Nation Ford Chemical’s headquarters and production facility feature a large, well-maintained manufacturing plant, a fully equipped development lab and a 15,000 square-foot warehouse. Our organic reaction capabilities include:

Bio-Based Chemical Scale-Up

Batch & continuous conversions of bio-based products to industrial grade chemicals

• Solvent extraction
• Solid-bowl centrifuging
• Continuous liquid decanting
• Continuous solvent recovery
• Conventional filtration/drying
• Flexible plant offers many unit-operations
• DCS Control

Distillation

High temp and high vacuum available along with batch and continuous run modes. Many of our reactors are outfitted with solvent recovery capability.

4,000-gallon 316L SS (batch)
• 30 theoretical plates
• 36” diameter column
• 100 psi/full vacuum; 400° F

2,000-gallon 316L SS (batch)
• 25 theoretical plates
• 24” diameter column
• 50 psi/full vacuum; 500° F

Continuous 28” Column
• 14 theoretical plates; structured packing
• 25 psi/full vacuum; 400° F
• Controlled via DeltaV DCS

Hydrogenation

• 150 psi/full vacuum
• 400° F
• 20 hp agitator featuring 6-blade VWS impeller
• Sparkler pressure leaf filter, 82 ft2

Flaking

• 48”x 40” Blaw Knox Flaker

Production Expertise
Organic Intermediates
Ag Intermediates
Ag Active Ingredients
Pharmaceutical Intermediates
Polymerization
Solvent Exchange
Azo Dyes
Solvent Dyes (Liquid and Solid)
Smoke Dyes
Pigments
Sulfanilic Acid
Drying/Grinding
Blending/Mixing/Drumming

Organic Reactions
Acetylation
Alkylation
Amination
Butylation
Chlorination
Chloroacetylation
Catalytic Reduction
Condensation
Diazotization/Coupling
Esterification
Ethylation
Friedel-Crafts
Hydrogenation
Nitration
Oxidation
Polymerization
Sulfonation
Thiophenylation