Recover high-value product
Whey protein, sweeteners, amino acids, polyphenols and more — turned from waste into saleable product.
Food & Pharma · Separation
Separation systems — recover the value hidden in your process.
From chromatography to whey-protein recovery, Glorinda’s separation technology — backed by Glorinda Resins — purifies, concentrates and recovers high-value products across food, beverage, biotech and pharmaceutical production.
chromatography columnion exchange chromatographywhey protein recoveryprocess chromatography
What problem does it solve?
From the plant floor, in your words
Separation is where waste becomes product and purity is won. These are the drivers behind a separation project.
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Your solution can be an engineered separation system.
Benefits
What you get
Pharmaceutical-grade purity
Chromatography, ion exchange and adsorption for bio-pharma separation and solid-phase peptide synthesis.
200+ media types
Glorinda Resins supplies ion-exchange, chromatography, chelating and adsorbent media, plus enzyme and peptide carriers.
Integrated packages
Tailored, integrated separation packages engineered for each customer’s process.
Lower disposal cost
Recovering organics and proteins cuts the cost and volume of waste disposal.
Process optimisation
After-sales resin screening, process optimisation and troubleshooting from our technical team.
How it works
The process, stage by stage
We characterise the stream and the target molecule, select the media and configuration, and integrate the separation step into the wider process.
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Characterisation
Define the target molecule, the matrix and the purity and yield goals.
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Media selection
Choose ion-exchange, chromatography, chelating or adsorbent media from 200+ types.
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Configuration
Design fixed-bed, SMB or membrane configuration for the separation.
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Recovery
Recover, concentrate and polish the product to specification.
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Optimisation
Screen resins, optimise the process and support operation after start-up.
Engineering detail
Separation is where the margin is
In food, beverage and pharmaceutical production, the difference between a waste stream and a product line is frequently a separation step. Cheese whey is the clearest example: a high-quality protein source that many plants still pay to dispose of, when membrane and chromatographic separation can turn it into a saleable protein product with a real market price.
The technology choice depends on what is being separated and how pure it has to be. Ion exchange handles charged species and is the workhorse for deashing, decolourisation and demineralisation. Process chromatography — ion exchange, size exclusion and adsorption — separates molecules of similar size or charge where a simple resin bed cannot, and is what makes amino-acid purification, sweetener refinement and biopharmaceutical separation possible. Simulated moving bed systems raise throughput and cut solvent consumption on continuous duty. Membranes handle the bulk concentration steps ahead of any of these.
Behind all of it sits media selection, and this is where Glorinda Resins matters. Over 200 media types are available — ion exchange, adsorbent, chelating, chromatography media, agarose, powder resins, solid-phase peptide carriers and immobilised-enzyme carriers — and the right one is identified by screening against your actual feed rather than by catalogue.
The quality control behind that supply is deliberately extensive: Mastersizer particle-size analysis, specific surface area and pore size determination, FTIR spectrometry, COD measurement, Agilent HPLC, resin strength testing, moisture analysis, acid-base titration, AKTA purification and ICP elemental analysis. In a GMP environment, being able to evidence media consistency matters as much as the separation performance itself.
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Feasibility
Technical and commercial feasibility, technology evaluation and cost/profitability analysis before capital is committed.
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Engineering
Conceptual, basic and detailed engineering, process packages and specification of the equipment that will actually be bought.
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Delivery
EPC or EPCM delivery, or an Owner’s Engineer role protecting your interest through a contractor’s execution.
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Commissioning
Installation supervision, testing, start-up and the training that lets your team run the plant.
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Support
Operation, troubleshooting, process optimisation, maintenance and spare parts for the life of the asset.
Industries & applications
Where this is used
Food & BeverageDairyPharmaceuticalBiotechnologyChemicalNutraceuticalSugar & SweetenersHydrometallurgy
Typical applications
- Whey protein recovery
- Process & ion-exchange chromatography
- Size-exclusion chromatography
- Solid-phase peptide synthesis
- Enzyme immobilisation
- Sugar & sweetener refinement
- Amino-acid purification
- Polyphenol & plant-extract recovery
Related technologies
Often engineered together
Related products
Equipment under the Glorinda brand
Package it, engineer it, deliver it.
Glorinda scopes the technology, engineers the plant and supports it through commissioning and operation. Bring your stream and targets.
Projects
Representative work — sample cards, ready to swap
Sample project — replaceWhey protein recovery line
Membrane and chromatography package turning cheese whey into a saleable protein product.
Sample project — replacePeptide synthesis carrier
Solid-phase peptide synthesis using Glorinda Resins’ peptide carriers.
Sample project — replaceSweetener refinement
Ion-exchange and chromatographic separation deashing and decolourising a sugar stream.
FAQ
Answers for engineers and procurement
Can you really turn waste into product?
Often, yes. Whey protein, sweeteners, amino acids and polyphenols can be recovered from streams that would otherwise be a disposal cost — turning them into saleable product.
What separation technologies do you offer?
Ion-exchange and process chromatography, size-exclusion chromatography, adsorption, membranes and simulated-moving-bed (SMB) systems, backed by 200+ media types from Glorinda Resins.
Do you support pharmaceutical applications?
Yes — bio-pharma separation, protein purification, enzyme immobilisation and solid-phase peptide synthesis are core applications.
Do you help optimise the process after start-up?
Yes. Our technical team provides resin screening, process optimisation, troubleshooting and training after commissioning.