September 18, 2024
ARGEN is a light scattering instrument that addresses key R&D issues in the biopharma industry by providing real-time stability monitoring, manufacturing stress modeling, shelf-life determination, and rapid parallel analyses. ARGEN comes equipped with intuitive data processing packages and was created for the quick or long-term assessment of the viability and stability of proteins, peptides, DNA/RNA…
September 18, 2024
Developing new biotherapeutics is a complex and demanding process. One of the most labor-intensive tasks in the early stages is identifying biologically active compounds. The ARGEN eBook highlights the critical need for development teams to ensure the stability of biopolymer formulations under various thermal, mechanical, and chemical stresses…
April 17, 2024
Fluence Analytics was a spin-out, originally called Advanced Polymer Monitoring Technologies, from the physics department in Tulane’s School of Science and Engineering. Tulane was very supportive along the way. Once we began to work on the idea…
January 13, 2024
Built In, an online community for startups and technology companies, named Yokogawa Fluence Analytics as a Best Place to Work in Houston for the second consecutive year. Click here to view the full list. Yokogawa Fluence Analytics delivers real-time industrial and laboratory analytics solutions to polymer and biopharmaceutical companies worldwide…
May 19, 2023
The Yokogawa Fluence Analytics leadership team was featured on a Data Crunch podcast segment discussing the role of data science and analytics in polymer manufacturing. The team also talked about the impacts of ARGEN and its potential for advancements in life-saving therapeutics and personalized medicine. Check out the podcast episode today…
March 27, 2023
In 1997, Tulane University physics professor Wayne Reed developed a technology in his lab to make the production of polymers — which are used to create plastics and other widely used products — greener and more efficient. Reed’s technology, known as Automatic Continuous Online Monitoring of Polymerization (ACOMP), also aims to improve product quality and enable the manufacture of more sophisticated polymers, while reducing emissions and energy consumption and increasing the safety of workers and surrounding communities…
February 24, 2023
Japan’s Yokogawa Electric Corp. has purchased polymer manufacturing solutions provider Fluence Analytics, the companies announced in February. Established in 2013, Houston-based Fluence Analytics provides patented, real-time process analytics and control solutions to polymer and biopharmaceutical companies worldwide. One of its main offerings is an Automatic Continuous Online Monitoring of Polymerization Reactions (ACOMP), which continuously monitors and measures these polymerization reactions…
February 13, 2023
When Japanese software company Yokogawa Electric agreed to a deal to acquire Houston-based data analytics startup Fluence Analytics, it marked the conclusion of several years of groundwork laid by Fluence founder and COO Alex Reed. The agreement follows Yokogawa’s previously signed distribution agreement for Fluence products in Asia, the Middle East and North Africa. But for Fluence, the Japanese company offers a needed hardware complement to its software offerings, Reed told the Houston Business Journal…
February 10, 2023
Yokogawa Electric Corp. (Tokyo) announced the acquisition of Fluence Analytics, Inc. (Houston), a startup that provides real-time analytics solutions to polymer and biopharmaceutical companies worldwide. Since signing investment and collaboration agreements in 2021, the two companies have been exploring potential business opportunities. ACOMP’s data streams provide new insights into material properties that enable customers to optimize and control polymerization processes, leading to improved product quality, greater yields, and less energy consumption and material waste…
February 8, 2023
The two companies are exploring how to integrate the next-generation ACOMP with Yokogawa’s advanced control solutions and the digital technologies of KBC, another Yokogawa Group company. Yokogawa’s global network will perform engineering and system integration tasks and provide after-sales field services for the ACOMP system. “Combining forces with Yokogawa Electric enables us to capture the full value of our unique data sets, and we can’t wait to deliver this added value to our customers. Together, we will enable autonomous operations and digital transformation…”
February 8, 2023
Through this acquisition, Fluence Analytics will integrate its operations with Yokogawa’s existing business and further enhance its technological capabilities. Starting today, Fluence Analytics will operate as Yokogawa Fluence Analytics. Fluence Analytics is a global leader in polymerization reaction monitoring and control, and its automatic continuous online monitoring of polymerizations (ACOMP) product is the only commercially available system that can measure and analyze multiple polymer…
February 2, 2023
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces the acquisition of Fluence Analytics, Inc., a US-based startup that provides real-time analytics solutions to polymer and biopharmaceutical companies worldwide. Since signing investment and collaboration agreements in August 2021, the two companies have been exploring potential business opportunities. Through this acquisition, Fluence Analytics will integrate its operations with Yokogawa’s existing business and further enhance its technological capabilities. Starting today, Fluence Analytics will operate as…
February 2, 2023
We are excited to announce that Fluence Analytics has been acquired by Yokogawa Electric Corporation. Moving forward we will be operating as a member of the global Yokogawa Group under the name Yokogawa Fluence Analytics. We believe that the combination of our innovative real-time analytics, advanced process control and optimization technology with Yokogawa’s world class automation solutions, product portfolio and global network will enable us to deliver truly unique solutions to customers in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries to support their digital transformation initiatives. Read the press release from Yokogawa Electric Corporation here.
January 24, 2023
Fluence Analytics, a leader in continuous analytics and process control solutions for the polymer and biopharmaceutical industries, was named as a “Best Place to Work” in Houston in 2023 by Built In. Built In is a technology platform that connects employers and job seekers globally, helping companies hire otherwise hard-to-reach tech professionals. In addition to the “Best Places to Work” recognition, Built In named Fluence Analytics as one of the “50 Best Startups to Work for in Houston”…
January 13, 2023
Fluence Analytics, a leader in continuous analytics and process control solutions for the polymer and biopharmaceutical industries, was named as one of the “Best Places to Work” in Houston in 2023 by Built In. In addition to the Best Place to Work recognition, Fluence Analytics was also named as one of the “50 Best Startups to Work for in Houston.” Built In is a technology platform that…
December 19, 2022
Fluence Analytics recently teamed up with its academic research partner, Tulane PolyRMC, to investigate the complex role that oxygen (O2) plays during both free and controlled radical polymerization reactions in an aqueous medium with ACOMP. This work uses controlled O2 flow into the reactor and the continuous multi-characteristic data from ACOMP to show the detailed effects of O2 on acrylamide and sodium styrene sulfonate during radical and RAFT polymerizations…
December 2, 2022
Fluence Analytics partnered with students at Tulane University’s Energy Institute on a research project focused on the circular economy. Fluence Analytics, which recently began developing new ways to use its propriety technologies to improve the efficiency of chemical recycling, centered the project around depolymerization initiatives in the chemicals sector. The project was also supported by Fluence Analytics’ investor and customer, Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation…
November 10, 2022
Fluence Analytics received an award for the Best Hardtech Company at the 2022 Houston Innovation Awards Gala. Eight judges evaluated over 150 companies who were nominated to compete across 11 categories for the 2022 Houston Innovation Awards. As the recipient of the Best Hardtech Company award, Fluence Analytics was recognized as an innovative company developing and commercializing a physical technology across life science, energy, space…
November 3, 2022
Houston is attracting more and more businesses big and small, old and new. So much that it seemed worthy of an award for the Houston Innovation Awards Gala. Jay Manouchehri, CEO of Fluence Analytics, is one of the finalists in this category. The startup relocated from Louisiana to Stafford last year, just outside of Houston. “We have been able to engage very actively with many customers since the move and…
October 21, 2022
The 2022 Houston Innovation Awards Gala is just a few weeks away, and Fluence Analytics was named as a finalist in two of the 11 categories. Fluence Analytics will compete against other companies in an attempt to walk away with the Hardtech Business Award and the New to Houston Business Award. Eight judges evaluated over 150 companies and individuals across…
August 24, 2022
Fluence Analytics has recently embarked on a new circular economy project focused on the conversion of plastic waste into reusable raw materials through depolymerization technology. The Houston-based startup, specializing in continuous analytics and process control solutions for the polymer and biopharmaceutical industries, has also been named a Top 50 global advanced manufacturing startup…
August 18, 2022
Fluence Analytics, a leader in continuous analytics and process control solutions for the polymer and biopharmaceutical industries, was named as a Top 50 global advanced manufacturing startup by CB Insights. The inaugural list includes 16 different cohorts, narrowed down from more than 6,000 companies…
August 11, 2022
Houston-based Fluence Analytics ranked as one of the top-50 private advanced manufacturing companies in the world, according to a report by CB Insights. “Our team is very excited that our real-time process analytics, optimization and control products for the polymer and biopharma industries are included among such elite startups…
July 27, 2022
Fluence Analytics was included in the 2022 list of the top 50 global Advanced Manufacturing Startups by CB Insights…
June 30, 2022
Jay Manouchehri and Alex Reed, CEO and President/CCO of Fluence Analytics, respectively, joined Valerie Cobb to discuss different ways growing companies can increase their revenue during a featured segment on The Revenue Maze Podcast. The podcast discusses the importance of listening to customers, collaborations, surviving the sales cycle, and…
June 24, 2022
Fluence Analytics, a venture capital-backed company experienced in continuous polymer and biopharma analytics and process optimization, has announced a circular economy initiative anchored by a phased depolymerization research project. The new project starts with a technology and market assessment of the circular economy…
June 23, 2022
The new project starts with a technology and market assessment of the circular economy, specifically focused on the conversion of plastic waste into reusable raw materials. Fluence Analytics has partnered with its academic research partner, Tulane University’s Energy Institute, and one of its investors and customers, Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation, on this endeavor…
April 25, 2022
Fluence Analytics, which moved its headquarters to the Houston area from New Orleans last year, has named Jay Manouchehri as the company’s CEO. Manouchehri has worked in leadership roles within digital transformation at ABB and Honeywell all around the world, as well as in consulting and private equity. Manouchehri tells InnovationMap he is focused on leading industrial growth…
April 23, 2022
Fluence Analytics, which moved its headquarters to the Houston area last year, has named Jay Manouchehri as the company’s CEO. Manouchehri has worked in leadership roles within digital transformation at ABB and Honeywell. Alex Reed has transitioned from CEO to Chief Commercial Officer, but Manouchehri tells InnovationMap the two lead the company together and balance each other out. Reed says he’s focused on commercial product strategy and Manouchehri is leading industrial growth…
April 22, 2022
Fluence Analytics, the global leader in continuous polymer analytics and process control solutions, today announced the appointment of Jay Manouchehri as its new Chief Executive Officer and board director. Alex Reed, co-founder and former CEO of Fluence Analytics, will remain on the board of directors and will now serve as the President and Chief Commercial Officer. Jay brings global experience in digital transformation, leveraging his knowledge of advanced process control for the oil and gas and chemical industries, to the leadership team at Fluence Analytics…
March 15, 2022
Fluence Analytics has announced a further expansion of its biopharmaceutical product line with the release of ARGEN-LT, a new high throughput static light scattering lab instrument with eight independent sample cells that can measure the stability of biopolymers under thermal, chemical and mechanical stress. This announcement is coupled with an upgraded version of the existing ARGEN product, which is a 16-sample cell instrument with a temperature range from 18°C to 100°C. ARGEN-LT can cool samples down to 0°C and heat them to 100°C. The new solution was developed in response to feedback from customers…
March 10, 2022
Co-founder of Fluence Analytics, Alex Reed, joined Max Finder for a feature segment on the Out of the Lab podcast. During the segment Alex discusses everything he learned via “trial by fire,” including bringing in the right expertise and mentorship, best practices in team building, working with tech transfer offices, customer development, and how to fund the early operations and R&D of a tech startup…
March 8, 2022
ARGEN-LT was developed in response to feedback from customers and biopharma industry experts for an instrument capable of performing temporal stability studies on biopolymers at low temperature(s) to confirm shelf-life viability. Fluence Analytics recently developed and sold the first ARGEN-LT to a major European biopharma company…
February 28, 2022
Fluence Analytics announced a further expansion of its biopharmaceutical product line with the release of ARGEN-LT, a new high throughput static light scattering lab instrument with eight independent sample cells that can measure the stability of biopolymers under thermal, chemical and mechanical stress. ARGEN-LT can cool samples down to 0°C and heat them to 100°C…
January 7, 2022
Today, there is so much rapid change to optimize operations and profits, and an essential facet of digital transformation is expanding the available quantitative process data to improve decision-making. Real-time measurements, analytics, and process control are significant factors in the operational side of digital transformation…
January 1, 2022
In 2022, the industry will see a significant jump in progress toward autonomous operations and a major transition toward digitization. In particular, three technologies related to autonomous operations will take a big step forward. According to Alex Reed, co-founder and CEO of Fluence Analytics, “to compete effectively in our rapidly changing world, 80%+ of the polymer manufacturing industry…”
November 19, 2021
Y NOW 2021 featured presentations by dozens of industry powerhouses, from Shell to Saudi Aramco, Cisco Systems to Evonik Operations, and C3 AI to Microsoft. BASF’s Michael Krauss discussed remote and autonomous operations in the chemical industry, and Fluence Analytics’ Alex Reed gave a talk titled “How Digital Transformation Enables Autonomous Polymer Operations”…
October 8, 2021
A feature article profiling Fluence Analytics and its latest venture funding round appears in the October 2021 edition of Rubber News. Click the link to read the full article. “Polymer manufacturing solutions provider Fluence Analytics has completed a $7.5 million venture funding round with multiple global partners. The capital raised will support continued growth and research and development…”
October 7, 2021
For the second year in a row, the Tech Tribune has included Fluence Analytics among a list of the best tech startups in New Orleans. Fluence Analytics is a manufacturer of industrial and laboratory monitoring solutions that produce continuous data streams. The company has two product lines, ACOMP and ARGEN…
October 4, 2021
Fluence Analytics, which announced its recent raise led by Yokogawa Electric Corp. last month, has officially moved to the Houston area. The company’s new HQ is in Stafford. Alex Reed, co-founder and CEO of the company, joined InnovationMap for a Q&A about what led up to the move and the future of the company, which includes expanding…
August 30, 2021
A recently announced collaboration between Fluence Analytics and Yokogawa Corp. will significantly expand the availability of the latest generation of Fluence’s technology for continuous, real-time monitoring of polymerization processes. The ACOMP system provides real-time information on polymerization…
August 30, 2021
Yokogawa says it will invest in Fluence Analytics, Inc., a U.S.-based startup that provides combined hardware and software analytics solutions to polymer manufacturers. Additionally, the companies agreed to a global strategic business partnership for sales and deployment of new high-end models of the automatic continuous online monitoring of polymerization (ACOMP) system from Fluence Analytics. Under…
August 27, 2021
Fluence Analytics announced the close of a venture funding round and new business collaboration agreement with Yokogawa Electric Corporation. In addition to signing the collaboration agreement, Yokogawa Electric also participated in the $7.5 million financing with other investors, including Energy Innovation Capital, Diamond Edge Ventures (CVC arm of Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation) and JSR Corporation…
August 23, 2021
Under the terms of the collaboration agreement, Yokogawa Electric will commence customer trials with existing ACOMP models by the end of 2021, and will have exclusive or co-exclusive sales rights for the new models that will be launched in the future. The company will also handle engineering and all other system integration tasks and provide after-sales field services for its customers in the chemical industry. “Our team is very excited to add Yokogawa Electric as a strategic partner and investor…”
August 18, 2021
Fluence Analytics, the manufacturer of industrial and laboratory monitoring solutions with continuous data streams, has recently concluded its $7.5M venture funding round – gaining support from venture groups of Yokogawa Electric and Mitsubishi Chemical. The current venture funding round also included Energy Innovation Capital, JSR Corporation, and Diamond Edge Ventures…
June 2, 2021
Fluence Analytics today announced that Craig Allshouse has joined the team as an Executive Advisor. The new hire comes as Fluence Analytics is expanding its installation base across the globe. Craig has more than 30 years of experience as a global industrial equipment manufacturing executive. ACOMP by Fluence Analytics is a realtime measurement system for polymer reactors that enables chemical companies to increase profits…
May 7, 2021
Fluence Analytics and its academic research partner Tulane PolyRMC collaborated on a peer review article for Polymer Journal which describes the kinetic analysis of continuous reaction data for RAFT and free radical copolymerization with acrylic and styrenic monomers. More recently, a control interface was developed, and by using a semi-batch approach, the ACOMP/CI enables fully automatic feedback control of polymerization reactions…
April 27, 2021
The Start Up The Science Podcast invited Alex Reed, CEO of Fluence Analytics, to weigh in on another segment dealing with innovative processes and technologies in the material analysis sector. Alex discussed how ACOMP is applicable to and benefits companies that produce and develop new chemicals. The podcast also discusses the emergence of smart materials and…
September 22, 2020
Alex Reed, CEO of Fluence Analytics, sat down with The Tech Tribune for an exclusive Q&A session. The Tech Tribune recently announced news that Fluence Analytics was included among the publication’s list of the 2021 Best Tech Startups in New Orleans:
September 21, 2020
The Tech Tribune staff has compiled the very best tech startups in New Orleans, Louisiana. In doing our research, we considered several factors including but not limited to revenue potential, leadership team, brand/product traction, competitive landscape. Fluence Analytics was included…
August 24, 2020
July 7, 2020
Alex Reed was interviewed for a podcast hosted by James West, an experienced institutional investor with Evercore ISI. Listen to hear Alex discuss the emergence of Fluence Analytics, securing initial market traction, and navigating venture capital financing. Alex goes on to mention that later discussions with companies identified opportunities in commodity polymers, even for continuous production reactors…
July 1, 2020
June 23, 2020
Fluence Analytics’ CEO, Alex Reed, was a featured guest on the Start Up the Science Podcast. Check out the recording to hear Alex discuss how ACOMP uses realtime monitoring combined with data analytics and advanced algorithms to improve sustainability, quality, yields and consistency in polymer manufacturing…
March 1, 2020
This peer-reviewed article discusses how developments in laboratory technologies can push the boundaries of what is achievable using existing polymer synthesis techniques. By making advances in reactor design, online monitoring and automation it has been possible to accelerate polymer discovery. ACOMP by Fluence Analytics is one of the novel technologies…
March 1, 2020
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July 23, 2019
Fluence Analytics, a startup that provides combined hardware and software analytics solutions to polymer manufacturers, today announced it has raised a Series A-1 funding round. The financing includes participation from new investor Diamond Edge Ventures…
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July 19, 2019
Fluence Analytics, which provides combined hardware and software analytics solutions to polymer manufacturers, recently closed a Series A-1 equity funding round. The financing includes participation from existing investor Energy Innovation Capital (EIC)…
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July 18, 2019
Fluence Analytics, a New Orleans, La.-based provider of combined hardware and software analytics solutions to polymer manufacturers, raised funding of an undisclosed amount. The investors included Energy Innovation Capital and Diamond Edge Ventures Inc.
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July 18, 2019
Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Group invested in Fluence Analytics to further develop the real-time analysis system for polymer reactions. As part of the A-1 funding round, Patrick Suel, president of Diamond Edge Ventures and a veteran corporate venture executive…
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December 20, 2018
This application note demonstrates ACOMP’s ability to easily monitor and analyze the free radical polymerization of 2-ethlyhexyl acrylate and 2-ethylhexyl acrylate/acrylic acid reactions. The full article appears in the December 2018 issue of Polymers Paint and Colour Journal.
December 18, 2018
In this study, ARGEN is used to analyse spoilage that caused increases in molecular weight due to aggregation or association. Specifically, this article discusses measures of stability, time to dimer and time to tetramer, and it is important to note that stable peptide products have very long TD and TT values…
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September 15, 2018
In this study, ARGEN was used to analyze spoilage which caused increases in molecular weight due to aggregation or association. Specifically, this application note discusses measures of stability, time to dimer (TD), and time to tetramer (TT), and it is important to note that stable peptide…
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August 14, 2018
While makers of commodity polymers generally rely on high-throughput continuous processes, many specialty polymer manufacturers use batch processes. This meets customer requirements for flexibility in making a wide range of products on time without changes to the plant infrastructure…
August 13, 2018
Methyl methacrylate (MMA) is an essential monomer for many acrylic-based polymers, and its extensive range of applications include sealants, adhesives, exterior paints and coatings, and shatter-resistant panels for windows and bathtubs. The primary use of MMA…
June 7, 2018
Nihon Rufuto is now the sole distributor to Japan for ARGEN—an instrument for aggregation and stability analysis in biotech and a range of other applications. The partnership combines ARGEN’s unique technology and the value it delivers to the biopharmaceutical development process…
June 6, 2018
Fluence Analytics, a manufacturer of industrial and laboratory analytics products, today announced it has signed a distribution agreement with Nihon Rufuto, a Japanese company specializing in the import and domestic sales of scientific instruments…
February 20, 2018
The ACOMP QA process enabled a global specialty chemical company to cut its batch cycle time by an average of 17% and eliminate occasional off-spec polymer batches requiring rework. Improvements to the ACOMP system include broader analytics functionality, including optional machine learning; an enhanced user interface…
February 19, 2018
Fluence Analytics has unveiled the third generation of its ACOMP product, an automated smart manufacturing system that the firm claims continuously analyzes polymers during production while producing realtime insights into reaction kinetics and polymer properties…
December 20, 2017
Fluence Analytics has released its third-generation ACOMP product. ACOMP, which stands for automatic continuous online monitoring of polymerization, is an automated smart manufacturing system that continuously analyzes polymers during production and enables real-time insights…
December 14, 2017
Fluence Analytics, a manufacturer of industrial and laboratory monitoring systems, today announced the release of its third-generation ACOMP product. ACOMP is an automated smart manufacturing system that continuously analyzes…
November 10, 2017
This application note summarizes the use of ARGEN to determine colloidal stability for bovine serum albumin (BSA) at three different solution pH levels. Formulation development teams can use kinetic data collected by ARGEN to see differences in AR…
October 5, 2017
Fluence Analytics announced the launch of ARGEN, a patented protein and polymer stability monitoring product. By utilizing continuous light scattering measurements, ARGEN yields a unique information stream which reduces discovery and formulation and development times. For more than a year…
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Static light scattering is widely used to measure the molar masses of molecules, particles, and their aggregates under various solution conditions and compositions. A light scattering–based instrument from Fluence Analytics can run 16 independent light-scattering…
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Back in May, Fluence Analytics said it had raised a Series A round of funding led by Energy Innovation Capital, a venture capital firm that invests in growing companies in energy innovation. That effort signifies an overall growth period for the spin-off, which until earlier this year was known as Advanced Polymer Monitoring…
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June 30, 2017
New publication on automated and rapid methods to access quality & stability of biologics authored by Dr. Danny K. Chou, Dr. Mitra Mosharraf, Dr. Rajiv Nayar and Michael F. Drenski (CTO of Fluence Analytics). A 1st generation ARGEN system, previously referred to as a…
June 26, 2017
ARGEN allows quick, efficient analysis of multiple samples using SLS as a non-invasive method for continuous monitoring of aggregation for different proteins and protein formulations. Aggregation rate determination within the ARGEN control software gives a powerful measurement for quantitatively and directly comparing aggregation…
May 24, 2017
ARGEN leverages the phenomenology known as Total Intensity Light Scattering (a.k.a Static Light Scattering) and continuously delivers essential qualitative and quantitative information about each sample. The instrument collects and produces realtime sample aggregation information, identifies…
May 10, 2017
Fluence Analytics, formerly known as Advanced Polymer Monitoring Technologies, a New Orleans, La.-based laboratory monitoring systems manufacturer, raised an undisclosed amount in Series A funding. Energy Innovation Capital, a venture capital firm that invests in growing companies in energy innovation, led the round…
May 9, 2017
Fluence Analytics, a Tulane University spin-off firm formerly known as Advanced Polymer Monitoring Technologies, has raised the company’s first significant round of venture capital financing. The funding round was led by Energy Innovation Capital (EIC), a venture…
May 8, 2017
Fluence Analytics, a New Orleans-based provider of polymer monitoring technologies, has raised an undisclosed amount of Series A funding led by Energy Innovation Capital, a venture capital firm that invests in growing companies in energy innovation…
May 4, 2017
Advanced Polymer Monitoring Technologies announced a comprehensive rebrand and a name change to Fluence Analytics. Fluence Analytics provides hardware and software products for the industrial…
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April 27, 2017
APMT explains how its ACOMP system provides real-time monitoring, characterisation and control of polymer properties for medical applications. This article explains how ACOMP was used to successfully monitor the polymerisation of PVP…
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April 6, 2017
The latest post by Alex Reed, Fluence Analytics CEO, explaining how closed loops of sensors, data collection and analysis, visualization and interpretation will drive accelerated learning, inform design, and have the power to link the entire value chain…
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March 23, 2017
APMT CEO Alex Reed stopped by “Out to Lunch,” a New Orleans NPR program hosted by Peter Ricchiuti, to discuss the foundation of APMT and how the company is innovating in the chemicals industry…
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March 8, 2017
APMT’s latest publication, Automatic Synthesis of Multimodal Polymers, is in the March issue of Macromolecular Reaction Engineering Journal. It explains how ACOMP and the Mw controller…
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February 1, 2017
Alex Reed, CEO of Advanced Polymer Monitoring Technologies was recognized in the Silicon Bayou 100 for his second consecutive year. Alex has worked for the past three years to build APMT, and has dedicated much of what remains…
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Advanced Polymer Monitoring Technologies (APMT) today announced that a European business development professional has joined its team. Bernhard Bartylla will lead European initiatives for…
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December 30, 2016
APMT recently announced it has launched its second-generation industrial ACOMP product with a successful installation at an industrial polymer manufacturing…
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November 10, 2016
Advanced Polymer Monitoring Technologies announced that it has achieved automatic control of polymer-molecular weight during synthesis utilizing new capabilities integrated with ACOMP, which monitors polymer properties during polymerization reactions…
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A glimpse into manufacturing’s future, with full utilization of IIoT technologies. This post by Alex Reed, CEO of APMT, is part of IndustryWeek’s special coverage of Manufacturing Month 2016. Examples of IIoT transformation can be found across established and new industries alike. Chemical manufacturers…
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September 23, 2016
New publication, “Automatic Control of Polymer Molecular Weight during Synthesis” is in Macromolecules this month. The continuous record of monomer and polymer concentrations, Cm and Cp, and cumulative weight-average mass, Mw, furnished by automatic…
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Advanced Polymer Monitoring Technologies (APMT) hosted a private event for stakeholders, customers, partners, investors and employees on Friday, September 16, 2016. The event, which was held at Woodward Design + Build and APMT’s facilities on S. Gayoso St., attracted more than 80 attendees from New Orleans, Chicago and parts of California…
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September 21, 2016
A two year collaboration between Pantex scientists and polymer experts from Tulane University produced a new and unique method of testing some of the polymers Pantex uses. “SMSLS allows us to determine which stressors cause polymers to degrade or fail on the molecular level when in solution, as well as determine when the polymers are in equilibrium…”
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New article by Mike Drenski and Natalie Leonardi, “Real-Time Characterization of Polymer Properties and Reaction Characteristics,” is in the August issue of Paint & Coating Industry…
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July 12, 2016
Alex Reed, CEO of APMT, was one of six Idea Village alumni to be interviewed. APMT develops polymer monitoring equipment for plastics makers and other chemical manufacturers. The company has also developed a light scattering tool to help drug…
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July 5, 2016
APMT has been selected to participate in the new Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute. In June, the Obama Administration announced the Institute was launched through a partnership between Smart Manufacturing Leadership Coalition (SMLC)…
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Advanced Polymer Monitoring Technologies Inc. (APMT) is a major partner on a nearly $2 million project led by Tulane University and supported by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO)…
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May 26, 2016
Real-time analysis of polymer properties and reaction kinetics allows scientists to control the outcome of a polymerization process. To illustrate this, a homopolymerization of acrylamide was produced…
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Advanced Polymer Monitoring Technologies’ automatic continuous online monitoring of polymer reactions (ACOMP) product for industrial-scale polymer production monitoring has been installed and…
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February 1, 2016
There are many critical parameters that are important to monitor and measure in industrial polymer reactions, including molecular weight, viscosity and residual monomer concentration. Typically, polymer reactions…
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Alex Reed, CEO of APMT, Inc., was recognized in the Silicon Bayou 100…
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January 18, 2016
Alex Reed, CEO of APMT, Inc., was recognized in Forbes 30 under 30…
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December 12, 2015
Prof. Reed will be presenting at the 15th Annual PepTalk-Protein Science Week…
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May 14, 2015
APMT is an exhibitor sponsor of the 28th International Symposium on Polymer Analysis and Characterization. The conference will be held in Houston, Texas on June 8-10th…
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August 6, 2014
APMT’s ACOMP technology was mentioned in the NSF Press Release 14-093 in conjunction with the LA-MS Consortium (SMATDAP)…
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June 25, 2014
Prof. Wayne F. Reed, co-founder and CSO of APMT, co-edited a book with Prof. Alina M. Alb, entitled Monitoring Polymerization Reactions: From Fundamentals to Applications. Of particular interest is section 3, which concentrates on APMT’s ACOMP Technology…