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Scientifically-grounded, business-minded, flexible, friendly and effective consultative services for the process industries
Specialist Technical Facilitation
Informed troubleshooting, innovation risk management, sustainability: it all starts from Whole Process Understanding
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Generating value from process understanding
Britest champions effective whole process understanding throughout the chemical, biochemical and related process industries.
Who we are
We are a well-respected and agile not-for-profit company recognised internationally as a leading exponent of whole process design for the process industries. Our activities combine work funded and directed by our members, who represent a diverse range of leading global businesses and academic institutions, with flexible, responsive consultancy services for clients of every shape and size. Our dynamic innovation programme sustains a unique suite of tools, which our members and clients can deploy in their everyday activities to derive business value through more productive, competitive, safer and sustainable processes.
What we do
Our specialist technical facilitators help multidisciplinary development and manufacturing teams within companies, across supply chains, and in collaborative projects turn their working knowledge into impactful process understanding capable of driving innovation. Visually rich information capture and structuring tools enable our clients to assimilate and communicate insight critical to product and process development, successful problem solving and process improvement. The Britest approach has successfully delivered innovative solutions to key process and manufacturing challenges since 2001.
LATEST UPDATES
Britest in the community - National outreach events
The Britest team supported outreach projects and attended science festivals, trade shows and fairs as part of RESILIENCE
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MIB hosts Britest Innovation Conference
Britest welcomed members and invited guests to its annual conference with a focus on sustainable manufacturing
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Rob Peeling is this year's recipient of the John Borland Award for Innovation
Rob Peeling, Britest's chief technical officer, is presented with the John Borland Award for Innovation at the annual Britest Innovation Conference
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FACES OF BRITEST
At the core of Britest is a team of dedicated support specialists. Experts in Britest tools and study methods, they are also skilled technical facilitators, communicators, and mentors - in short all the back up your development and manufacturing teams need to maximise the benefits.
Dr Mark Talford - Chief Technical Officer
Mark has over 25 years of experience in research and innovation posts in industry, academia and government. A chartered Chemical Engineer with a background in highly regulated process industries, Mark has a passion for supporting organisations with the development of innovative, sustainable products and processes. He is experienced in shaping and leading collaborative projects and programmes, recognising the value of collaboration in delivering outcomes that best meet the business needs.
Dr Murray Brown - Technical Director
With a background in bio-organic chemistry, enzymology and natural products, Murray has more than a quarter of a century of experience in drug discovery and drug substance development within the pharmaceutical industry. He has a focus on biomanufacturing and engineering biology. He also has great experience in running public private partnerships and academic consortia.
Dr Kirk Malone - Chief Executive Officer
Kirk is passionate about innovation and collaborative R&D having spent his career in interdisciplinary science, and business development, at the interface of academia and industry.