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Growing Successful Global Partnerships
Briar Chemicals GROWING SUCCESSFUL GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS
Company Overview 2016
Growing Successful Global Partnerships
Briar Chemicals provides world class contract manufacturing services to industry-leading companies in the agrochemical, fine and specialty sectors.
Exceptional asset integrity and responsiveness in a challenging business environment ensure that customers experience reliability and excellent customer service.
Our culture of operational excellence underpins everything we do, deriving benefits for all stakeholders through continuous improvement.
Key performance indicators include safety (RIDDOR), quality on time in full (QOTIF), raw material usage efficiency (yield optimisation) and overall equipment effectiveness (OEE).
Your dependable partner of choice for custom and contract chemical manufacturing
220 highly skilled employees
Global customer base with >95% of production exported
Sales revenue ~ UK £45 million (Euro €60 million, US $75 million, Yen 8000 million)
Upper Tier COMAH establishment
(Seveso III Directive)
Extensive site infrastructure including energy generation and waste treatment facilities
Key Facts
Who we are
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Long expertise in contract manufacturing, high quality asset base, established
reputation for manufacturing excellence and dependability
Site acquired by Bayer CropScience in 2002
In 2012, Briar Chemicals became an independently-
operated Contract Manufacturer, wholly owned
by Aurelius AG
First manufacturing took place in 1956 as May &
Baker and was later renamed Rhone-Poulenc
Our heritage Manufacturing excellence and dependability
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Senior Management Team
Briar Chemicals management team has extensive experience within the chemical manufacturing sector. This team has delivered significant growth and established a strong track-record in growing the business globally.
Tim Green Site Manager & Executive Director
Bert Botha Head of Engineering
Susan Brench Head of Commercial
Phil Moore Logistics Manager
Graham Temple Operations Manager
Our values define who we are, how we work and what we aspire to be as an organisation.
Safety | Integrity | Quality | Delivery | People
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Our global presence Supporting your business worldwide
Expertise in import and export
regulations
Transportation of dangerous goods by road, rail, sea
and air
Over 50 years experience of
shipping to 25+ countries
Trusted partner across Europe,
Americas and Asia
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Site Facilities & Services
COMBINED HEAT & POWER (CHP) UNIT
Flexible approach to electricity generation
Gas /oil fired turbine
Generates 4.4MW power and 17000 kg/hour steam
UTILITIES
Nitrogen - site generated and high purity
Compressed air to 7 barg and - 40°C dew point
Steam heating allows jacket services up to 17 barg
Water available from boreholes and mains (demineralised from the CHP unit)
Glycol cooling/heating provides jacket services between -17 deg C and +90 deg C
Cooling water supplied by three independent systems
Site area 46 hectares (114 acres) with 13.6 hectares available for development
60 years of production on site
Extensive range of solids and liquids manufacturing assets, with a total reactor capacity in excess of 700 m3
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Fentox® hydrogen peroxide oxidation treatment plant (commissioned 2014 by Eisenmann)
Treatment, at source, on a number of our production units
Real-time analysis of effluent discharges
Final onsite treatment of aqueous effluent prior to discharge to 3rd Party treatment facilities
Collection and testing of all rainwater run-off
3600m3 firefighting water tank and full containment of all potential fire water run-off
Treatment and recycle of copper salts
Solvent recovery and recycle
Comprehensive fire detection systems across the site
Firefighting water distribution linked to on-plant fire suppression systems
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION We aim to minimise the impact on the environment from our activities, investing more
than £6 million each year to maintain and improve site infrastructure
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We operate an Upper Tier establishment under the COMAH (Control of Major Accident Hazards) regulations. Our SHEQ philosophy forms an integral part of our business and is demonstrated through our commitment to:
Maintaining the health and safety of all
Minimising our impact on the environment
Ensuring we do nothing to disturb, disrupt or annoy our neighbours
Satisfying our customers’ needs
Member of Chemical Industries Association and EFCG (CEFIC)
Adheres to the guiding principles of Responsible Care
ISO 9001 & 14001 Certified
Community & Social Responsibility Building strong community relations
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Analytical Services We are proud of our reputation.
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Environmental monitoring analytical techniques
Gas chromatographic analytical techniques (GC)
High performance liquid chromatographic analytical techniques (HPLC)
GC-MS and HPLC-MS
Inhibition to nitrification analytical techniques
Problem solving, troubleshooting and non-routine analytical support
Laboratory scale from grams through to 50 litres
Extensive analytical method development expertise
Development, validation and implementation of analytical methods for new and existing processes
Ion chromatographic techniques (IC)
Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission spectrometry (ICP-OES) for metals analysis
UV / FTIR and Wet Chemistry
KILO LAB FACILITIES As part of our contract and custom manufacturing service package, we offer
extensive process development and analytical support services
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Chemical Diversity & Expertise
Diazotisation Cyanation Iodination
Chlorination
Solvent recycle & recovery
Copper salts recovery
Liquid herbicide formulation Nitration
Sulphonamide formation
Sulphur Dioxide reactions
Oxidation
Ammonolysis
Esterification
Bromination
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Aromatic nitrile synthesis. Large scale handling of cyanide salts including CuCN & NaCN
Sulphonamide synthesis from diazonium salts & SO2. Bulk handling of sulphur dioxide & ammonia.
Oxidation reactions using sodium chlorate, potassium permanganate & hydrogen peroxide.
Bromination & iodination chemistry. Use of various halogenating reagents including elemental bromine & iodine.
Diazotisation reactions.
Esterification and amidation reactions using anhydrides & acid chlorides.
Acid chloride formation using thionyl chloride.
Nitration of aromatic compounds via nitrosation – oxidation & direct nitration routes.
CO2H
RR
MeKMnO4
NH2
R R
N2+.Cl
-I
R
KINaNO2
HCl
O R'
O
RR
OH(R'CO)2O
CO2H
R R
Cl
O
SOCl2
O
NHR'
R
R'NH2
NO2
R R
NO2
R
NaNO2HNO3,
H2SO4 HNO3
Technologies SELECTED EXAMPLES
R
X CN
R
CuCNHal
X
I
R R
Br
R
Br2 orIC l or
l2, OH-
Br-, [O]
S
NH2.HCl
R R
S
N2+Cl
-
S
SO2Cl
R R
S
SO2NH2
SO2 NH3
HCI
NaNO2
Or ICI
I2, OH-
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Manufacturing
Operational excellence underpins everything we do.
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Total reactor capacity in excess of 700m3
Materials of construction include Glass Lined MS, Stainless Steel, Hastelloy, Titanium
Reaction vessels from 2.3m3 to 25m3
Batch and continuous distillation
Recovery and recycle of solvents and copper salt
Bulk storage for raw materials, intermediates, finished products
Solids handling capability to include pan and rotary paddle driers, centrifuges, pressure filters, belt filters, rotary sieves, milling equipment
Reagents include acids, acid chlorides, amines, ammonia, bromine, cyanides, hydrogen bromide, hydrogen peroxide, iodine, phenol, sulphur dioxide, solvents, thionyl chloride
Formulation and packaging - stand alone, automated facility
MANUFACTURING ASSETS Once a process has been developed and scaled up, we offer an extensive range of
solids and liquids manufacturing assets
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Project Delivery
Enquiry Costing Lab Work Development Production
SUCCESSFUL PROJECT DELIVERY
Technology &
Capability
SHEQ &
Regulatory Customer
Service
People &
Organisation
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Case Study | Optimisation of a multi-stage synthesis
Overview
New three stage synthesis introduced within 18 months
of receipt of enquiry
Required handling of two new hazardous raw materials
Specialised, cost effective handling facilities were successfully installed (using in-house design) for ammonia and sulphur dioxide
Challenges
Although the process was successfully scaled up and implemented there were
some challenges to address Lower than expected yields due to
competing side reactions Whilst most impurities could be
successfully removed from the product during the isolation procedures, one impurity was consistently found in the isolated product at levels approaching the specification limit
A liquid-liquid phase separation step proved problematic - long settling times and poor separation interface
One step of the process was quickly identified as being the main low yielding stage and became the focus of attention
Benefits
Our approach - identification of process changes with the
following benefits
+25% yield improvement Process impurity reduced by > 50%
and further reductions were realised as the process became established
Phase separation step improved Settling times reduced by 70% and
very clean phase interfaces achieved Repeat business secured
All our processes are subject to continuous improvement with primary focus on yields, cycle times and waste minimisation
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Formulation & Packing Safe, efficient, on time.
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Facilities built in 1980
Site area 6 hectares
Formulation vessels from 14,000 – 27,000 litres
Bulk storage (including heated tanks) for raw materials and formulations
Extensive warehousing capability and logistics expertise
Warehouse capacity of 1.1 million litres of packed product
Bulk liquid storage available for finished products and raw materials
Flammable storage areas
Dangerous goods and UN certified packaging competence
Export logistics expertise (> 95% export)
FORMULATION & PACKING The compact and efficient layout of our stand-alone site allows us to respond
quickly to customer needs
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Formulation & Packing
FORMULATION & MATERIALS HANDLING
Heated bulk storage systems, heat traced lines between vessels and storages
Multiple drum heating ovens (total capacity 186 drums) for handling of solid materials
Bulk storage capacity 1.8 million litres of formulated product and 1.2 million litres of bulk solvents and actives
Minimum batch size 4,000 litres
Tanker and IBC offloading and filling with steam heating capability
Long-established cross contamination prevention protocols in place – product segregation and cleaning to below 5ppm routinely achievable
PACKING & QUALITY CONTROL
On site QC laboratory: wet chemistry, HPLC, GC
Pipeline internal gauge (“Pigging”) technology and Clean in Place (CIP) for fast, efficient, product changeover
6 packing lines capable of packing from 0.25 litre to 200 litre packs at speeds up to 30 containers per minute
Packing output of up to 90,000 litres/day
Robotic palletising equipment with auto stretch wrapping
On site workshop and tooling for efficient product changeover
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Formulation & Packing
LIQUID HERBICIDE SPECIALIST
Emulsifiable Concentrates (EC)
Soluble Concentrates (SL)
Microemulsions (ME)
Suspoemulsions (SE)
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Case Study | Formulation & Packing
Overview
New customer approached Briar with a formulation and
packing opportunity
Rigorous but efficient management of change procedures in place to manage new product introductions
Challenges Outcomes
Within five days from receipt of enquiry the new project
commenced
New formulation procedure completed per the Briar Process Change Authorisation system
New filling line parts manufactured, tested and commissioned (three bottle sizes on two lines) and operator training completed
13 new raw materials accommodated, plus customer specified bottles, caps, packing cases and labels
Required handling of multiple new pack sizes and formulation raw materials
New filling line parts needed
Short timelines and new requirements
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Our services Your dependable partner of choice.
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Fast response to customer enquiries
Total confidentiality and IP protection
Laboratory and scale-up capabilities
Process safety and hazard studies
Analytical method development
Regulatory compliance, operational excellence
OUR CAPABILITIES
Project Management and commissioning
Process development and optimization
Raw materials and finished product storage
Dedicated, highly trained and flexible teams
Rigorous cross contamination prevention protocols
Flexible formulation and packing facility
Analytical Services
Technologies Formulation
& Packing Supply Chain Management
Project Management
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What we deliver Excellence in the technologies and services we offer
Highest standards of integrity and IP protection
No compromise on SHEQ
Excellent value (even if we are not the least cost option)
Fast in development to commercial scale
Cost effective CAPEX implementation with speed
We do what we say we will do
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Contact Us
For new project and commercial enquiries
Susan Brench, Head of Commercial
M: +44 (0) 7793 495 652
www.briarchemicals.com