New publication - Setting commercialisation objectives for sustainable innovation
A new paper by Britest's Rob Peeling describes a methodology for setting commercialisation objectives for sustainability in an innovative project
02 December 2022Britest Sustainability toolkit poster available
A poster recently presented by Britest exemplifies some new and improved approaches towards holistic qualitative and semiquantitative models for whole process understanding aligned with the needs of those in the chemical, biochemical and related process industries seeking to accelerate the transformation required to successfully respond to the threat of climate change
12 October 2022Keeping it flexible
Flexibility is increasingly recognised as a strategic driver of sustainable competitive advantage. Britest puts flexibility at the heart of our offering to deliver rapid results for our members and clients.
11 October 2022New collaborative project to establish safe and sustainable pharmaceutical lifecycles by design
Britest is playing a crucial linking and communications role in a a new four-year European project that will contribute to the sustainable development of pharmaceuticals, by using and promoting lifecycle approaches to their design, manufacture, usage, and disposal
10 October 2022Video: LevWave - scalable platform chemicals from industrial side streams
In a newly released video, LevWave project principal investigator Dr. Silvia Tedesco of Manchester Metropolitan University explains how the InnovateUK funded proof of concept project is exploring the feasibility of turning a significant industrial process side stream - paper mill sludge - into the strategically important platform chemical Levulinic Acid. Britest's Martin Edwards joins
15 April 2021Britest support to Digital Implementation planning
A new 2-minute-to-watch video explains how Britest's roadmap for digital design development and application can be used by organisations in the chemicals-using and process industries to successfully plan for a rapid and effective business introduction of new ways of working based upon emerging digital and modelling based process design, development and control methods. The roadmap builds upon
26 March 2021John Borland Award jointly recognizes innovations in Process Control Strategy Mapping and Virtual Collaboration
Britest is delighted to announce that our premier award recognizing significant contributions to innovation within the Britest community, has this year been jointly awarded to Daniel R. Hill, Oliver Steinhof, John Paul Smelko, and Robert Guenard of Biogen for pioneering the development of Process Control Strategy Mapping: A Structured Approach to Identifying Process Control and Sensing
05 February 2021Britest Process Understanding Day 2021 a virtual success
Britest Process Understanding Day 2021 a virtual success Britest's annual Process Understanding Day broke new ground by not breaking any ground after b eing successfully conducted for the first time as an entirely online virtual on the afternoons of Wednesday 21st and Thursday 22nd January 2021. Nearly 100 participants gathered over the course of the two afternoons to enjoy a packed
22 January 2021Britest Process Understanding Day 2020 - Call for Papers
Britest Process Understanding Day 2020 - Call for Papers Britest invites potential contributors to offer abstracts for consideration for both short oral and poster presentations at Britest Process Understanding Day 2020 (Wednesday 22nd January 2020, Manchester, UK). on the broad themes of advances in whole process understanding in support of innovative manufacturing , technical risk
13 September 2019Britest Annual Dinner and Process Understanding Day 2020
Britest Annual Dinner and Process Understanding Day 2020 The Directors of Britest issue a warm invitation to all interested parties to join them at the Britest Process Understanding Day 2020 at the Crowne Plaza, Manchester Oxford Road, UK on Wednesday 22nd January 2020, and at the Britest Annual Dinner taking place on the preceding evening. Britest Process Understanding Day 2020
12 September 2019New online tool put continuous whole process design decision making in your hands
A newly released set of resources supporting the uptake of continuous manufacturing approaches in the pharmaceutical industry is available now as a free to use e-learning tool on the Britest website. Developed by Britest and Cogent Skills in consultation with the ReMediES* consortium representing a broad supply and knowledge base in the sector, the tool provides an easy to use, self-guided
30 August 2019Particle Informatics: how Digital Design is advancing understanding of particle properties
A new publication arising from the ADDoPT project collaboration describes how a combination of existing and novel approaches has been applied to the assessment and prediction of particle properties intrinsic to the formulation and manufacture of pharmaceuticals via a new, robust workflow applying predictive digital design tools built around the CSD-System software suite . The paper,
08 August 2019Focus article on digital design for pharmaceutical product and process development
Focus article on digital design for pharmaceutical product and process development An "in-depth focus" article in the June 2019 issue of European Pharmaceutical Review looks at how Britest has been working along with others in the ADDoPT collaborative consortium to explore how emerging process understanding and predictive models can be applied and embedded within industrial workflows to
17 July 2019PDD tool automation wins AZ Britest Innovation Award
Britest would like to extend our congratulatons to the winners of the 2018 John Borland Award for Innovation: Alex Lamacraft and Natalie Monks from AstraZeneca PT&D Chemical Development for The Development and Delivery of an Automated Process Definition Diagram tool. Alex Lamacraft and Natalie Monks are pictured receiving the John Borland Award for Innovation 2018 from their colleague
05 November 2018Britest Day 2018 - see you there
Britest's premier annual showcase and networking event, Britest Day 2018 will take place on Thursday 18th October at the Village Hotel, Warrington, UK. Taking the theme of "Insight into Impact" Britest Day 2018 will feature high quality and impactful talks from leading thinkers and influencers from the chemical and process industries, policy and research spheres, supported by examples
23 August 2018Decision Making Methodology White Paper Published
A newly published white paper by Britest Senior Innovation Specialist Rob Peeling, considers - and offers a methodological approach to counteract - a long-standing frustration in the process industries: the length of time it takes to introduce innovative process technologies. The paper argues that instead of falling back on characteristic conservative positions and "safer to do nothing"
09 July 2018Property Mapping - a (Quality) Critical Friend
The IChemE's ChemEngDay 2018 annual conference on 27th March 2018 included a presentation by Britest Senior Innovation Specialist Martin Edwards outlining a recent expansion in the capability of the Britest toolkit which is helping process chemists and engineers understand how the properties and performance of the products they are making are influenced by the materials and equipment they are
27 March 2018Medicines manufacturing - are you up for the challenge?
UK businesses are about to get an open invitation to apply for a share of £10 million for innovation projects in medicines manufacturing. The Medicines Manufacturing Round 2: Challenge Fund call officially opens on Monday 12 March 2018, but all of the key information needed to decide if you're up for the challenge is already available on the Innovation Funding Service website. The competition
28 February 2018From Collaborative Projects to Education and Training Resources
From Collaborative Projects to Education and Training Resources It is self-evident that if the process industries are to become more sustainable, current and future workforces must be able to learn about the innovative technologies and approaches being developed in collaborative projects. A forthcoming workshop being held by the Britest coordinated SPRING project under the auspices of
16 February 2018Reflections on a continuous journey
As 2017 draws to a close, it is timely to reflect on what has been achieved and to set out targets for the New Year. 2017 marked twenty years since the start of the original EPSRC funded BRITEST project which ultimately led to the creation of Britest Limited. That project brought together chemists and chemical engineers, academics and industrialists, and batch and continuous production
20 December 2017New conceptual study for butadiene telomerization published
Research arising from the EU's 7th Framework Programme’s SYNFLOW project o n which Britest collaborated has resulted in a new, peer-reviewed publication describing a conceptual design study for a butadiene telomerization process. Britest Senior Innovation Specialists Amy Peace and Charles Gordon are co-authors on the new paper along with colleagues Prof. Wolfgang Marquardt, Sebastian
20 November 2017Britest to frame thinking on new approaches to decision making for batch to continuous evaluation
CEO speaking at 9th Symposium on Flow Chemistry for Industrial Applications Britest's Chief Executive Officer Dr. Gareth Jenkins will be in Barcelona next week, speaking at the latest in a series of international profile events for executive chemists, engineers and business developers in the pharmaceutical and fine chemicals industry. Dr. Jenkins will be conveying the latest thinking from
10 November 2017Symposium Report - Continuous Flow Chemistry for Industrial Processes
RSC Symposium, ChemSpec Europe, Münich, Germany, 31st May – 1st June 2017 The production of fine and speciality chemicals is still heavily reliant on batch processes. There is much technology innovation being developed to enable the scale-down of continuous processing and the 2017 RSC Symposium at ChemSpec Europe highlighted some recent successes, reported here by Britest CEO, Gareth
15 June 2017Britest CEO in chair at Continuous Flow Symposium
Gareth Jenkins to chair session at RSC event during Chemspec 2017 Britest Limited is pleased to report that our Chief Executive Officer Dr. Gareth Jenkins will be chairing a session at a forthcoming Royal Society of Chemistry International Symposium in Continuous Flow Chemistry for Industrial Processes . The event, taking place over the two days of Wednesday 31st May and Thursday 1st June,
25 May 2017Continuous flow catalysis for API synthesis scales up
A new, high-profile scientific paper arising from one of Britest's international collaborative projects , which reports the first development of a continuous flow process for asymmetric hydrogenation with a heterogenized molecular catalyst in a real industrial context, has been selected as an “ACS Editors’ Choice” by the American Chemical Society. This recognition, based on recommendations by the
10 June 2016Britest and IBioIC partner up to drive innovation
Britest has joined forces with the Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBioIC) to support organisations in delivering innovative process solutions for the growing industrial biotechnology sector. In a reciprocal deal, Britest becomes a Network Member of IBioIC (which represent a broad spectrum of the industrial biotechnology community) and IBioIC becomes a Strategic Partner of Britest.
01 March 2016New £20.4m project set to transform UK pharmaceutical development and manufacturing
Britest is playing a key role in a newly launched major collaborative project that is set to transform the UK pharmaceutical industry by enabling the manufacturing processes of the innovative medicines of the future to be designed digitally. The ADDoPT (Advanced Digital Design of Pharmaceutical Therapeutics) project addresses a key challenge for the pharmaceutical industry; getting new
28 January 2016Britest to partner in £22m REMEDIES project
Britest’s role in the REMEDIES (RE-configuring MEDIcines End-to-end Supply) project will help the UK pharmaceutical industry develop enhanced process understanding to improve medicines manufacturing and supply. The project was launched in 2014 and has recently accelerated into its next phase following the approval of £11.2 million of UK government funding through the Advanced Manufacturing
26 August 2015Britest launches new data capture and knowledge management tool
Britest’s latest venture into software-based tools to support process understanding has been launched following extensive development and testing with member organisations. The Facilitator Support Tool (FST) was showcased at Britest Members’ Day in November 2014 and is now available to all member organisations. It is a highly intuitive and user friendly electronic knowledge management and
25 January 2015Britest to lead European Horizon 2020 sustainability project
Britest is to lead the co-ordination of project STYLE - a two year coordinated support activity across the European process sectors, funded by the Horizon 2020 / SPIRE programme. Launched in January 2015, project STYLE aims to identify and deliver a practical 'toolkit' that can be used by industry and future European funded projects to assess the value (in sustainability terms) of new
10 January 2015New methodologies launched to address key business drivers
Britest has launched three new methodologies to help organisations generate value from process understanding by addressing key business drivers. A new Biocatalysis Assessment Methodology is used to assess the techno-economic feasibility of implementing a biocatalytic step in a chemical process. It can be used for conceptual studies to assess the feasibility of biocatalysis based on limited data
08 January 2015