Who We Work With

Abbott Nutrition is one of the world's largest manufacturers of infant and healthcare nutritional powders. Perceptive Engineering has installed Advanced Process Control at their sites around the world. Each system increases yield, increases powder production rate, reduces energy and minimises off-spec or re-worked product. The applications provide a very high rate of financial return; the first

The ADDoPT (Advanced Digital Design of Pharmaceutical Therapeutics) project is addressing the pharmaceutical industry’s desire to deliver medicines more effectively to patients. ADDoPT is developing and implementing advanced digital design techniques that eliminate non-viable drug candidate formulations as early as possible, streamlining design, development and manufacturing processes. Perceptive

Global colour experts and a leader in coatings and paints, AkzoNobel has a world-class portfolio of household name products. Perceptive was commissioned to help understand how to get the most from as-built, as-operated manufacturing assets, to improve efficiency and reduce costs. Learn more Using the Perceptive Audit to uncover new process opportunities

Anglian Water supplies water and wastewater services to over 2 million people in the east of England. Perceptive's software and process expertise has been used to audit several treatment works, looking for ways to improve efficiency and reduce costs, without compromising quality. Learn more Supplying water and wastewater services to over 2 million people

Arla is one of Europe's largest dairy processing companies. Perceptive's software tools and expertise were selected to drive new initiatives in the manufacture of cheese at their key production sites in Sweden and Denmark. Learn more Arla is one of Europe's largest dairy processing companies

AZ AstraZeneca is a global, research-led pharmaceutical company. Perceptive Engineering has been working closely with AZ on the ADDoPT project, helping to streamline design, development and manufacture of next-generation medicines. Learn more

BASF creates chemistry for a sustainable future, combining economic success with environmental protection and social responsibility, across its wide portfolio of products. Perceptive and BASF have combined resources to develop the next generation of intelligent production monitoring system. Learn more Building the next generation of intelligent production monitoring

Since their founding in 1978 as one of the world’s first global biotechnology companies, Biogen has led innovative scientific research with the goal over the last decade to defeat devastating neurological diseases. Perceptive Engineering provides the feature-rich software platform and process expertise that is helping Biogen develop next-generation treatments. Learn more One of the

Advanced pharmaceutical healthcare in the fields of oncology, haematology, immunology and cardiovascular disease. Perceptive is working with BMS and GEA to further enhance drug product manufacturing, bringing greater efficiencies and shorter time-to-market. Learn more Advanced drug product manufacturing for efficiency and agility

Cargill is working to nourish the world. We're bringing together people, ideas, and resources to deliver products, technology and ways of operating that build successful businesses and communities. We are working on a joint collaboration for next-generation modelling, monitoring and control of complex processes. Learn more Developing new monitoring, control and optimisation

Clairefontaine makes 165,000 tonnes of high quality printing and writing paper per year, from its site on the banks of the Meurthe River in France. Perceptive's Advanced Process Control systems improve stability of the paper machine wet end, reducing break frequency and improving control of basis weight and sheet ash. Learn more Manufacturers of high quality printing and

Perceptive Engineering have been invited to collaborate with the EPSRC National Centre for Continuous Manufacturing and Crystallisation (CMAC). This leading-edge research is developing new manufacturing techniques for the next generation of life science compounds. Learn more Leading-edge research in advanced life science manufacturing

National Formulation Centre The Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) is a UK based technology innovation centre and the process arm of the High Value Manufacturing Catapult. Established to support the UK process manufacturing industry, CPI collaborates with universities, SMEs and large corporates to help overcome innovation challenges and develop next generation products and processes.

Dairygold has grown to become an organisation that supplies better nutrition for the increasing world population, from infants through to active ageing. Perceptive's APC reduces process variability and enables product quality to be maintained at a high standard, while improving efficiency and minimising operating costs. Learn more Supplying better nutrition from infants through

One of the world's largest manufacturers of dairy products and ingredients. Perceptive APC is installed on evaporators and spray drying, enabling complex infant formula products to be made efficiently, with no compromise in quality. Learn more

The institute’s research has a specific focus on multidisciplinary approaches to the study of medicines and healthcare products and services addressing: (i) the development of drug delivery technologies and the associated manufacturing processes, (ii) the study of the pharmacological activity of drugs, substances and medical devices and their interactions with biological systems and the

In Switzerland, the Emmi Group has 25 production sites. Abroad, Emmi and its subsidiaries have a presence in 14 countries, seven of which have production facilities. Emmi exports products from Switzerland to around 60 countries. Its business activities focus on the Swiss domestic market as well as western Europe and the American continent. Perceptive was selected as their technology provider for

A leading CDMO, with a focus is to combine technical leadership in cell culture, microbial fermentation and gene therapies with world class cGMP manufacturing facilities to advance tomorrow’s medicines. Now part of a leading-edge collaborative project with the Centre for Process Innovation and Perceptive Engineering. David Lovett, Managing Director at Perceptive Engineering, said: “By using

GEA is one of the largest technology suppliers for food processing and a wide range of other industries. The global group focuses on technologies, components and sustainable solutions for sophisticated production processes in diverse end-user markets. Perceptive Engineering has entered a collaborative partnership with GEA and Siemens, to promote best practice and leading-edge technology for

Glanbia is a global leader in sports nutrition. Perceptive's predictive control systems complement the company's own Six Sigma initiatives, delivering higher efficiency, tighter control of product quality and great manufacturing capacity. Learn more A glanbia is a global leader in sports nutrition and dietary supplements

GSK's mission statement is to bring differentiated, high-quality and needed healthcare products to as many people as possible, with their 3 global businesses, scientific / technical know-how and talented people. Perceptive's PharmaMV platform has been selected for enhancing manufacturing capability and efficiency at multiple sites around the world. Learn more Bringing

One of the world's largest mining and minerals companies. Perceptive jointly developed an advanced monitoring system for blast furnaces, that can detect early signs of failure and initiate a safe shutdown with minimal risk and minimal operational upset. Learn more One of the world's largest mining and minerals companies

HM brings together the very best in powder processing technologies and advancement, technical processing expertise, and standard and bespoke equipment design, manufacture, and installation. Perceptive and Hosokawa have agreed a joint collaborative project to achieve process intensification from existing data and assets. Learn more Manufacturing intensification using existing

Across Innopharma, our people are helping to advance high-tech manufacturing in the pharma, food and medtech industries. They're helping individuals gain the skills they need to have rewarding careers in these high-growth sectors. They're partnering with businesses to evolve and transform how they operate and achieve efficiencies. They're helping countries become more competitive with higher

Ipsen is a leading biopharmaceutical group dedicated to improving lives through innovative medicines in oncology, neuroscience and rare diseases. Perceptive is investigating how the expertise we have gained from academia and other manufacturing sectors can benefit key manufacturing processes. Learn more Improving lives through biopharmaceutical innovation

Household names in tea and coffee, in over 100 countries around the world. Perceptive developed an innovative programme to improve the efficiency of coffee drying. Learn more One of the world's largest manufacturers of coffee and beverages

The UK's largest independent dairy company produces a broad range of ingredients for catering and food manufacturers. Perceptive Engineering designed and installed Advanced Process Control on their finisher and dryer, to help maintain the high quality of chocolate crumb demanded by their clients. Learn more The UK's largest independent dairy company, supplying catering and food

Merck's mission is to discover, develop and provide innovative products and services that save and improve lives around the world. Perceptive Engineering provide consultancy services and our advanced software platform PharmaMV to assist Merck's process efficiency initiatives. Learn more Discover, develop and provide innovative products and services to the world

Messenger RNA, or mRNA, plays a fundamental role in human biology, transferring the instructions stored in DNA to make the proteins required in every living cell. Our approach is to use mRNA medicines to instruct a patient’s own cells to produce proteins that could prevent, treat, or cure disease. Perceptive's PharmaMV platform is being used to collect, store and interpret data from PAT devices

Mondelez manufactures some of the world's best known brands of chocolate. They selected Perceptive as part of their continuous improvement programme, to raise product quality consistency, reduce waste and minimise costs. Learn more

The National Biologics Manufacturing Centre aims to significantly increase the UK’s manufacturing capability in biologics. The centre provides the facilities and extensive expertise to bridge the gap between academia and business, helping to turn great ideas into commercial reality. The £38 million centre promotes industry collaboration across the supply chain, from research through to

Northumbrian Water supplies water and wastewater services to over 2.6 million customers, both domestic and industrial. Perceptive Engineering was selected to design and install an Advanced Monitoring and Control system at their flagship site. The system minimises energy while ensuring compliance with high environmental standards. In addition, Perceptive's APC automatically adjusts the process

Palm is one of the leading companies in the European paper industry. Palm Group has 5 paper mills for the manufacture of paper, while Palm Packaging Group has 28 plants for the manufacture of corrugated board. Perceptive's experience in municipal wastewater treatment enabled us to develop advanced control of the site's effluent treatment plant, to save costs and ensure compliance. Learn more

Pfizer is one of the world's biggest pharmaceutical companies and has established a major lead in the move towards continuous pharmaceutical manufacturing, which provides a significant step towards personalised medicines. Perceptive Engineering has enjoyed a long collaborative partnership with Pfizer, providing training, engineering and consultancy, as well as the advanced software platforms

The Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Technology Centre (PMTC) is hosted by the University of Limerick in Ireland. It was established in December 2013 and is led by an industry steering board with an active research program driven by its industry members. Companies access PMTC to create projects and execute world-beating industry-relevant research in advanced technology solutions to address

Providing drinking water and wastewater services to the whole of Singapore, with a vision to become a global leader in water treatment technology and water reuse. Perceptive has been selected to provide the software platform and engineering excellence that will be embedded into one of the world's most advanced water treatment and recycling operations. Learn more Building the future

RCPE in Graz is Austria’s leading research center for pharmaceutical process and product design. With our work we support our partners to develop and pioneer novel drugs and associated production routes. Over 130 researchers and employees conduct interdisciplinary projects in the following fields: Predictive Tools, Platforms and Workflows, Advanced Quality Control. Perceptive's PharmaMV is used

The ReMediES project - re-configuring medicines end-to-end supply - brought together stakeholders from academia, industry and regulatory authorities to look at how the entire medicines supply chain could be redesigned to meet the future needs of personalised medicine. Perceptive Engineering formed a key part of the design initiative. The PharmaMV software platform was selected to meet the

Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, is a leading national research university and the state of New Jersey’s preeminent, comprehensive public institution of higher education. Perceptive Engineering is pleased to be collaborating with Rutgers in the fields of pharmaceutical engineering and development. Perceptive's PharmaMV platforms are deployed for researching new ways of improving

Serving a population of over 5 million people, Scottish Water commissioned Perceptive Engineering to carry out opportunity assessments at multiple sites, seeking ways to reduce treatment costs while maintaining or improving quality performance. Learn more Serving a population of over 5 million domestic and industrial users

Siemens AG is the world's largest automation company. They have entered into a partnership agreement with Perceptive, to offer Perceptive’s PharmaMV and Siemens' Simatic Sipat software products closely integrated into existing manufacturing systems. This will provide a versatile solution for advanced control and optimization applications in both continuous and batch pharmaceutical

Smurfit Kappa is one of the world's largest producers of packaging paper and board. Paper and paperboard manufacture is highly energy intensive. Perceptive Engineering has installed Advanced Process Control that reduces energy consumption, providing lower costs and increased production capacity from existing machinery. Learn more One of the world's largest producers of

One of the largest water companies in the world, supplying water and wastewater services, consultancy and expertise across the globe. Suez commissioned Perceptive to assess opportunities for improving the efficiency of wastewater treatment at some of their sites in northern France. Learn more Water and wastewater services, consultancy and expertise across the globe

Takeda is a patient-focused, values-based, R&D-driven global biopharmaceutical company committed to bringing Better Health and a Brighter Future to people worldwide. Our passion and pursuit of potentially life-changing treatments for patients are deeply rooted in our distinguished history in Japan since in 1781. Perceptive Engineering is proud to be working with Takeda, developing next-generation

Tata is one of the world's largest producers of high quality metals for industrial and infrastructure applications. Perceptive's Development software is used by Tata's UK research centre, to identify opportunities to improve production efficiency and product quality. Learn more High quality metals for industrial and infrastructure applications

Thames is the largest water company in the UK, with over 9 million potable water clients and 15 million customers for wastewater services. Perceptive Engineering was selected to develop and install Advanced Process Control at multiple wastewater sites, all of which have very tight environmental constraints. Reducing the energy needed for treatment is carefully balanced with the need to maintain

The Future Targeted Healthcare Manufacturing Hub at University College London will address manufacturing, business and regulatory challenges to ensure that new targeted biological medicines can be developed quickly and manufactured at a cost affordable to society. The research will span stratified protein medicines targeted to particular patient groups through to truly personalised cell-based

One of the world's largest manufacturing companies, Unilever is using Perceptive's software and process expertise to improve efficiency in the production of their formulated products, from personal care to high quality foodstuffs. Learn more One of the largest, most diverse manufacturing companies in the world

UU is one of the UK's largest water and wastewater companies, with over 7 million municipal and industrial clients. An internal innovation project identified Perceptive Engineering as a partner to improve operational efficiency at their wastewater sites, lowering energy consumption while ensuring compliance with tight environmental standards. Learn more Over 7 million municipal

Educating the future leaders of pharmaceutical engineering, the people who will make tomorrow's medicines and healthcare products. Perceptive's PharmaMV software plays a key role in demonstrating how to integrate data, model process, and exercise tighter control. Learn more Educating the future leaders of pharmaceutical engineering

Visy is a global leader in the packaging, paper and resource recovery industries, providing high quality, innovative and sustainable packaging products and solutions. Perceptive Engineering provides Advanced Process Control in paperboard manufacturing, which reduces energy consumption, improves process stability, and increases overall production capacity. Learn more A global

Vitens BV is the largest supplier of drinking water in the Netherlands. They embarked on a European-funded research project, designed to better understand the factors that affected drinking water quality and control of the treatment processes. Perceptive Engineering's process expertise and data-driven modelling software formed an integral part of the project, working alongside the Technical

Supplying drinking water and wastewater services to more than 3 million people, Welsh Water selected Perceptive Engineering to install Advanced Process Control at some of its largest sites. Each system is designed to minimise the energy used for treatment, while ensuring compliance to the high quality standards in place. The first of these installations was nominated by Welsh Water for an

Serving over two million customers across the South West UK, with one of the most diverse range of treatment facilities in major conurbations and small rural locations. Perceptive is developing state-of-the-art predictive control at their flagship site, to save energy and maintain environmental integrity. Learn more Advanced, predictive control of a flagship wastewater treatment

Now part of Nestle, Wyeth Nutrition plants in Ireland and Asia Pacific use Perceptive's Advanced Process Control systems to increase operational efficiency and maximise capacity from their existing manufacturing assets. Learn more

YW supplies water and wastewater services to 2.5 million customers, both domestic and industrial. Perceptive implemented Advanced Process Control their largest wastewater treatment plant, as well as at two other plants with unique challenges around influent quality and highly variable seasonal populations. The systems reduced energy while ensuring compliant operation in all conditions. Learn