Kemitek’s mission is to help organizations to innovate in the fields of sustainable chemistry, green chemistry and process scale-up, while actively contributing to the continued existence of a regional centre of excellence of international reach.
Kemitek accompanies you from the idea to the marketed product through research and development services, technical assistance, testing, consulting, piloting and pre-commercial manufacturing.
Kemitek’s expertise include organic synthesis chemistry, formulation, development of chemical products and processes, process scaling and green chemistry.
Its equipment includes a synthesis laboratory, analysis laboratory and process control plant.
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David Berthiaume
General Manager
418 338-1318, ext. 223
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Alain Tremblay
Scientific Director
418 338-1318, ext. 224
835, rue Mooney Ouest Thetford Mines G6G 0A5 418 338-1318
General Expertises
- Analytical chemistry
- Bioproducts
- Biorefining
- Biotechnology
- Cellulosic products
- Chemistry and green chemistry
- Circular economy
- Composites
- Cosmetics and cosmeceuticals
- Environment
- Environmental technologies
- Industrial bioprocesses
- Industrial ecology
- Industrial waste
- Industry 4.0
- Materials and advanced materials
- Mining
- Nanotechnology
- Natural health products
- Nutraceuticals
- Pharmaceuticals products
- Polymers
- Pulp and paper industry
- Renewable energies
- Sustainable chemistry
- Sustainable development
Specific expertises
- Analysis methods
- Coatings and adhesives
- Cosmetics and nutraceuticals
- Deformulation
- Economic feasibility
- Extraction
- Formulation
- Fuels
- Green chemistry
- Industrial bioproducts
- Materials
- Mechanical fluids/tribology
- Process monitoring
- Surfactants/detergents
- Sustainable chemistry
Areas of intervention
- Agri-food and bio-food sectors
- Biomedical industry
- Bioproducts
- Biotechnology
- Cellulosic products
- Chemical industry
- Chemistry and green chemistry
- Circular economy
- Clean technologies
- Composites
- Environment
- Environmental technologies
- Future resources
- Industrial ecology
- Industrial waste
- Industry 4.0
- Materials and advanced materials
- Mining
- Nanotechnology
- Pharmaceutical industry
- Polymers
- Pulp and paper industry
- Renewable energies
- Sustainable development
Examples of applications
- Daily algae: biomaterial sweeteners
- Development of a new green product for wood treatment
- Development of a selective oxidation process of oleic acid for the production of two high added value derivatives: azelaic acid and pelargonic acid
- Development of an oleochemical polyurethane
- Development of lubricants for formwork
- Development of waterproofing coatings for the green building sector
- Extraction of oils in marine algae
- Improvement of biodiesel formulations to increase oxidative stability
- Optimization of biodiesel production
- Scaling of active ingredient extraction processes for the nutraceutical sector
- Study of the use of oleochemical plasticizers for polyethylene recycling
Equipments
- 1H and 13C NMR
- Automated flash point
- Automated titrator
- Deflagration pilot plant
- Bag filter, press filter, vessel with filtering bottom, vertical filter press, Nutsche filter, automatic cleaning filter
- Basket centrifuge
- Capacitors
- Cold fractionation pilot plant
- Compressed air, steam, inert gas, chilled water and vacuum systems
- Decanter (110 L)
- Grain press
- Stainless steel reactors (20L, 120L, 200L, 400L and 800L, 600 psig maximum)
- “Wiped film” distillation pilot plant
- DSC / TGA
- Four-Ball friction and wear test
- FTIR
- GC-FID
- GC-MS + headspace
- HPLC, GPC-MS with fraction collector
- Kinetic and Brookfield viscometer
- Parr high pressure reactor (2L)
- Penetrometer
- Pour and automated cloud point
- Rancimat / RPVOT
- Rotary evaporator (20L)
- UV-visible