Micropore - Encapsulation Technology for Agricultural and Veterinary Applications

As global pressure to reduce agrochemical use increases Micropore’s technology is ready to meet the need for more sophisticated bio-agrochemicals as well as helping the sector to reduce its carbon footprint.

We can offer formulated systems for on-plant or on-soil delivery of a wide variety of capsule, emulsion and suspoemulsion for both traditional agrochemicals and emerging biological products as well micronutrients.

• Product innovation and enhanced processability.
• On-plant or on-soil targeted delivery of agrochemical actives.
• Targeted release of actives in the intestine, bypassing stomach acid, which can reduce efficacy.
• Probiotics and vitamin enriched animal feed.
• Rumen bypass/Increased bioavailability.
• Novel application and delivery of antimicrobials.
• Biodegradable technologies available.

Aseptic/cGMP:

Plant designs and documentation for pilot and high volume production are available.

Scalable:

Micropore`s processes are designed to be scalable - from laboratory formulation testing to thousands of tonnes. This enables meaningful laboratory data to be used to scale a process to production volumes.

Low shear:

The low shear and gentle conditions deployed by Micropore’s technology are ideal to prevent damage to crop treatments based on biologicals, proteins or other sensitive active ingredients.

Release Profile:

We provide a service to develop the best release profile for your ingredients and products; using our expertise in encapsulation and formulation technology based on our membrane emulsification processes.

Energy:

The Micropore patented manufacturing techniques provide uniform droplets and particles and lead to 100% production success in the desired size range. There is no waste compared to conventional manufacturing techniques. Using Micropore technology results in significantly lower energy and waste disposal costs.

Reliability and Reproducibility:

Micropore’s technology enables highly reliable and reproducible production of batches of materials. Our techniques lead to no `bad batches’ to be disposed of.

Easy Control:

The Micropore systems are easy to control and do not require time consuming and costly specialist operator training.

Materials of construction:

The Micropore equipment is constructed entirely of food grade stainless steel with industry standard hygienic fittings. The 100% stainless steel equipment can be run at elevated temperatures.

Footprint:

The system is easy to control and has a lower factory space requirement than conventional stirred tank technology.