Process Development & Optimization
A successful commercial process requires more than good laboratory results.
We help clients develop robust, scalable fermentation processes through feed strategy development, process troubleshooting, and performance improvement. Our approach focuses on generating the operational understanding needed for successful scale-up and long-term production reliability.
Scale-Up & Technology Transfer
Scale-up is often where promising technologies encounter their greatest technical challenges.
Our fermentation platform supports systematic, data-driven scale-up across multiple vessel sizes, allowing clients to identify and resolve scale-related issues before they become commercial problems. We help organizations generate the data, documentation, and process understanding required for successful technology transfer and future manufacturing.
Pilot & Demonstration Production
Organizations frequently require product volumes that exceed laboratory capabilities but do not yet justify commercial manufacturing.
Our pilot and demonstration-scale production systems enable clients to produce material for:
- Product validation
- Customer evaluations
- Regulatory submissions
- Market development activities
- Field trials
- Investor demonstrations
These capabilities help clients advance commercialization while minimizing technical and financial risk.
Contract Manufacturing
For organizations with established fermentation processes, InnoTech Alberta offers contract and toll manufacturing services supported by experienced operations staff, well-documented production systems, and recognized quality and regulatory programs.
Our team supports the transition from development to production while helping clients maintain process consistency, product quality, and manufacturing reliability.
Integrated Downstream Processing
Commercial success depends on more than fermentation alone.
Our downstream processing capabilities enable clients to move from fermentation through product recovery, concentration, drying, formulation, and finishing within a single facility. This integrated approach reduces complexity, improves process understanding, and helps accelerate commercialization.
Available unit operations include:
- Centrifugation and clarification
- Membrane filtration: microfiltration and ultrafiltration (TFF)
- Cell disruption: high-pressure homogenization and bead milling
- Concentration: vacuum and falling-film evaporation
- Drying: spray drying and lyophilization
- Solvent extraction: with Zone 2 classified workspace for flammable solvents
- Liquid formulation and product finishing
Full equipment specifications, vessel details, and operating parameters are available on our Fermentation Plant page.
