Toll and contract manufacturing

Friedel-Crafts Plant for Acylation / Alkylation Chemistry

Friedel-Crafts Chemistry is a core competence of PFW for more than 50 years. The production is performed in a specialized and highly automated plant with a capacity of 10’s up till 1000’s of tons.

  • Operational excellence in Friedel-Crafts Acylation / Alkylation
  • Specialized in handling Aluminum Chloride
  • Specialized in handling Acid Chlorides
  • Glass-lined reactors - volume range 2-8 m³
  • Capability to use various solvents
  • Sulzer packed distillation columns – vacuum < 2 mbar
  • Distillation of products with high melting points
  • Solidification / flaking unit

Multi-Purpose Plant

Combining expertise, capabilities and long term experience of multi-step synthesis and fractionations at high temperatures provides PFW an excellent position as manufacturing partner. The capacity of the multi-purpose plant ranges from 1 up till 100’s of tons.

Chemistry
  • Condensation
  • Esterification
  • Ether formation
  • Friedel-Crafts
  • Cyclisation
  • Acetal formation
  • Depolymerization
  • Glass-lined and stainless steel - volume range 2-8 m³
  • High temperature reactor (Tmax 240 °C)
  • Sulzer packed distillation columns - vacuum < 2 mbar
  • Distillation of products with high melting points
  • Solidification / flaking unit

Competences

  • Over 15 years experience in Custom and Toll-Manufacturing
  • Multi-disciplinary technical support group
  • Know-how Flavor and Fragrance production
  • Odor evaluation expertise
  • Analytical expertise
  • Kosher certificate
  • Equipment for VOC removal
  • ISO 9001:2008 certified