Association of Micro-Chemical Process Technology

The Research Association of Micro Chemical Process Technology (abbreviation MCPT) was established in July 2002 with the aim to conduct experimental research on micro-chemical process technology through the collaborative work of its members. The association has been implementing R D together with its members from 29 different firms of various industries including the chemical industry, the precision machinery industry, and the electrical equipments and electronics industry. In addition, the participation of national, public, and private universities as well as independent administrative institutions has been greatly appreciated. 

Examples are Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETHZ), Switzerland Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA (ETHZ MIT have formed ajoint team to explore the glycoside formation) Universityof Hull, UK Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology (ICT), Germany and Micro-Chemical Process Technology Research Association (MCPT), Japan. 

With the ever-growing prominence of sustainable chemistry, the development of new platform chemicals on the basis of renewable resources receives more and more attention [52]. One motivation is based on the growing demand for environment-friendly sustainable manufacturing processes another one is based on the expected increase in the price of crude oil and crude oil-derived chemicals in the near future. Since new chemical platform concepts require development of new synthetic routes, possibly associated with conditions difficult to achieve with conventional technology, continuous-flow and micro-/millireactor concepts could provide efficient and economically advantageous tools. 

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