Chemicals & materials consulting
Our work in chemicals & materials
"In a world increasingly attuned to sustainability, chemical companies must navigate regulations and embrace innovation. The flow of new materials heralds transformative possibilities across sectors, reshaping end markets. From self-healing coatings revolutionising auto repair to carbon-fibre-enforced concrete redefining construction, businesses must rethink value chains. Embracing disruptive technologies and novel business models, they can lead the shift towards sustainability and innovation."
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Chemicals & materials R&D focus areas and expertise:
Sagentia Innovation has a wealth of case studies in equipment development, automation, development of sensors and IIoT for enhanced connectivity, data capturing and analysis, as well as instrumentation design, combining its teams of applied science, product development, mechanical engineers, with software and data scientists.
Sagentia Innovation has conducted many projects evaluating the disruptive potential of different materials, associated barriers and mitigations to adoption, and commercial business models for new chemistries in specific market applications.
Successful value proposition development involves integrating the user, the concept, and the market. We have developed and assessed market opportunities and receptivity to novel chemistry, materials-enabled products, and model solutions, leading to innovative value propositions.
Sagentia Innovation has a proven track record in value engineering, delivering advanced manufacturing solutions that complement in-house expertise, and developing and validating breakthrough technologies in our state-of-the-art R&D labs – where our clients keep the IP.
In addition to optimising processes, planning, and analysis, AI has shown promise for molecule design by predicting reaction outcomes and molecular properties. AI-powered robots are being developed to perform tasks with precision and speed. ML models can assist in energy management and costs. For our clients, we evaluate different technologies, develop platforms for their use, and integrate solutions.
Case studies of our experience in chemicals and materials
Trends in chemicals & materials innovation
As AI and machine learning revolutionise industrial settings with forecasting, prediction and acceleration, validation of the quality of the outcomes will be crucial to implementing robust and reliable processes. Green chemistry encompasses the design of chemistry to enhance its sustainability credentials and eliminate its hazard levels. It considers the entire life cycle of a chemical product, from the raw material source to the process conditions to end-of-life. Design and development with these principles have become necessary for chemical and material companies, and the key is to generate growth while applying them. The global nanotechnology market is expected to surpass USD$125 billion. Nanomaterials have a wide range of applications, including catalysts, sensors, coatings, adsorption, and drug delivery. Innovations in this space will explore the use of nanomaterials in further applications, where the size of nanomaterials remains critical to optimum performance. Understanding the impact chemistry has on climate change is critical to drafting sustainability commitments and developing a strategy for achieving them. Developing energy-efficient technologies, lower GHG materials, and identifying renewable sources will enable chemistry to play a significant role in solving climate issues.
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White papers and chemicals & materials thought leadership:
How to devise effective simulations that improve R&D performance
Technology enabled sustainability in the chemical industry
Value Proposition Matrix™ - Building successful products and services
Commercialising industrial products: look beyond technology readiness
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Our expertise
Our science and technology teams work cross-sector as we believe that the learnings from one sector can inform another and that clients’ projects should have access to the full range of skills from across the Group.