ATV Technologies possesses a wide range of skills that it puts at the service of its clients for the industrialization of their processes. Its expertise covers both biotechnology and chemistry, which it offers separately or in combination to best meet your needs. ATV Technologies masters all stages of transformation as well as post-treatment (Down-Stream Process) and the purification of target molecules. Additionally, ATV Technologies has the analytical capabilities necessary to monitor and validate all material transformations. This allows it to offer you comprehensive solutions to obtain your product of interest, regardless of your project’s maturity.
Due to societal and regulatory changes related to environmental challenges, ATV Technologies is positioning itself in the field of bio-based products, as a key player in the bioeconomy and plant-based chemistry. We can work with different types of biomass and carry out extraction and separation steps before implementing chemical or biotechnological transformations.
Biotechnology – Chemistry – DSP
In biotechnology, ATV Technologies experience includes expertise in implementing processes using all types of microorganisms: bacteria, yeasts, fungi, and microalgae under heterotrophic conditions. In terms of fermentation modes, we can carry out batch, fed-batch, and continuous processes thanks to auxiliary tanks and real-time fermentation monitoring tools (probes, sensors, online software). The resulting products can be the microbial biomass itself or intra- or extracellular metabolites.
In chemistry, ATV Technologies masters conventional chemical reactions such as acidification/basification, esterification/transesterification reactions, as well as alkylation and etherification reactions. More specialized equipment allows us to carry out processes under pressure, such as chemical transformations (hydrogenation, hydroformylation, etc.) or purifications (extraction and crystallization under pressure). ATV Technologies can thus perform catalytic reactions in both homogeneous and heterogeneous media, and we promote process intensification using semi-continuous or continuous modes. Additionally, ATV Technologies has experience in biocatalysis and uses enzymes to assist in biomass processing (proteases, cellulases, etc.) and for the synthesis of products with specific functions (esters, ethers, etc.).
ATV Technologies provides a range of biomass processing capabilities, including extraction, filtration, evaporation, and drying of plant and microbial biomass. The company also offers more specialized separation techniques, such as distillation, centrifugation, high-pressure homogenization, and membrane filtration .
Process Scale-Up
The development of fermentation and chemical processes constitutes the second pillar of ATV Technologies’ expertise. We possess the key skills for implementing new processes, optimizing them, and scaling them up. These are crucial steps in the industrialization of new products, and we help you overcome them. We facilitate the passage through what is known as the “valley of death” and accelerate the market launch of your products. ATV Technologies thus develops processes from laboratory to pilot scale and, if necessary, to pre-industrial scale. Its expertise allows for the evolution of new product production from grams to kilograms and then to tons. We define, optimize, and validate processes at these different scales and provide our clients with the necessary elements for the subsequent phases of their industrial production.
Innovation
Upstream, ATV Technologies brings you its expertise and innovation skills and can address your needs starting from a technical or regulatory challenge. Our studies begin with prior art analyses that can position a raw material or product in a new market. We study the technical feasibility that will allow you to enhance your products with new functionalities, or the possibility of substituting a petroleum-based product with a bio-based source that maintains the same technical properties at an acceptable cost. Starting from an analysis of technical documents (scientific articles, patents), we propose initial laboratory-scale trials to validate hypotheses and obtain the first proofs of concept. During these initial steps, subsequent industrialization phases are anticipated, and the proposed and implemented processes include parameters compatible with future scale-up. This concerns experimental parameters as well as the availability and cost of raw materials to obtain technically and economically viable processes.
People at the Heart of an Ecosystem
The strength of ATV Technologies lies in a diverse ecosystem capable of providing complementary skills for the development of your processes. This may take the form of subcontracting for a particular unit operation or consulting for specific expertise. ATV Technologies has established privileged partnerships such as EpiBioScale with Escom and iTAK Stratégies in the field of biotechnology, or the ChemBooster Alliance with Iterg in the field of chemistry. Our combined offerings ensure that we can meet your specific needs.
ATV Technologies’ skills in chemistry, biotechnology, and process scale-up are based on versatile and multifunctional equipment and, above all, on experienced and competent staff from various fields. Their expertise is highly complementary, contributing optimally to the industrialization of your processes.
Customer satisfaction plays a central role for ATV Technologies, and supporting your projects is a priority for us. Project management is a core competency of ATV Technologies, and we offer you optimal planning and project monitoring tailored to your needs. We encourage our clients to visit our site for skill transfer at the start of projects and to monitor the progress of process development. This support is provided to all types of companies: large groups, SMEs, start-ups. It can go further and lead to technological hosting for companies wishing to develop their industrial tools. ATV Technologies’ expertise is at the service of these companies through long-term partnership contracts, in order to jointly overcome technological barriers leading to the industrialization of their processes and the market launch of their products.