Project Overview
Our client manufactured products which included cellulose acetate fibre. As a means of improving margins, they required an assessment of the economic benefits of manufacturing the fibre themselves, direct from cellulose acetate through a chemical process to prepare a solution in acetone/PEG which was then spun into the fibre.
Technology assessments were required to establish the process route which presented a number of challenges to be overcome effectively and quickly within the constraints of a high level study. The study work had to be completed within a very tight timeline to support the wider decision making process.
