In line with our commitment to create best in class products, Aquapharm’s new Innovation Centre opened in 2017. This centre is boosting R&D efforts in the area of chelating agents, dispersing agents, corrosion inhibitor and oil field chemicals. This state of the art ‘zero discharge’ facility is strategically located in Pune, India. The contributions and facilities of the Aquapharm Innovation Centre have been recognized by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India.
The Aquapharm Innovation Centre has several laboratories with state of the art equipment and accessories essential for research in organic synthesis, synthesis of complex polymers, application testing with analytical support.
The Facilities
Synthesis labs for phosphonates, polymers and oil and gas chemicals.
All labs are supported by central analytical facility.
A dedicated application development and testing centre for evaluating performance of various products in the final formulations.
Equipment
Innovation centre has all the modern equipment to support their current production units and for ongoing research programs:-
- Latest HPLCs, GCs, Spectrophotometers, FTIR, IC, GPCs, TGA, particle size analyser, Karl Fischer moisture analyser and modern auto-titrators
- Application laboratory also has specialized equipment like HPHT-PMAC, Gamry corrosion equipment, Tergotometers, Ofite- fluid loss test apparatus, Roller oven for cement slurry conditioning, EE instruments for quantifying rust and corrosion and a 8- speed viscometer for characterizing various slurriess
- Walk-in fume hoods
- Computer controlled high pressure reaction facility
The team
