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Top 10 Chemical Tech Companies Building a Better Tomorrow
Lau Kar Seng
General Manager of
Inkmaker Shanghai and
Member of the Board
Valentina Cigna
Global Director of HR and
President of IM GROUP
Christophe Rizzo
CEO of EMEA/Americas,
IM GROUP
Roberto Guerra
CEO Asia Paci c,
IM GROUP

Ensuring
Sustainability
with Range
of Innovations
he fundamental driver of sustainable growth in any
Tindustry is innovation, and the chemical industry
has constantly been innovating. The traditional
approach and the status quo in the chemical sector are no
longer viable options.
Evidently, any industry that doesn't evolve according to
changing times loses its relevance. Change is a constant
phenomenon in this world, and embracing the change and
thriving in such circumstances is what sets a particular
leader, industry, or company relevant than the others.
Chemical companies that embrace the change hold the
potential to make a significant difference in the business
world.
Today, the lab-based process of finding and developing new
chemicals makes it tough to determine the behaviors of
materials under changing conditions. Besides, it is
unproductive, expensive, and time-consuming. The
slowness of the innovation process creates disconnection
from accelerating speed in the marketplace. Material
informatics envision the open digital platforms. Such
platforms accumulate a large amount of material knowledge
and leverage machine learning algorithms to develop new
innovations efficiently and rapidly.
Productive chemical tech companies leverage evolving
digital technologies and open digital platforms,
partnerships, and collaboration to reshape innovation. This
helps bring new products to market quickly and increases
the output of innovation efforts. Such companies try to keep
their innovation strategies relevant, considering changes in
the industry. They make strategic investments and work to
change existing innovation processes to confront innovation
challenges expertly.
The chemical companies that are at the forefront of
groundbreaking innovation using advanced technologies
can deliver the most technologically advanced solutions.
These companies can play the most important role in
building a better tomorrow for future generations. A

massive wave of innovation from chemical
companies is essential to reduce greenhouse gases
and support a cause of circular economy. Existing
innovation capabilities are not enough to ensure
sustainable success. Therefore, these chemical
companies are recognizing growth opportunities and
are aiming for a range of innovations to improve
tomorrow's solutions for a better tomorrow.
The future growth of chemical companies lies in
thinking about the big picture and delivering broad,
innovative, and evolving products, services, and
processes. Challenges of climate change, water
shortage, loss of biodiversity can be confronted with
competent contribution from chemical companies,
and it will be a huge win-win for everyone. Sufficient
investments can help chemical companies minimize
the challenges on the planet by coming up with
newer and newer innovations.
Smart technologies, Artificial Intelligence, a
digitally-enabled approach, multidisciplinary
innovations, cloud connectivity, data analytics, and
collaborative ecosystems can help chemical
companies tackle environmental issues, save the
planet from the great crisis, and provide sustainable
platforms for future generations.
In this edition of "Top 10 Chemical Tech Companies
Building a Better Tomorrow," we have enlisted some
efficient chemical companies that are highly
innovative and are addressing the issues on the
planet with sustainable solutions.
Along with the journey of these companies, you will
also find CxO standpoint by industry veterans and
insightful articles drafted by our in-house editorial
team.
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Articles
Stepping Up
28
Technological Advancements
in Healthcare
Tech Bites
50
Tips to Adapt to
Tech in Everyday Life
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Transforming Healthcare
in Africa
38
Efforts Needed By Today’s
Business Leaders
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Story
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ENTS
Exuding Excellence with Disruptive Efforts
IMGROUP

Advonex
18
Sustainable Innovations for
a Better Tomorrow
Archroma
24
A Global Leader in
Dyes and Specialty Chemicals
Ceradis
36
Creating Environmental-friendly
Agriculture with Innovative Formulation
Lantha Sensors
46
Analysis Simplified
PHT International Inc.
56
At the Forefront of
Green Chemistry through
Innovation and Technology
Blendwell Chemicals
32
Proficiently Contributing
to the Sustainability of
the Environment
Hexion Inc.
42
On the Path to
Responsible Chemistry
Microban® International
52
Innovation and Partnerships
Driving Consumer Confidence

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Brief
Company Name
IM GROUP is a global manufacturer of integrated dispensing
systems.
Advonex
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Advonex International develops and sells sustainable
ingredients for lubricants, cosmetics, personal care products
and other markets.
Hexion is using chemistry to help solve today’s most pressing
issues to shape the future.
Ceradis develops and sells innovative and environmental
friendly fungicides for crop protection purposes and fertilizers
for plant nutrition purposes.
Chad Joshi,
Co-Founder and CEO
Microban International, Ltd. is the world's leading innovator in
antimicrobial, odor control and surface modification
technologies.
Lantha Sensors seeks to revolutionize the entire chemical
analysis industry via disruptive innovation and product
development focused on simplifying the complex.
Archroma offers to manufacturers, brand owners and retailers
the tailor-made system solutions that they need in their specific
production process and market.
PHT International is a leading Custom Manufacturing
Organization for chemicals specializing in the Pharmaceutical,
Agricultural and Industrial sectors.
Featured Person
Blendwell Chemicals is a manufacturer of an extensive range of
high quality cleaning chemicals.
Duokem formulates and manufactures high-quality chemicals
at a competitive price for a myriad of different industries.
Archroma
archroma.com
Heike van de Kerkhof,
CEO
Blendwell Chemicals
blendwell.co.za
Judy Sunasky,
Managing Director
Ceradis
ceradis.com
Willem-Jan
MEULEMEESTERS,
CEO
DuoKem
duokem.com
Carlos Linares,
VP Business
Development
Hexion Inc
hexion.com
Craig Rogerson,
CEO, President
IM GROUP
im-group.com
Christophe Rizzo
CEO EMEA/ Americas
IM GROUP
and
Roberto Guerra
CEO Asia Pacific
IM GROUP
Lantha Sensors
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Nicolia L. Wiles,
Prime TechPR
Microban International
microban.com
Emily Best,
North America
Marketing Manager
PHT International Inc
phtinternational.com
Lihong Yu,
President And Founder
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Chemical Tech
Companies Building
a Better Tomorrow
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C O V E R
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Lau Kar Seng
General Manager of
Inkmaker Shanghai and
Member of the Board
Valentina Cigna
Global Director of HR and
President of IM GROUP
Christophe Rizzo
CEO of EMEA/Americas,
IM GROUP
Roberto Guerra
CEO Asia Paci c,
IM GROUP

To keep up with the evolving times of the business
world, Inkmaker founded IM GROUP.
Incorporating this change the group truly
distinguishes its global direction of delivering
technologically advanced, "total-process engineering"
turnkey solutions guided by its credo “The Colour of
Trust”; to provide a trusted service to the industries it serves
while strengthening its commitment to total safety and
responsibility.
IM GROUP’s trustworthy, reliable, and precise leadership
has constantly put their heart into their efforts, making the
company one of the Top 10 Chemical Tech Companies
building a better tomorrow.
Insights Success recognizes the sheer excellence of
IM GROUP that has consistently evolved on many fronts.
Internally; from its smart-4.0-equipped factories, systems
and processes, its software, the AI technology it uses and
how it uses it, to its global teams around the world.
Most significantly externally too. After making significant
investments on the acquisitions of several companies,
businesses, and brands—since 2019—combining expertise,
intel, technology, and hardware. IM Group implemented the
strategy to consolidate all its brands under a single holding
group brand with a clear and autonomous identity, to better
compete in the marketplace as a Total-Solutions Provider.
Committed Excellence
IM GROUP (formerly Inkmaker Group)—rebranded on
world earth day (22 April 2021) and is now the holding
brand of Inkmaker, Rexson, Vale-tech, Swesa, Teko,
Tecnopails, and as of late IEC+. With its combined strength,
IM GROUP now offers total process-engineering solutions
within the industries of paint, coatings, ink, specialty-
chemicals, adhesives, corrugated packaging, flexo-
packaging, pharma, food, cosmetic, textiles, and more, and
operates with its own staff and offices in over 15 countries
across five continents. It also has its proprietary software
developed in-house, these include; the industry-leading
IMAESTRO, IMPRIMO, IMAGO, and IMTECNO.
On 18 June 2021, the group was recognized as one of the
"Top 10 chemical tech solution providers in Europe 2021"
by Manufacturing Technology Insights, which was reported
in over 30 of the world's most prominent industry media.
On 18 October 2021, Global Business Leaders Magazine
named Christophe Rizzo, IM GROUP's CEO for Americas
and EMEA, one of the 20 influential leaders everyone
should know in 2021.
Most recently, on 28 October 2021, just 6-months after
IM GROUP's rebranding, IEC+—a specialist in the design
and manufacture of Dispersing, Grinding, and Mixing
equipment through to Engineering Studies and Turnkey
Solutions—joined the group. This announcement launched
the next stage of the group's strategy and evolution;
"Advanced" Engineering Solutions.
IM GROUP's "advanced stage" saw the immediate
announcement of the group's latest innovation by its
dedicated filling division, Tecnopails, who on 9 December
2021 unveiled the "LAVELLI A21,"; the world's first
automated system for coupling lids with latches and a
world-first for liquid paints.
The Best of the Best
The entrance of IEC+ into IM GROUP presents a unique
opportunity for the group's evolution. IEC+, with its
renowned technical know-how gained from over 20 years
of its team's experience, offers the group ‘advanced
engineering'. This means that their design, projection, and
management services are extended to all the production
processes, site management, and software interface. As
Gianluca Incerti, Global Commercial Director of IM
GROUP, explains, "This starts from preliminary
engineering studies through to complete project
implementation and delivery—as such this will use the
specializations from all our brands."
The driving strategy behind IM GROUP's acquisitions is
aligned directly to the group's vision. To evolve its
technology to expand in its fields and adapt the advantages
of its products to new markets and to create a reliable,
complete supply chain—serving predominantly, but not
IM GROUP offers Total Process
Engineering through its
brands: Inkmaker, Rexson,
Vale-tech, Swesa, Teko,
Tecnopails and IEC+.

only the ink, paint, and coatings industry—that will sustain
its core businesses.
This meant structuring each of IM GROUP's brands into
various specialties yet enabling the group to work as one
strong force. “In this way, each brand continues to work
individually with its existing clients, competing in its
markets, yet when required, share their expertise—offering
Total Solutions—for example, on large turnkey plant
engineering projects,” explains Christophe Rizzo, CEO of
EMEA/Americas, IM GROUP, “This guarantees an
efficient optimization of resources and high flexibility to
manage projects of all sizes and was one of the key reasons
for forming the holding brand, IM GROUP.”
With the restructure of IM GROUP's brands
Ÿ Inkmaker will focus on ink dispensing and software
design.
Ÿ Rexson will be predominantly for paint dispensing as
well as liquid ink.
Ÿ Vale-Tech will focus on narrow-web and paste-ink
dispensing—so UV flexo ink and offset inks.
Ÿ Swesa will be mainly for; food, pharmaceutical,
corrugated packaging, cosmetics, and more.
Ÿ Teko will remain in POS (Point of Sale) Tinting and
R&D Training.
Ÿ Tecnopails will continue to focus on Filling Solutions.
Ÿ IEC+ will spearhead all the brands offering dispersing
grinding, and mixing equipment through to engineering
studies and turnkey solutions.
The Thriving Pursuit
As Roberto Guerra, CEO Asia Pacific, IM GROUP,
points out, "One of the top USPs that defines IM GROUP as
a leader amongst its competitors is our software, because of
this, it plays a significant role in the operational execution
of IM GROUP's global strategy.”
IM GROUP's software is the brain behind its technology's
reliability and consistency, and the group has introduced an
advanced software, "IMAESTRO," to the market. Designed
exclusively by the group's cutting-edge R&D department
based in Turin, Italy, and available in 28 languages, this
user-friendly software is equally effective for paint,
coatings, specialty chemicals, ink applications, and more. It
operates from small compact units to complex industrial
systems and is easily expandable and customizable; the
software offers unlimited application fields and integrates
all leading management applications.
IM GROUP currently has four software: IMAESTRO,
IMPRIMO, IMAGO, and IMTECNO.
Key features and benefits of IM GROUP's software include:
Ÿ Management of users, factories, formulae, and work
orders instantly, easily, and by remote
Ÿ Viewable stock information at a glance
Ÿ Generating reports on production; statistics on demand
Ÿ Dispensing of parameters with automatic adjustment
Ÿ Viewing of graphic components stock display
Ÿ Traceability management
Ÿ Management of raw material and formulations
Ÿ Password protected multi-user accessibility
Ÿ Stock auditing and batch cost evaluation
Ÿ Over 100 reports for KPI assessment
Ÿ Optimized recycle-management
Ÿ Spectrophotometer connections
Ÿ ISO compliance traceability
Ÿ Production planning
Ÿ Inventory control
Ÿ VOC reporting
Another major salient point is the strength of IM GROUP's
partnerships. The latest of these, currently being announced,
is Inkmaker Shanghai—IM GROUP's manufacturer of
integrated dispensing systems in China—which has
partnered with Fast & Fluid Management Asia (FFM Asia),
becoming its new certified channel partner for China. "This
will further strengthen the existing long-term relationship
between IM GROUP and FFM and will inevitably benefit
both parties' customers tremendously," says Lau Kar Seng
General Manager of Inkmaker Shanghai and
Member of the Board.
Leveraging Technology
To optimize IM GROUP resources to the max and to
manage projects of all sizes, the group consolidated its
brands into specific "Areas of Excellence."
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IM GROUP's technical team studied the various machines
of the group's brands, their capabilities and performances,
and their related market positionings. To meet
this—market-segment distribution—several machines were
removed, others were re-designed, and technology was
shared amongst the brands to meet higher standards of mass
customization, reliability, and performance and to give
wider and broader solutions to its customers’ needs. This
reorganization broadened the group's product range,
ensuring the sustainability of its growth for the next 10 to
15 years.
As Enrico Mattiazzi, Global Director of Engineering,
Production and Supply Chain, IM GROUP, explains,
"The most important feature of this re-engineered and
integrated range of machines is the synergy of our
technology, in particular of our IMAESTRO software that
will greatly benefit our clients."
"A significant investment has been made in the Software &
Automation division purposely to ensure not just a smooth
transition with the new brands within our family, but also to
increase the level of our technological capabilities.
Inkmaker's software is the essence of our systems by
incorporating them into our newly acquired brands'
machines. We elevate the productivity and performance, of
those brands, to a much higher and more energy-efficient
level," outlines Francesco Nesti, Global Director of
Software & Automation, IM GROUP.
IM GROUP has since expanded the range of its equipment
options available and today offers virtually any type, size,
and capacity of dosing system to customers.
Among the main models of dosing equipment available for
liquid products are:
Ÿ IDS
Ÿ Chroma
Ÿ Piccolo
Ÿ ColorPoint
Ÿ Gt36
Ÿ P32 / P48 / P72 / P96
And for paste products:
Ÿ POD
Ÿ Hp35
Ÿ O32
On a customer service level, earlier in 2021, the Software &
Automation team launched a new training program for
customers called ASIST—Advanced Software Intelligence
Systems Training. It combines IIoT automation and
artificial intelligence with the skills of IM GROUP's experts
to boost the training level of its systems.
The program consists of four certifications, known as C, M,
Y and K. It covers many new features from the group's
basic machine structures to in-depth workings of its
software and offers techniques to improve efficiency, reduce
costs and shorten response time to market demands.
Finally, IM GROUP is maximizing its logistics globally; to
serve its clients more efficiently from a network of new
offices and factories, which has increased due to its
acquisitions.
The Work Culture Significance
IM GROUP holds its roots close to its values. As Valentina
Cigna, Global Director of HR and President,
IM GROUP, explains, "The name “IM," has a historical
meaning for us. The 'I' and the 'M' are acronyms deriving

from the name "Inkmaker"—the founder of the group, and it
meant a lot to us to remember those who, in 1987, founded
Inkmaker; Carlo Musso, Luciano Longobardi
and—especially for me—my father, Giuliano Cigna."
Fundamentally IM GROUP is based on the following brand
values, as Silvio Cimenti, Global Director of Branding,
Marketing and Communications, IM Group explains.
Below the logo, in steel grey, is the Group's credo and
positioning line; "The Colour of Trust," a result of its core
values of being Truthful, Responsible, Understanding, Safe,
and Tailormade to ultimately position the group as the
leader you can T R U S T." These values sit at the core of its
brand DNA— "Reliability" and is what IM GROUP stands
for.
The logo is made up of a symbol and a logotype.
The symbol is a face created from a series of triangles
(inspired by the Inkmaker logo) in blue to convey trust,
confidence, and high technology. Like the many brands and
skills of the Group, the triangles converge to form a strong
whole—a distinct 'human identity'—depicting a
technological engineering leader with a 'human touch.'
The face is embellished with a crown, representing the
Group's determination to maintain its leading position in the
industries it serves.
The symbol is flanked by the words "IM GROUP" in a
custom-designed font to communicate the Group's various
fields of business such as paint, coatings, ink, specialty
chemicals, adhesives, and many more.
We represent a dynamic, competitive, and reliable
organization, offering; total process-engineering
solutions …with a "Human touch.

Paramount in IM GROUP's core values are responsibility,
how its products impact the environment, and the carbon
footprint it leaves. For this reason, the group chose to
launch the rebranding of IM GROUP on "World Earth day";
to make a global statement of its commitment to further its
social responsibility and sustainable practices. To action
this, IM GROUP is partnering with international
consultants to create a roadmap to reduce its eco impact. So
it too can do its part in reducing environmental pollution to
align its ethical principles for a safe work environment with
those of the United Nations' Global Compact.
The Anticipated Moves
Projects that were initially suspended or postponed in the
last two years are being reassessed in 2022. IM GROUP
expects to see some new projects being implemented. The
current supply chain challenges and logistics situation will
make the market adapt to this new reality, which includes
the industrial equipment market (both producers and users
of equipment). Therefore, the trend will be towards how to
resume these projects, but with adjustments to systems and
specifications.
The company foresees the trend towards deep-learning
Artificial Intelligence and automation—to improve
augmented decision making, increase production, accuracy,
and safety, and inevitably reduce costs and increase profit
margins. It will continue to accelerate towards developing a
smarter IoT and IIoT, beyond what it is already accustomed
to; data retrieval, image and speech recognition, language
processing, localization, etc. In search of even smarter
factories and smarter logistical and transportation solutions
that will competently counter the current challenges being
faced by industries today.
IM GROUP will continue investing heavily in R&D,
software, automation, and human capital initiatives such as
advanced IIoT training to further its existing teams' industry
4.0 experience and skills.
Helping Hand to the Community
IM GROUP is forming, an IM GROUP FOUNDATION
which will be followed by IM GROUP's goodwill
ambassador, Alice Chang Guerra, as foundation chair. It
will have two scopes:
1. To bring social activities to members of the local
communities, where IM GROUP operates and
2. To offer career development, and growth opportunities,
to the youth in those communities.
On a private level, IM GROUP has always been active in
this field, especially in Southeast Asia, working closely with
children with special needs through workshops and
activities to bring this activity to the next level and into
IM GROUP.
IM GROUP Foundation is embarking on a series of CSR
projects to commence in 2022 that will be repeated year on
year involving different nations where IM GROUP has
premises. As Alice Chang Guerra explains, "The first of
these projects for 2022 is targeted at artists with autism and
will be called IM MORE. To highlight that people with
autism not only can contribute to our society but, due to
their condition, have something "more" to add to our
society as they have an uncommon ability to see things
differently."
The first event to kick start project IM MORE will be "The
Tigers of Malaysia,"; an event that will bring ten winners
from the recently IM GROUP organized 'Anak Syurga'
international autistic arts competition from Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia, to exhibit their art at a gallery in Turin, Italy.
Plans are being worked on to develop the project into an
exchange program where, in the following year, ten artists
will come from Turin to exhibit their works in Kuala
Lumpur.
Over the Horizon
IM GROUP's aspirations are outlined clearly in its vision:
to evolve its technology to expand in its fields and adapt the
advantages of its products to new markets and to create a
reliable, complete supply chain—serving predominantly,
but not only the ink, paint, and coatings industry—that will
sustain its core businesses.
Externally, the group sees itself acquiring more businesses
with a specialty or good market share in a segment /country,
where it plans to expand, that can deepen the group's
knowledge and broaden its product range.
Internally, the Group invests in technology that can evolve
its manufacturing capabilities. Such as industry 4.0 and
IIoT; further its design solutions; invest in human capital
and structured processing systems (e.g., ERP); incorporate
its software into its new acquisitions' products, elevating its
brands' offerings. Share R&D such as skills and knowledge
to deliver more competitive services and products; and to
continue to employ a shared leadership strategy across two
CEOs to guarantee the group's standards.
IM GROUP will be present at Eurocoat 22 in Paris, Porte
de Versailles from 29 to 31 March 2022.

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Stepping Up

Technological
Advancements
in Healthcare
We live in a digital era, where technologies are
emerging faster than we can even experience.
Humanity has come a long way to make living
better in every manner possible. As much as technological
advancements have changed the industrial and economic
sectors, the game-changing improvements in healthcare are
immense.
The ever-improving technology in the health sector has
saved countless lives. The right invention of X-ray
machines to advanced surgical practices and the utilization
of Artiﬁcial Intelligence further develops existing
technologies that can be groundbreaking to make treatments
more accessible and increase life expectancies.

Innovations in Healthcare Technologies
The pandemic has disrupted lives around the globe, creating
chaos and fear of demise. Though vaccines are being
developed at a rapid pace and delivered worldwide, it is of
utmost importance to stay safe and take necessary
precautions. Over the past year, it was possible to identify
and treat the symptoms of the most primary cases to the
most severe due to advanced technology. In the last decade,
many disrupting technologies have emerged with nothing
but the patient in mind.
Information Technology: IT has availed health
practitioners to store and retrieve data related to patient's
health records, enhancing patient information through a
legible format that is easy to use. These data help in
consulting the patient and diagnosing the disease, reducing
the chance of medication errors. Additionally, alerts on
medication can help in adhering to specific treatments and
schedules. The recorded data collected can lead to
uniformity of practice across all health practitioners and
improve common conditions based on past dossiers.
3D Printing: 3D printing has a vast number of applications,
but it is used to create implants or joints for surgery in the
medical field. It is frequently used in developing prosthetics
as it can make perfect matching limbs.
Robotics: Robotic Surgery has been around for a while.
Robotics provides precision, flexibility, and control to a
surgeon's hand to operate as non-intrusive as possible.
Virtual Reality: The usage of VR devices has increased at
an accelerated pace. Particularly, Virtual Reality has helped
medical students have a virtual experience of real-life
procedures and a better visual understanding of human
anatomy.
Wearables: What began as a fitness tracker to track heart
rate has spread widely in becoming a potential device to
prevent or alert severe conditions beforehand.
Patients focus on prevention and maintenance, demanding
information about their health more frequently in today's
digital age. Healthcare companies invest in wearable
devices that can provide updated monitoring of patients
determining the plausibility of health mishaps.
A tweak in wearable tech has allowed even to detect
cardiovascular anomalies earlier. Wearables can also track
calorie levels, hydration, and even body temperature. A
sweat meters detector is used for people with diabetes to
monitor blood sugar levels. Oximeters monitor the amount
of oxygen carried in the blood, often used by patients with
respiratory illnesses.
Artificial Intelligence: Artificial Intelligence (AI)
represents the epitome of medical innovation. Healthcare
can best implement AI in areas like precision medicine,
drugs discovery, and genomics.
AI can power a sophisticated pattern recognition, which can
be availed to have personalized therapies tailored around
the genetics and lifestyle of patients. Biotech and
pharmaceutical companies are already using machine
learning algorithms to shorten the drug development cycle.
Nanotechnology: Nanotechnology is on the verge of a
transformational change that can operate as a precise drug
delivery system using nanoparticles and nanodevices. The
so-called nanomedicine age could be capable of becoming
cancer treatment tools or minuscule surgeons. Though
smart pills are already used for colonoscopy, it won't take
long to see more practical nanotechnology applications.
Feeding your Thoughts
The mere thought of virtually visiting a doctor from
hundreds or thousands of miles away would have been
difficult to believe a few decades ago. From remote
monitoring tools and wearable medical technology to
nanotechnology's precise drug delivery system, healthcare
has evolved rapidly. Healthcare is a sector that requires
highly skilled individuals with years of study; it also
demands infrastructure and tools. The robust innovation in
healthcare is changing the landscape of the industry every
year.
The advent of innovative technologies has made digital
health plausible, which have been proven revolutionary in
healthcare. The probability of innovation in healthcare is
vast, and we can expect technologies that can gradually
increase immunity to minimize minor illnesses, infections.
The future of healthcare moves hand in hand with
technology; we have to prepare for the changing world,
which is the only way forward.

Breaking the decades-old conventional methods to
oﬀer the most straightforward solutions to complex
problems, Lantha Sensors was founded by a team
of world-class businesspeople, scientists, and technologists.
Since its initiation, the company has been making massive
strides of transformative shifts, changing the adapted
perception of the chemical tech industry.
Bringing over twenty years of startup commercialization
experience, Rob Toker leads Lantha Sensors as the CEO.
He also dawns the hat of Chairman of the Board. Over the
years, Rob has garnered various expertise ranging from
venture capital, private equity, devices, industrial and
chemical markets.
The Sensor Synopsis
Combined with a true passion for simplifying the complex,
Lantha Sensors strives to be the leading portable chemical
analysis company that merges unparalleled simplicity,
speed, and accuracy to provide the best possible solutions
for chemical detection and measurement processes.

Everything Lantha Sensors does, every decision it makes is
based on its passion. It believes that simply because
something has been done one way for more than 80 years
doesn't mean it's the best. It just means no one has taken the
time to rethink the process.
Lantha Sensors' mission is to revolutionize the entire
chemical analysis industry via disruptive innovation and
product development and become the world's leading trace
chemical detection and measurement company.
Offering Unmatched Services
Rob states that the LanthaLux platform is the flagship
product. It uses a proprietary application of metal-organic
frameworks, with the ability to generate a sizeable
analytical response from a small amount of sample, to
provide on-the-fly moisture and isotopic purity analysis
quickly, easily, and accurately.
LanthaLux platform displaces the need for expensive Karl
Fischer Titrators and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) in
specific cases. It secures the same results as these
techniques, but costs a fraction of those per test, producing
zero toxic waste, allowing these analyses to be done in the
lab or field setting, and generating results in less than five
minutes. LanthaLux is a lab in your pocket.
Why Lantha Sensors?
In its pursuit of being the best, Lantha Sensors came up
with a solution that hits the perfect triumvirate of the tech-
perfect storm – better, faster, cheaper. Rob asserts that as
the digital camera replaced the photo lab, the company's
platform will replace much of the legacy and outdated
equipment needed today for chemical analysis. He says, "If
you really think about anyone who's been stuck using Karl
Fischer titrators, or in some specific applications with
NMR, GC or FT-IR for their testing, our solution can save
them thousands of man-hours and millions of dollars per
company.”
What makes Lantha Sensors a preferred choice over the
competition is that it carries out roughly 10,000 isotopic
purity tests per year, saving upwards of $4M every year just
in testing costs alone. However, that doesn't even begin to
touch the opportunity costs associated with longer testing
times with legacy technologies, inaccurate testing problems,
or the inability to test in the field.
Rob expresses that when you have truly disruptive new
technology, it means it's better than the legacy technology
in not just one or two ways. However, in every single
aspect, you change an entire industry and help make
people's lives using it better.
Laying Foundation to Assist Community
Apart from its core operations, being a startup company,
Lantha Sensors intends to focus on building its business to
build up a strong community. Rob expresses that, "Startups
that succeed create wealth for the communities around
them. Good paying jobs, internships, indirect support of
service sector jobs, etc. Over time, on the other side of
commercial success, we expect to have a proper community
affairs program.”
Looking Forward
Industrial innovation and chemical tech specifically are
accelerating from sensors to integration, IoT, AI, and
predictive analytics – technology is taking hold in an
industry that deploys vast amounts of technology. Rob
notes that Hardtech, Deeptech by definition, requires
technical depth to bring to market; the chemical industry
has a long history of doing hard things, not just moving bits
and electrons but also molecules.
Over the Horizon
Speaking about the future, Rob mentions that Lantha has
excellent long-term potential. Being a platform company –
it can extend and deepen its technology into a range of
markets and use cases. Rob says, "A good example of what
success looks like is Thermo Fisher or even National
Instruments – using human creativity to increase
efficiencies and in some instances to make the previously
impossible – possible.”
Rob Toker, CEO - Lantha Sensors

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