AM Technology

What AM Technology does

AM Technology (legal entity: Ashe Morris Ltd) is a UK-based private manufacturer founded in 2005 and headquartered in Runcorn, Cheshire. The company designs and produces the Coflore range of patented continuous flow reactors — the Coflore ACR (100 mL bench-top), Coflore ATR (0.35–10 L pilot/production), and Coflore RTR (100 L production scale) — targeted at fine chemical and pharmaceutical manufacturers seeking to transition from batch to continuous processing. The company's core innovation is its patented Dynamic Mixing Technology, which uses free-moving agitators within process channels to handle multiphasic reactions (liquid-solid, liquid-gas, liquid-solid-gas) that are incompatible with most standard continuous reactors due to blockage, settling, and fouling. This positions the platform as a versatile alternative to batch reactors with claimed benefits of 20–50% lower OPEX, 20–30x lower peak power demand, up to 80% CO2 reduction, and inherent safety advantages from smaller working volumes and superior heat transfer.

The business operates a hybrid revenue model combining capital equipment sales (Coflore reactor hardware from grams to kilotonnes scale), flow chemistry testing services, and engineering services for full-scale plant commissioning. AM Technology sells directly from its UK headquarters and through a global distributor network covering North America, BENELUX, China, India, Korea, Australia, and Israel. The company is ISO 9001 certified, founder/management-owned with no disclosed external institutional investors, and led by Gary Eccleson (Managing Director since 2020), Chris Gaunt (Engineering & Operations Director since 2021), and Dr Mike Kenny (Commercial Director). Strategic partnerships with HydRegen, BASF/Imperial College London's IConIC consortium, and academic groups (Fudan University, ECUST) support technology validation and entry into adjacent application areas such as biocatalytic hydrogenation.

Name

AM Technology

Legal name

Ashe Morris Ltd

Website

https://amt.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

AM Technology (Ashe Morris Ltd) is a UK-based manufacturer of patented Coflore continuous flow reactors (100 mL to 100 L) that enable fine chemical and pharmaceutical manufacturers to run multiphasic reactions with solids handling, serving enterprise customers globally via direct sales and a distributor network.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Chemical Equipment

NAICS

Other General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing (3339)

akta.pro primary industry

Chemical Processing Equipment (Reactors, Mixers, Agitators) (IMAHAEAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Flow Chemistry & Process Intensification Services (HLAGAHAK), Process Industries IIoT (Oil & Gas/Chemicals/Pharma/Food) (IMAIAMAM)

Keywords

• Continuous flow reactors
• Flow chemistry equipment
• Chemical process intensification
• Pharmaceutical manufacturing equipment
• Multiphasic reactor systems

Headquarters

HQ city

Runcorn

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Continuous Flow Reactor Hardware Sales: AM Technology designs, manufactures, and sells the Coflore range of continuous flow reactors (ACR, ATR, RTR) across laboratory, pilot, and production scales. The reactors range from 100 mL bench-top units to 100 L production-scale reactors capable of kilotonne output. Customers include fine chemical and pharmaceutical manufacturers transitioning from batch to continuous production.
2. Flow Chemistry Testing Services: AM Technology offers flow chemistry testing services at their Cheshire, UK headquarters. Services include translating existing batch processes into flow, developing novel processes directly in flow, and process optimization. A multidisciplinary team of experts designs, sets up, and carries out experiments according to customer-specific requirements, with full technical reports provided on completion.
3. Continuous Flow Reactor Engineering Services: Engineering services to assist at every stage of scaling chemical processes from R&D to fully commissioned continuous flow chemical plants. The in-house team includes chemists, chemical, mechanical, and electrical engineers as well as project managers with experience taking processes through from R&D to multi-tonne scale. Services follow on from chemical feasibility and optimisation testing.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels10 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

AM Technology designs, manufactures, and sells the patented Coflore range of continuous flow reactor systems (ACR, ATR, RTR) spanning laboratory to production scale, enabling fine chemical and pharmaceutical manufacturers to transition from batch processing to safer, more efficient continuous manufacturing. The company also provides in-house flow chemistry testing services and scale-up engineering services from its Cheshire, UK headquarters, supported by a global distributor network.

Product overview

AM Technology (AMT) is a UK-based manufacturer of patented Continuous Flow Reactors under the Coflore brand, designed and manufactured specifically for the fine chemical and pharmaceutical industries. The product portfolio comprises three main flow reactor systems: the Coflore ACR (bench-top laboratory scale, 100 mL), the Coflore ATR (pilot/production scale, 0.35-10 L), and the Coflore RTR (production scale, 100 L). These reactors employ patented 'Dynamic Mixing' technology to handle multiphasic reactions including solids, positioning them as versatile alternatives to batch reactors with enhanced safety and efficiency profiles. The company also offers associated testing services, engineering services, and a residence time calculator tool. The reactors scale from grams to kilotonnes and support cGMP-compliant pharmaceutical manufacturing.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Coflore: Patented continuous flow reactor platform for fine chemical and pharmaceutical manufacturing, featuring dynamic mixing technology compatible with multiphasic reactions and solids handling.

Products and services

• Coflore ACR (Agitated Cell Reactor) An actively mixed, bench-top continuous flow reactor with a 100 mL reactor volume divided into ten reactor cells (equivalent to ten CSTRs in series for plug flow). Produces 1.2 L of material per hour at a 5-minute residence time. Compatible with solids, slurries, multiphasic reactions, and high-pressure chemistry. For laboratory-scale process development and optimization, and for limited-quantity production.
• Coflore ATR (Agitated Tubular Reactor) A variable volume tubular continuous flow reactor with up to eight reactor tubes in series (0.35 to 10 L reactor volume), directly scalable from the Coflore ACR using the same active mixing technology. All eight tubes can be heated and cooled independently. Produces 120 L of material per hour at a 5-minute residence time. For pilot and production scales.
• Coflore RTR (Rotating Tube Reactor) A 100 L production-scale continuous flow reactor operating as a ten-stage, actively mixed, and self-baffling plug flow reactor. Uses inertia-generated radial mixing without rotating drive shafts or mechanical seals. Produces 1,200 L of material per hour at a 5-minute residence time, with potential for many thousands of tons of material per year from a single reactor. For production-scale manufacturing.
• Continuous Flow Chemistry Testing Services Flow chemistry testing services delivered at AM Technology's Cheshire, UK laboratories, covering R&D and pilot-plant scale testing, batch-to-flow translation, novel process development directly in flow, and process optimization. A multidisciplinary team designs, sets up, and executes customer-specific experiments with full technical reports on completion. For fine chemical and pharmaceutical manufacturers evaluating continuous flow.
• Continuous Flow Reactor Engineering Services Engineering services supporting scale-up from R&D through to fully commissioned multi-tonne continuous flow chemical plants, delivered by an in-house team of chemists, chemical, mechanical, and electrical engineers and project managers. Follows on from chemical feasibility and optimization testing. For fine chemical and pharmaceutical manufacturers commissioning production-scale continuous flow systems.

Quantifiable outcome

• 20–50% lower OPEX and 20–30x lower peak power demand compared to batch processing
• +7 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature7 records

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Imperial Consortium (BASF and Imperial College London)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 August 2023AM Technology joined the Continuous Manufacturing of Industrial Chemicals (IConIC) consortium, led jointly by BASF and Imperial College London. The partnership involves several industrial innovators and combines sector-specific knowledge with Imperial's world-leading research capabilities to advance chemical manufacturing through digital technologies, data science, and automation. AM Technology provides its continuous flow expertise, resources, and manufacturing equipment. The consortium aims to improve sustainability, build stable production processes, and advance the use of alternative feedstocks in fine chemical manufacturing.
• MediprocoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 November 2021Medipro (Ljubljana, Slovenia; Tel: +386 1 511 60 93) represents AM Technology in Slovenia and Croatia. The partnership was announced in November 2021.
• HydRegencoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAM Technology and HydRegen are collaborating on continuous biocatalytic hydrogenation, embedding biocatalytic processes in industrial-scale continuous flow reactors. The partnership combines AM Technology's Coflore slurry reactor capabilities with HydRegen's bio-based manufacturing approach. Joint work on reducing 3-quinuclidinone to (3R)-quinuclidinol — a key component in approved antimuscarinic drugs — demonstrated that the Coflore ACR could achieve 100% conversion with aqueous solvents using biocatalysts, replacing traditional metal catalysts. The collaboration was awarded £0.9 million in Innovate UK funding.
• Fudan University — Chen GroupminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Chen group at Fudan University, Shanghai published work on the fully continuous flow synthesis of a key intermediate of Vitamin B1 using the Coflore ACR for a precipitation reaction step. The group found the ACR capable of handling slurry formation that would clog standard flow coil reactors, achieving 90% isolated yield in 30 minutes versus 12 hours in batch. AM Technology highlights this academic collaboration as a validation of the ACR's slurry-handling capabilities.
• East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProfessor Zhong Xin's lab at the Shanghai Key Laboratory of Multiphase Materials Chemical Engineering, ECUST, published research on effective phosphorylation of 2,2'-methylene-bis(4,6-di-tert-butyl) phenol in the Coflore ACR. The high-shear agitators within the ACR cell block enabled the heterogenous mixture to achieve excellent mixing, avoiding sedimentation of solids and achieving nearly 98% yield at 100°C within a 4-minute residence time. Published in Organic Process Research & Development.
• Sentinel Process SystemscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSentinel Process Systems, Inc. (Hatboro, PA, USA; Tel: +1 800 345 3569) represents AM Technology in North America, selling and supporting the Coflore reactor range in the United States.
• Optimus InstrumentscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorOptimus Instruments (Steendorp, Belgium; Tel: +32 (0)3 744 05 02) represents AM Technology in the BENELUX region (Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg).
• Shenzhen E-Zheng Tech Co., LtdcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorShenzhen E-Zheng Tech Co., Ltd (Shenzhen, China; Tel: 0086755-83549661-8035) represents AM Technology in China, distributing the Coflore ACR for laboratory-scale applications.
• Pi-Process Intensification Experts LLPcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPi-Process Intensification Experts LLP (Navi Mumbai, India; Tel: +91-9321342022) represents AM Technology in India, supporting customers with continuous flow reactor integration and process intensification solutions.
• Beijing SMS Instruments & Equipments Co., LtdcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorBeijing SMS Instruments & Equipments Co., Ltd (Beijing, China; Tel: +86 10 82376670) represents AM Technology in China.
• ChemiSkycoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorChemiSky (Anyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea; [email protected]) represents AM Technology in Korea.
• SMS SciTech Pty LtdcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSMS SciTech Pty Ltd (Rosebery, NSW 2018, Australia; [email protected]) represents AM Technology in Australasia.
• Ornatus Industrial Technologies LtdcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorOrnatus Industrial Technologies Ltd (Modiin, Israel; Tel: +972 8 8553322) represents AM Technology in Israel and the broader Middle East region.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Syrris (Blacktrace Holdings): UK-based manufacturer of flow chemistry systems (Asia, Titan) under the Blacktrace group, with overlapping product range and customer base in academic, pharmaceutical and fine chemical research and production.
• H.E.L Group: UK-headquartered manufacturer of bench-top and process-scale chemical reactors and process safety equipment, with overlapping flows into fine chemicals, pharmaceuticals and academic research users of AM Technology's Coflore ACR.
• Chemtrix BV: Dutch manufacturer of continuous flow reactors (Labtrix, KiloFlow, Protrix) targeting fine chemical and pharmaceutical process development — directly comparable product line to AM Technology's Coflore reactors.
• ThalesNano Inc. Hungarian-headquartered flow chemistry and continuous hydrogenation (H-Cube, Phoenix) supplier targeting pharmaceutical and fine chemical production — closely comparable technology and customer profile.
• Vapourtec Ltd: UK-based developer of flow chemistry reactor systems (R-Series, E-Series), serving the same pharmaceutical and fine chemical customers with bench-to-pilot scale continuous flow equipment.

Emerging players

• Zaiput Flow Technologies: US-based developer of flow chemistry process equipment (separators, reactors, custom systems) serving pharmaceutical and academic customers — partial overlap with AM Technology's continuous flow focus.
• FutureChemistry Holding B.V. Dutch flow chemistry tooling and modular reactor systems provider for academic and industrial research — emerging niche player in the same continuous flow chemistry sub-segment AM Technology serves.

Broad incumbents

• Mettler-Toledo International Inc. Global process analytical instruments and reactors supplier (including inline PAT and reaction calorimetry) — broad incumbent with overlapping pharma/fine-chem customer accounts and partner position in the IConIC consortium.
• Büchi Labortechnik AG: Swiss manufacturer of laboratory and process equipment (rotary evaporators, reactors, chromatography) serving pharmaceutical, chemical and academic customers — adjacent process-equipment incumbent with overlapping GTM motion.
• Corning Incorporated (Advanced-Flow Reactors): Large US-listed materials and life sciences company whose Advanced-Flow Reactor (G1, G2) portfolio directly competes in industrial-scale pharmaceutical and fine chemical flow chemistry; broad incumbent with far greater resources and installed base.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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