Rivertop completes move from bench to pilot-scale for renewable glucarate

In Montana, Rivertop Renewables announced it has successfully scaled its patented process technology from the lab to pilot manufacturing.

Rivertop has contracted with DTI, a custom manufacturer of fine and specialty chemical products based in Danville, Virginia, to pilot the manufacture of Rivertop’s sustainable, high performing, cost-competitive, glucarate-based products. Commencing in February 2012, Rivertop’s pilot manufacturing has produced numerous batches of glucarate-based products at approximately 850 pounds per run.

DTI’s unique manufacturing technologies and flexibility enabled the accurate scaling of Rivertop’s platform oxidation process. Data derived from these and subsequent runs will enable Rivertop and DTI to scale to a capacity up to 10 million pounds of contract-manufactured product per year. This next scale of production is projected to come online in the fourth quarter of 2012.