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Corning ’ s Dr . Yi Jiang and Alessandra Vizza share their journey tackling Hippocrates global chemical processing challenges in Advanced Flow Reactors Greek Physician and Pharmaceutical | 460-370 BC Technologies .
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Corning ’ s Dr . Yi Jiang and Alessandra Vizza share their journey tackling Hippocrates global chemical processing challenges in Advanced Flow Reactors Greek Physician and Pharmaceutical | 460-370 BC Technologies .
Inherently safer technology
After much trial and error , using Corning ’ s know-how in speciality
glass , the team came up with an early
Working in pharma is more version than of a glass-based a job . plate called a
It ’ s a vocation . And where fluidic we module all come
. Although the company initially intended only to sell these , together is CPHI Barcelona , the biggest the scientists soon realised that they event in the industry calendar needed . We more share than the glass modules
the latest developments , to make these powerful reactions work the way they envisaged . connections and build new relationships ,

In 2002 , scientists at the Corning European Technology Centre research facility in France were investigating challenges within various industries . Meanwhile , chemical manufacturing companies were seeking opportunities to create products in a safer , more environmentally friendly way .

Making major changes in an industry that is heavily regulated and relied on to produce a wide variety of products , such as pharmaceuticals , cosmetics and electronics patients , was ’ lives a disruptive . ask . However , Corning scientists saw an opportunity to investigate how their materials science knowledge could
all with a single aim – to improve
cphi . com / europe help to make improvements in how
chemicals are regularly produced .
To ensure the innovation work in this area could continue and that the company would be able to supply an integrated system , rather than standalone components , Corning reapplied its existing modelling , equipment engineering and manufacturing expertise to help create a production unit that offered a more efficient way to process chemicals in a smaller footprint versus traditional , large-batch chemical reactors using inherently safer continuous
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After several prototypes , fine-tuning and inputs from major chemical and pharmaceutical manufacturers , Corning officially launched its first reactor in 2006 . It was called the 1X and was later renamed the G 1
. The reactor was at meso scale and fulfilled the criteria of
SCAN process
ME intensification tools , particularly as a flow chemistry system similar to microreactors but already modelled for scaling-up .
After the G 1
, Corning continued to build out its product lines ,
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