2016 Informex

Briar Chemicals 

Booth 1218

Norwich, Norfolk  
      United Kingdom

Briar Chemicals provides contract chemical manufacturing services to customers in the agrochemical, fine and specialty chemical sectors. We also provide expertise in process development and optimisation, and have extensive liquids formulation and packing capabilities in addition to long experience in chemical synthesis.



Technologies and services include: 





  • Ammonolysis (specialised ammonia handling capability)



  • Bromination (bulk bromine handling) 


  • Chlorination (bulk thionyl chloride handling)




  • Cyanation (sodium cyanide chemistry and aromatic nitriles)




  • Diazotisation




  • Esterification




  • Iodination




  • Nitration




  • Oxidation




  • Sulphonamide formation




  • Sulphur Dioxide reactions




  • Formulation and filling (from bulk down to 0.25 litres)




  • Recovery and recycle of solvents and copper salts




  • Laboratory scale from grams to 50 litres




  • Reaction vessels from 2.3mto 25m3




  • Materials of construction include Glass Lined MS, Stainless Steel, Hastelloy, Titanium




  • Solids handling capability includes driers, centrifuges, pressure filters, belt filters, rotary sieves




  • Batch and continuous distillation




Product Categories

Allied Services
- Agrochemical AI Manufacturing, Synthesis
- Blending, Custom Chemical
- Custom Chemical Manufacturing, Synthesis
- Fine Chemical Manufacturing
- Process Optimization, Chemical
- Scale-up, Custom Chemical
- Specialty Chemical Manufacturing
- Toll & Contract Manufacturing

What is Your Company's Primary Activity?
- Agrochemicals / Crop Protection
- Other