Chocolate Bayou Facility

7231 County Road 171

Alvin, TX 77511

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Polymer Chemistry Chocolate Bayou is our large scale specialty chemicals facility located in Alvin, Texas – 35 miles southeast of Houston. This full commercial plant offers a unique combination of process development and custom manufacturing for both small molecules and polymers in large quantities, and is conveniently located in close proximity to producers of key raw materials.

The facility features various high-viscosity stainless steel reactors up to 10,000 gallons, Hastelloy® units that enable work with acid-based products, and a unique distillation tower for ultra-high purity distillations. Our staff can create customized solutions to the challenges involved with synthesizing and processing a variety of specialty materials in addition to monomers and polymers.

Services

• Toll manufacturing services
• Typical and specialty polymerizations
• Specialty small molecule synthesis
• Complex and high-purity distillations
• Process & product development
• Process scale-up
• Product commercialization
• Comprehensive laboratory support

Production Equipment

Pilot Equipment

• Pilot plant of the 100, 200 and 300 units
• Several stainless steel polymerization reactors ranging from 6 to 400 gallons
• Complete wet laboratory capable of glassware modeling most processes

Storage & Shipping

• 150,000 gallon tank farm, mostly stainless steel tanks; sizes from 5,000 to 25,000 gallons
• Rail and truck dock facilities

Analytical Capabilities

Our analytical capabilities include gas chromatography (GC),
high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), gel permeation chromatography (GPC), infrared (IR), nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), mass spectroscopy, viscosities (kinematic, dynamic and intrinsic), titration with Ross Karl Fischer electrode, thermal testing
and mechanical testing.