Performance chemicals & materials

Unlike bulk chemicals, competition in the area of performance chemicals and materials is not dominated by the cost structure of the production process or the purity of the products. More important is the need to meet customer needs for specific performance criteria of the material or chemical produced and the properties supporting such performance. Very often, microstructure has the biggest impact on the value of the product.

Typical processes to produce performance materials can be divided into two categories: the production of the active chemical ingredients, and the adjustment of the micro and macro structure. PDC supports its customers in selecting and designing the cost-optimal process for the chemical ingredients as well as in selecting and designing the equipment to modify the product structure. The latter involves technologies such as milling, sieving, emulsification, crystallization, drying, macro and micro mixing etc.