The fine and special chemicals industries, as well as the pharmaceutical industry, are traditionally dominated by batch and semi-batch processes. However, continuous developments in the chemical reaction technology sector mean that continuous modes have become increasingly attractive in the meantime. In particular, the increase in product selectivity and yield as well as improvements in energy efficiency are important arguments with many production procedures for transferring from batch to continuous mode.
With the Premium Service "Batch to Conti", Siemens offers customers from the chemical and pharmaceutical industries comprehensive services for optimization of their production processes through conversion of conventional batch or semi-batch processes to continuous mode. The services have a modular structure, and extend from pure consulting through experimental investigations up to rebuilding of plants.