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custom tailoring –
the Biocatalysts experience

CUSTOM TAILORING AND SERVICES
Biocatalysts was the first enzyme company to offer custom tailoring, you could say we were the catalyst that changed the enzyme industry from its inward looking production focus to a customer based approached.

Now we are looking to stay one step ahead of our competitors by not only custom tailoring enzymes but your whole enzyme buying experience. How you want to contact us, specific documentation requirements eg allergen certificates, kosher products, specific packaging/labelling. We will put together any package for a client to make their life as easy as possible.

Our ideal scenario is that we are your best supplier, that your products arrive seamlessly at your factory with the minimum of effort on your part. We want you to feel that business with us is effortless that we are literally, “the least of your problems!”

We pride ourselves and differentiate ourselves from our competitors by the following:

  1. Biocatalysts specialises in custom-tailoring your whole enzyme buying experience, from the way you choose to contact us to the way your final product is packaged its your choice.
  2. We are experts in developing custom tailored products which can achieve a number of objectives for example they can maximise process effectiveness, reduce waste or make your process more cost-efficient.
  3. Biocatalysts offer free in-house technical expertise that excludes the need for expensive consultants and reduces the amount of time it takes to solve process problems or bring a new product to market.
  4. Biocatalysts ability to manufacture “Just-in-time” means that customers no longer need to hold large stocks with all the cost and space savings this entails.
  5. Biocatalysts put customers first, our response time to emails/sample requests and orders is much faster than any of our competitors.
  6. Our custom-tailored products are easier to administer on site and when combined with dose-sized packaging are cleaner for operatives to use, thus minimising any handling risks that may be present.
  7. Biocatalysts have the ability to conduct process-style trials thus minimising the need to involve external parties.
  8. Biocatalysts can custom label products to make life easier for you.
  9. Biocatalysts provide a much more flexible approach to product supply than our competitors. We will provide intermediate quantities between sample sizes and standard pack sizes to enable you to trial our products in your facility. Many of our competitors do not allow you to do this.


QA ANALYSIS– QUALITY ASSURANCE AT BIOCATALYSTS
Biocatalysts prides itself on its product consistency. To achieve this, our analysis laboratory has a comprehensive library of enzymatic assay procedures.

A core selection of these are validated within our own laboratory to ensure a high standard of consistency within the test procedure. These validated procedures are used for our Finished Product Quality Control. Additional methods allow us to analyse a complete spectrum of side activities for every enzyme that enters the laboratory.

Our Quality Control laboratory, as part of the Operations Division, operates under ISO9001:2000 (Biocatalysts was amongst the first companies in Wales to be accredited to this new standard). In addition, we have written our procedures to confirm to the Laboratory standard ISO17025 (although we have not yet been assessed). This will enable us to offer accredited laboratory services in the future. So you can be confident when sending us samples that you will get the right result first time!

As well as extensive experience in testing enzymes, we also have many years experience in development of enzyme tests. So if you have an enzyme-related testing problem, we may be the right people to call!

CONTRACT R&D
Biocatalysts have a team of dedicated research scientists who work full time developing new products for both our standard ranges and for individual clients.

Unlike many enzyme companies we actively encourage these highly qualified experts to liaise directly with clients to ascertain their exact needs. Sometimes our Sector Experts, as they are known, travel to a client’s production site or laboratory to find out first hand the process conditions under which the enzyme will be working or to solve process problems first hand.

This unique approach to new product development is what sets the Biocatalysts scientific team apart from our competitors. Our scientists will use enzymes to achieve a variety of results:

  1. Increased yield
  2. Reduced waste
  3. Higher value by-products
  4. Improved quality
  5. Faster process throughput
  6. Filtration aid (to extend filter life)
  7. More consistent process operations

If you would like to discuss your specific requirements with one of our sector experts please use the Contact us button.

CONTRACT FERMENTATION
At Biocatalysts we have a team of scientists dedicated to the fermentation, extraction of and purification of a wide range of enzymes.

Whether you are looking for an alternative supplier of your enzymes or you are looking to scale-up an enzyme you have developed our experienced team are happy to help. At present we have up to pilot plant fermentation capacity on-site. Our facilities are designed to work with genetically modified organisms requiring up to Containment Category level 2 if required. For larger scale processes we have well established partnerships.

If you would like to discuss your contract fermentation, extraction or purification requirements with one of our specialist team please use the Contact us button.

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