Contract research services

Albemarle is one of the few firms in the world with the facilities and expertise to help you with product development at every stage, from contract research through commercial manufacturing.

At the R&D level, we can work with your technology, or we can use our extensive resources in chemical analysis to develop, test and prove efficient new processes. Either way, you’ll benefit from years of Albemarle scale-up experience with hundreds of products in dozens of industries.

A seasoned technical group made up of 16 PhD-level organic chemists supervises contract service operations in Albemarle research laboratories, kilo labs, and pilot plants. They’re supported by more than 100 scientists, including 27 total analytical staff, at Albemarle’s Process Development Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

It’s a talented, fast, and responsive team with an exceptional focus on solving customer problems. They’ll help you control development time and costs by thoroughly testing your process in research laboratories featuring state-of-the-art NMR, FTIR, UV/VIS, ICP, GC, HPLC, Mass spectrometry and other equipment.

Once the R&D work is done, they will stay with you during the kilo-lab or pilot-plant stage, ensuring consistency and a sense of ownership and accountability.

We are committed to being your long-term, low-capital service partner, and dedicated to your success. Contact us today to see how we can give you priority attention that most others simply can’t match.