Processing Services Specifications

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Services Offered


	Services Offered
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	Compounding, Formulation or Synthesis		Supplier has the capability to provide formulation, synthesis or compounding services
	Chemical Processing		Supplier provides chemical processing services.
	Inspection & Analytical Testing		Supplier has in-house capability for inspection of processes and/or analytical testing of processed materials, chemicals or products.
	Material Processing		Supplier provides material processing services.
	Powder Processing		Supplier provides material or chemical powder processing services.
	Process Development Services		Supplier can develop processes or provide R&D, optimization studies or other assistance in process development activities.
	Process Optimization		Supplier has the capability to provide process development or optimization services in addition to contract processing.
	Refining Services		Refining services include the smelting, purification and alloying of metals and alloys.
	Research and Development		Supplier has the capability to provide research and development services of new processes, process technologies, lower cost processes or alternate processing steps.
	Technology & Licensing		Supplier develops, licenses or sells specialized process technology.
	Toll Processing Services		Supplier has the capability to provide processing on toll, fee or contract basis.
	Training / Consulting		Supplier has the capability to provide training or consulting services for fluid processing systems.
	Trial Facility Leasing		Supplier has a basic test or trial facility contract available on demand for evaluation and proving out of a process and process equipment before a major capital expenditure is made. Facilities may be onsite or in-house. Contracts typically include rental fee, terms of lease, transport costs, cleaning, etc.
	Warehousing / Distribution		Supplier has the capability to provide warehousing, storage, distribution, sourcing and other logistics services in addition to contract processing.
	Specialty / Other		Other specialized, proprietary or unlisted processing services.
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	Run / Batch Size:
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	Laboratory / Bench		Laboratory or benchtop scale typically means process capacities or material quantities up to a few pounds or few gallons. The actual quantity will vary depending on the type of material. For example, lab scale quantities may be in the milligrams for nanomaterials and specialized biochemical compounds. One person typically can easily and safely manipulate lab scale equipment. Laboratory-scale excludes those facilities whose function is to produce commercial quantities of materials.
	Pilot Scale		Pilot scale is a small-scale production process (larger than laboratory scale) used to develop a subsequent full-scale process. Typically, pilot scale quantities are in the range of several drums (55 gal drums) or 100's of pounds or gallons, but the specific quantity will vary with the density and type of material, chemical or product processed. Pilot scale facilities better simulate of production process compared to lab equipment and can be used for process troubleshooting, improvement and optimization.
	Production Lots		Supplier has commercial production or industrial scale processing systems. Typically, production scale quantities are in the thousands of gallons or pounds, but this will vary with the specific material, chemical or product.
	Other		Other process scale.
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	Capacity (Mass Basis):		Mass or weight capacity that can be processed or synthesized.
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	Capacity (Volume Basis):		Volume capacity that can be processed or synthesized.
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Materials & Chemicals Processed


	Form:
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	Gas / Liquid Gas		Supplier has expertise in synthesizing or processing industrial gases or liquid gases such as Argon, Nitrogen, Oxygen, Methane, Acetylene, Propane or mixtures of gases.
	Liquids		Chemicals or materials processed are in liquid form.
	Powders		Powders are finely divided or powdered forms of metals, ceramics, polymers, composites, minerals or other raw materials.
	Nanomaterials		Material divided into particles with an average particle size of less than 100 nanometers. Also, nanostructure materials having a crystals or an internal structure having a size less than 100 nanometers.
	Bulk Solids / Granules		Chemicals or materials processed are in the form of a bulk solids or granules.
	Webs / Continuous Stock		Materials processed are in the form of a continuous web or continuous stock.
	Waste / Scrap		Supplier has expertise in processing waste or scrap.
	Other		Other unlisted form.
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	Chemicals / Chemical Products:
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	Acetylenes		Supplier has the capability to process or synthesize acetylenes.
	Alcohols		Supplier has the capability to process or synthesize alcohols.
	Biochemicals / APIs		Supplier has the capability to process, react, extract or synthesize biochemicals such as proteins, peptides, amino acids, amino acid analogs, DNA, RNA, steroids, carbohydrates, oligonucleotides, lipids, animal fats, vegetable oils, waxes, sterols, triglycerides, other biological or botanical derivatives, active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) or high potency actives (HPAs).
	Catalysts / Initiators		Supplier has the capability to process or synthesize catalysts or initiators.
	Chemical Agents / Additives		Supplier has the capability to process or synthesize chemical agents or additives such as stabilizers, plasticizers, flame retardants, release agents, etc.
	Cleaners / Surface Active Agents		Supplier has the ability to process or produce cleaning and surface active agents such as cleaners, detergents, surfactants, emulsifiers, flocculants, dispersing agents, settling agents, and soaps (saponification end products).
	Coolants / Refrigerants		The fluid processing systems is used in mineral oils processing. Mineral oils include base oil, bright stock, coal oil, crude oil residues, lubricating oils, paraffin oils, pitch (long & short residues), and tar containing products.
	Cosmetics / Soaps		The fluid processing systems is used in cosmetics processing applications. Cosmetics processed include algae extracts, bee’s wax, brown moss extracts, flower extracts, lanolin alcohols, root extracts, wool fatty acids, wool alcohols, and volatile oils & scents.
	Filler / Extenders		Supplier has expertise in synthesizing or processing fillers or extenders.
	Foods / Beverages		Supplier has expertise in food and beverage processing applications. Food processed includes aroma concentrates, butter, capsicum, coffee, cacao biocatalyst concentrates, diglycerides, dimeric fatty acids, fatty acids & derivatives, fish oils, fruit juice, milk products, mono-glycerides, palm oils, protein and protein substances, rice bran oils, soybean oil, seed oils, sugar derivatives, tea, and tocopherols.
	Inorganic Chemicals		Supplier has expertise in synthesizing or processing inorganic chemicals.
	Lubricants / Greases		Supplier has expertise in synthesizing or processing lubricants or greases.
	Monomers & Intermediates		Supplier has expertise in synthesizing or processing monomers and intermediates.
	Oils & Fuels		Supplier has expertise in synthesizing or processing oils or fuels. Includes oil refining, re-refining, recovery, and recycling.
	Organic Chemicals		Supplier has expertise in synthesizing or processing organic chemicals. Chemicals processed include alcohols, alfol esters, detergents, fertilizers, glycol ethers, herbicides, halogenated hydrocarbons, insecticides, organo-metallic com-pounds, silicone oils, tall oils, turpentine, and waxes.
	Pharmaceuticals / Drugs		Supplier has expertise in synthesizing or processing pharmaceuticals or drug products. Pharmaceuticals processed may include drugs, vitamins, amino-acid esters, antibiotics, beta-carotene, ferments, glucose derivatives, hormones, antioxidants, and indoles.
	Pigments / Dyes		Supplier has expertise in synthesizing or processing pigments, dyes or other colorants.
	Polymers		Supplier has expertise in synthesizing or processing polymers.
	Reagents		Supplier has expertise in synthesizing or processing reagents.
	Solvents		Supplier has expertise in synthesizing or processing solvents.
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	Materials / Material Products:
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	Abrasives		Supplier has expertise in synthesizing or processing abrasives.
	Adhesives / Sealants		Supplier has expertise in synthesizing or processing adhesives or sealants.
	Carbon / Graphite		Supplier has expertise in synthesizing or processing carbon or graphite materials.
	Ceramics		Supplier has expertise in synthesizing or processing ceramics.
	Coatings / Paint		Supplier has expertise in synthesizing or processing coatings or paint.
	Elastomers / Rubber		Supplier has expertise in synthesizing or processing elastomers or rubber.
	Glass		Supplier has expertise in synthesizing or processing glass.
	Metals / Elements		Supplier has expertise in synthesizing or processing metals or high purity elements.
	Ferrous / Iron Based (Steel, Stainless)		Ferrous metals and alloys are based on iron. This category includes carbon steels, alloy steels, stainless steels, cast iron, maraging steel and other specialty iron-based alloys.
	Non-ferrous		Non-ferrous metals and alloys are not based on iron and include alloys of aluminum, copper, titanium, zinc, nickel, cobalt, magnesium, tungsten, molybdenum, precious metals, silver, gold, platinum, palladium, refractory metals as well as many other metals and alloys.
	Minerals		Supplier has expertise in synthesizing or processing minerals.
	Nuclear Materials		Supplier has expertise in synthesizing or processing nuclear materials.
	Plastics		Supplier has expertise in synthesizing or processing plastics, such as epoxy resins, isocyanates, polyesters, and polyethers.
	Pulp & Paper		Supplier has the capability to process paper or paper pulp.
	Semiconductor Materials		Supplier has expertise in synthesizing or processing semiconductor materials.
	Textiles		Supplier has expertise in synthesizing or processing textile materials.
	Wood Products		Supplier has expertise in processing wood products or wood by-products.
	Other		Other unlisted chemical or material expertise.
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Regional Preference



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	North America		Companies are located in the United States, Canada or Mexico.
	United States Only		Companies are located in the United States.
	Northeast US Only		Companies are located in the Northeast United States, namely Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Vermont.
	Southern US Only		Companies are located in the Southern United States, namely Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington D.C., and West Virginia.
	Southwest US Only		Companies are located in the Southwest United States, namely Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah.
	Northwest US Only		Companies are located in the Northwest United States, namely Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington and Wyoming.
	Midwest US Only		Companies are located in the Midwest United States, namely Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin.
	Canada Only		Companies are located in Canada.
	South / Central America Only		Companies have facilities in South American countries such as Argentina, Brazil, or Chile; or in Central American countries such as Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama, etc.
	Europe Only		Companies are located in Europe, namely Germany, Ireland, Italy, United Kingdom, etc.
	South Asia Only		Companies are located in South Asia, namely India, Pakistan, Nepal, etc.
	Near East Only		Companies are located in the Near East, namely Egypt, Israel, Saudi Arabia, etc.
	East Asia / Pacific Only		Companies are located in East Asia, namely China, Japan, Taiwan, etc.
	Oceania Only		Companies are located in Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and a large group of South Pacific islands that include Micronesia, Polynesia, Guam, Fiji, Tonga, etc.
	Africa Only		Companies are located in sub-Saharan Africa.
	Other		Other unlisted country or region.
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