of Innovation (EECi) in Thailand. One part of the new BIOPOLIS complex is the GMP Biorefinery Pilot Plant at EECi, for which German engineering company Glatt Ingenieurtechnik was selected to provide the engineering services. The contract between NSTDA and Glatt comprises Conceptual and Basic Design phase for the GMP Biorefinery.

Particle sizes from nano to macro: Homogeneous powders and flowable, abrasion-resistant granules and pellets from solid and/or liquid raw materials. Learn more about the process engineering options with processes for drying, granulation, coating, encapsulation and/or calcination. Meet our Glatt particle design and plant engineering experts at Solids from June 22-23, 2022 in Dortmund, Germany at booth 6/R22.

Glatt Ingenieurtechnik is exhibiting for the first time at IFAT, the world's leading trade fair for environmental technologies in Munich. The company will showcase its patented PHOS4green technology to recover phosphorus from sewage sludge ash and convert it directly into ready-to-use phosphate or compound fertilizers. On booth A4.509, visitors will be able to learn more about this innovative approach that’s already being successfully used at an industrial scale.

When running processes such as fluid bed and spouted bed drying, granulation, encapsulation and coating, which production management is most advantageous for contract manufacturers: continuous or batch mode? Gudrun Ding, Head of Business Development, Process Technology, Glatt Ingenieurtechnik provides an insight into their everyday practices and points out which mode of operation offers most benefits. Glatt + Erbo Spraytec provide an insight into practice

Free-flowing granules and pellets from liquids and powders using innovative fluid bed and spouted bed technology at Booth G12 in Hall 1. With state-of-the-art fluid bed and spouted bed technologies, Glatt offers intelligent particle design to dry, shape and functionalize powders and granules with the desired properties in just one process step, improving their application and handling.

Weimar, Germany, March 2022: Glatt Ingenieurtechnik GmbH (Weimar, Germany) will be responsible for the Basic Engineering of the process technology for the multipurpose BioCampus MultiPilot (BMP) plant on behalf of BioCampus Straubing GmbH. Here, at the Straubing-Sand port, customers will be able to develop, test, optimize and scale-up industrial biotechnology processes, validate their economic viability and manufacture samples.

How the Glatt Group implements contract manufacturing with expertise and innovative solutions. There are many reasons for outsourcing production - minimizing one's own risks or a lack of expertise in alternative technologies are just two of them. But what to look for when looking for a contract manufacturing partner?

The first fertilizers produced using the PHOS4green process have been available on the German market since June. The technology, which breaks down the phosphorus contained in sewage sludge ash and makes it reavailable in marketable end products, was developed by plant engineering and process expert Glatt Ingenieurtechnik in cooperation with fertilizer specialist Seraplant.

Upgrade your products by enhancing particle properties and adding functionality. Drying and granule formation for your products and ingredients in only one process step. Meet the Glatt experts for particle design at Les Rendez-Vous Carnot 2021, 17. - 18. November, Cité - Centre des Congrès – Lyon - France and discuss your product ideas.

Meet the Glatt experts at Chemspec DIGITAL 2021 on September 29 - 30, 2021 for Particle Design & Engineering from Nano to Macro: Processing of liquids and powders at 40 - 1300 °C: drying, granulation, coating, calcination in ONE process step. Batch and continuous mode. Hotmelt Processing. Solvent Recovery. High-performance powders, granules and pellets. Homogeneous. Dustfree. Unique. Adjustable properties. Functionalization.

Dr. Michael Jacob, Head of the Process Engineering Department at Glatt Ingenieurtechnik GmbH, will give a lecture on "Vacuum drying in fluidized beds". This will be part of the 4-day program around fundamentals and applications in drying, granulation and agglomeration.

At the 2nd Conference of abonocare® - sustainable nutrient recycling from organic residues Dr. Michael Jacob will give a lecture on 'Fertilizer production from N- and P-rich recyclates using fluid bed spray granulation'. He will show product examples and present an industrial-scale reference plant at Seraplant in Haldensleben, Germany.

Save the date to get the lesson! Sewage sludge treatment and recycling is also an important topic for Swedish municipalities. Under the organization of Envisys AB, a technical meeting on sewage sludge will be held in Helsingborg, Sweden. Jan Kirchhof, Senior Sales Manager Process & Plant Engineering, Glatt Ingenieurtechnik GmbH, will inform about a PHOS4green plant for the production of fertilizer from sewage sludge ash.

Come and check out the innovative fluid bed and spouted bed technologies for granules and pellets! Glatt welcomes you to visit the Glatt Dashboard and interact with experts to understand what we can do for your ingredients like fertilizers, crop protection agents, salts, polymers, seeds, phosphonates, enzymes, essential oils, fragrances, surfactants, detergents, cleaning agents, colour pigments, ceramics, catalysts, minerals, trace elements, acids, diamonds, and so much more to optimize the desired physical properties and / or to protect sensitive, active and volatile substances.

Sensitive raw materials, especially those that are volatile or of natural origin, require particularly gentle process conditions. Spray granulation, spray coating and (micro)encapsulation procedures have proven to be methods of choice, as they enable high yields, low temperatures and bespoke properties.

How can waste management companies in the Rhine-Main economic region join forces and make phosphorus recyclable for the nutrient cycle, as required by law from 2029? This question is being addressed by the nine players in the RePhoRM joint project. Glatt is contributing its expertise to two subprojects: the planning and construction of a container plant in Industriepark Höchst and the studies on spray granulation of purified secondary phosphorus.

Although the benefits of pulsating multiphase flows and the concomitant opportunity to intensify heat and mass transfer processes for, e.g., drying, extraction or chemical reactions have been known for some time, the industrial implementation is still limited. This is particularly due to the lack of understanding of basic influencing factors, such as amplitude and frequency of the pulsating flow and the resulting particle dynamics. The pulsation generates oscillation of velocity, pressure, and temperature, intensifying the heat and mass transfer by a factor of up to five compared to stationary gas flow

Innovative Process Technologies for Customized Functional Ingredients and Beverage Powder Mixes: At the 27th International Exhibition for Food, Beverages, Food Raw Materials in Moscow, Glatt will present innovative fluidized bed and spouted bed technologies to dry, agglomerate, granulate and particle coat various ingredients for sophisticated applications. These ingredients may require specific particle sizes or shapes, optimum solubility, compressibility or the functional protection provided by active ingredients or improved stability via protective coatings.

Phytochemicals are increasingly found in many food, chemical and agricultural items. Product and process optimization is becoming ever-more important in all of these industries, with a focus on quality, manufacturing efficiency, stability and formulation costs. Various processes can be used to deliver products with a compact structure. During process development, the most suitable procedures and equipment must be selected, considering the specific project conditions. Case studies, as discussed, can help process engineers and product developers to assess plant configurations in an efficient manner to meet a customer’s specific project requirements.

On 25.10.2019, another phosphorus dialogue was held by the Hessian Ministry of the Environment, the THM and the DPP in Giessen to inform decision-makers as well as those involved in the process of phosphorus recovery on the topic. Jan Kirchhof, Glatt, presented PHOS4green as a solution for phosphorus recovery from sewage sludge ash and its residue-free conversion into commercially available standard fertilizers.

For decades, large companies have outsourced production capabilities, thus driving globalisation –but also contributing to the decline of domestic industries. Digitalization, however, means it makes sense for more and more well-known global players to relocate production back to Europe. Contract manufacturing, for example, gives an idea of where this journey can take us.

How do you produce dust-free granules and pellets from powders and liquids? In the fluid bed. In a single process step. Didier Schons, Area Sales Manager, Process Technology Food, Feed & Fine Chemicals at Glatt Ingenieurtechnik Weimar, explains how this works.

Sophisticated product design with Glatt fluid bed and spouted bed technologies @ ProPak 2019, booth P1: Added-value ingredients and active substances require gentle processes. Glatt’s laboratory plant enables the small-scale production and testing of innovative product ideas.

In some regions, the departure from agricultural sewage sludge use is coming faster than the sewage sludge ordinance requires. This was demonstrated at the sewage sludge specialist forum held by the Huber company in Berching, where a good 300 participants discussed concepts for sewage sludge utilization, phosphorus recovery and inter-municipal cooperation. Jan Kirchhof, Glatt, presented PHOS4green as a solution for phosphorus recovery from sewage sludge ash and its residue-free conversion into commercially available standard fertilizers.

With "PHOS4green" Glatt presents a new two-stage method that extracts phosphorus from sewage sludge ashes and converts it into ready-to-use fertilizer granulates. In cooperation with an industrial partner and the Material Research and Testing Institute of the Bauhaus University Weimar (MPFA) Glatt has developed a highly efficient process to extract phosphate from sewage sludge ashes, which is then converted into residue-free, ready-to-use standard fertilizers using fluidized bed spray granulation.

Glatt Ingenieurtechnik will be presenting a market-ready process at POWTECH that fulfils the legal obligation of German waste disposal companies to recover phosphorus. In the first step of the two-stage "PHOS4green" process, a suspension is produced from the phosphate-containing ash. The suspension is then spray granulated in the fluidised bed. This results in fertiliser granulates that are available to plants and soil, which can be discharged, filled and delivered directly.

The properties of functional ingredients can be fine-tuned using fluidised bed spray granulation, agglomeration, microencapsulation and coating. At Health ingredients Europe, plant manufacturer Glatt Ingenieurtechnik will showcase a new compact spray agglomeration concept for industrial-scale continuous production.

Mike Waskow, Process Engineer, Process Technology Food, Feed & Fine Chemicals, Glatt Ingenieurtechnik GmbH, Germany, explains how economical production of urea-based fertilizers can be achieved using fluidised bed technology. (Case study)

We accompany the product development from the first idea. INTERVIEW WITH VOLKER BUDZINSKI FROM GLATT INGENIEURTECHNIK Glatt Ingenieurtechnik from Weimar is a globally active plant engineering company with its own process technology, the fluid bed process. Volker Budzinski is the sales manager responsible for international project development in the Process Technology Food, Feed & Fine Chemicals division. In an interview with the editors of Food Technologie, he answered some questions about fluid bed technology. (German article)

Technical processes improve the product properties: Feeds need enzymes that work optimally as well as being temperature-stable and storable. Two methods are particularly suitable for producing easy-to-process granules and pellets from sensitive, liquid enzyme solutions - the fluidised bed and the spouted bed methods. The plant manufacturer Glatt lngenieurtechnik is one of the world's leading experts in this field and offers feed producers technology and plant expertise from a single source.

Designing and operating fluid bed systems with energy efficiency: Systems for agglomeration, spray granulation and coating in the fluid bed are used in nearly all industries with the production and refinement of solid product forms. In addition to the material and application properties of the manufactured products their manufacturing costs can also be significantly influenced already during the design of the fluid bed systems.