Research and Development
Teamwork & Means
The specialised group of scientists, engineers and technicians at the Desmet Ballestra R&D Team is able to use the knowledge and experience of over 600 professionals within the Desmet Ballestra Group as a whole, in Food & Feed, Chemicals for Life and Biofuels applications.
In addition to coordinating the expertise of the entire Desmet Ballestra Group, the Desmet Ballestra R&D Team is able to meet its ambitious objectives by using the industry’s most comprehensive set of resources :
- A skilled professional staff of scientists, engineers and technicians, with many years of practical experience in the processing industry.
- Fully equipped analytical and research laboratories
Flexible pilot units, of which several are skid-mounted and available on lease terms to a customer for testing at his own facility.
Collaboration agreements with several Universities, mainly in Europe, Asia and in the USA.
Custom Research & Development
The Desmet Ballestra Research & Development Team works together with clients on the basis of strict confidentiality to help them with their new ideas, from initial laboratory development through to pilot-scale tests.
Desmet Ballestra has developed many close collaborations ties with many customers worldwide especially in the field of product development. This concerns multinational key accounts as well as medium size local companies. The Desmet Ballestra R&D team is considered by many of them as an extension of their own research team.
Back-up Services
Analytical training
Product formulation
Quality control
Yield control
Process simulations
