What Santai Technologies does

Santai Technologies (三泰科技（常州）有限公司) is a Chinese private chromatography instrumentation company founded in 2004 and headquartered in Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, with a wholly-owned R&D subsidiary in Beijing (Santai Doulian / 三泰豆链). The company designs, manufactures, and sells flash chromatography and preparative liquid chromatography systems for separation and purification in pharmaceutical synthesis, natural products, fine chemicals, and petroleum chemistry. Its hardware portfolio centers on the SepaBean machine series (automated preparative liquid chromatography systems with dual-wavelength UV detection, precision pumps up to 200 mL/min, automatic collection, and intelligent alarms) and the SepaFlash column family (standard, HP high-pressure, iLOK manual-assemble, and bonded-phase C18/C8/C4/NH2/ARG/Diol/CN columns spanning 4g to 10kg sizes), supported by EvapoBean rotary evaporators and preparation chromatography packing materials.

The company's software and platform layer is the ChemBeanGo (化学豆 / Chemical Beans) ecosystem, which combines a knowledge-sharing and trading platform for separation methods (分离豆), synthesis routes (合成豆), and chemical supplies (供应豆), an AI assistant powered by a self-deployed DeepSeek-R1 model with chemistry-specific knowledge, the CBG Online Store with a proprietary chemical coin payment system, the ChemBeanGo mobile app, and the SepaBean approach networking module for multi-instrument remote control and data-driven AI training. Revenue is generated across four streams: hardware sales (instruments and consumables), platform/marketplace services (chemical beans trading with chemical coin currency), analytical and preparative purification services through the Application Technology Research Center (milligram-to-kilogram scale, 2-24 hour analytical turnaround), and tiered maintenance subscriptions (1-year standard at 20% discount; 3-year worry-free packages with volume discounts).

Santai sells primarily through direct sales (phone: 400-662-9158), the CBG e-commerce storefront, and participation in industry exhibitions (CPHI China, analytica China) and academic forums. Customer base spans pharmaceutical companies, research universities, and academic institutions globally, with international sales since 2005. The company employs 200+ staff including 30+ R&D personnel, operates from a 4,000+ square meter facility, and was certified as a Jiangsu High-tech Enterprise in 2015. In June 2026, Santai announced strategic cooperation with Jiehua Pharmaceutical (捷化医药) for intelligent small molecule drug research technology.

Name

Santai Technologies

Legal name

三泰科技（常州）有限公司

Website

https://santaitech.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Santai Technologies designs and manufactures automated flash chromatography instruments, preparative liquid chromatography columns, and the ChemBeanGo AI-powered chemistry knowledge platform, serving pharmaceutical companies, academic researchers, and fine chemical laboratories worldwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Chromatography Instruments and Consumables

NAICS

Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing (334516), Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables (334513)

SIC

Laboratory Analytical Instruments (3826), Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823)

akta.pro primary industry

Analytical Instruments & Chromatography Systems (HLAGAIAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Liquid Handling & Laboratory Automation (Pipettes, Robots, Workstations) (HLAGAIAD)

Keywords

• Flash chromatography instruments
• Preparative liquid chromatography
• Chromatography separation columns
• Pharmaceutical purification services
• Chemical knowledge platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Changzhou

HQ country

China

HQ region

Asia

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Chromatography Equipment Sales: Sale of SepaBean machine preparative liquid chromatography systems and related instrument accessories.
2. Flash Chromatography Columns and Media: Sale of SepaFlash rapid separation columns in various sizes (4g to 10kg) and chromatography packing materials including normal phase (silica gel, alumina) and bonded phase media (C18, C8, C4, NH2, ARG, Diol, CN).
3. ChemBeanGo Platform Services: Platform services including chemical beans (分离豆, 合成豆, 供应豆) trading where users purchase separation methods using chemical coins (化学币) that can be used for consumables at CBG online store.
4. Analysis and Purification Services: Application Technology Research Center provides analysis testing and purification services from milligram to kilogram scale for pharmaceutical development industry.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Santai Technologies designs, manufactures, and sells automated flash chromatography instruments (SepaBean machine series), prepacked flash chromatography columns (SepaFlash series in sizes from 4g to 10kg), HPLC columns and packing materials, and rotary evaporators. The company operates the ChemBeanGo software platform for chemical knowledge sharing, AI-assisted separation method recommendations powered by DeepSeek-R1, and online trading of chemistry supplies, and provides analytical testing and preparative purification services through its Application Technology Research Center.

Product overview

Santai Technologies operates as a platform-plus-products architecture serving the pharmaceutical chemistry, natural product, fine chemical, and petroleum industries. The core hardware portfolio centers on the SepaBean machine快速制备液相色谱系统 series (D, L, U, T, V2.0, 2 V2.0 variants) for automated flash chromatography, paired with the SepaFlash快速制备液相色谱柱 family spanning standard, HP, and iLOK series columns in sizes from 4g to 10kg, plus bonded phase columns (C4/C8/C18/NH2/ARG/Diol/CN) and Sapphire gemstone series. Supporting hardware includes EvapoBean rotary evaporators and preparation chromatography packing materials. The ChemBeanGo化学知识共享平台 serves as the software platform, integrating an AI assistant powered by DeepSeek-R1, the CBG在线商店 e-commerce channel, and the ChemBeanGo App mobile application for instrument control. The SepaBean approach组网联动 module enables multi-unit networking and AI-driven workflow automation. Services include milligram-to-kilogram preparative purification and analytical testing through the Application Technology Research Center.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SepaBean®: Rapid preparation liquid chromatography system (快速制备液相色谱系统)
• SepaFlash®
• ChemBeanGo®
• iLOK®
• CBG
• EvapoBean®

Quantifiable outcome

• Separation methods database enables one-click access to historical successful methods, significantly reducing human error and time costs
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability8 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• 捷化医药 (Jiehua Pharmaceutical)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 2 June 2026Santai Technologies and Jiehua Pharmaceutical reached strategic cooperation. The partnership was announced at the 2026 Small Molecule Drug Research Intelligent Technology Seminar (First Session) held in Changzhou, focusing on intelligent technology development for small molecule drug research.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Gilson: US-based manufacturer of preparative HPLC and flash chromatography systems (PLC, VERITY) plus GX-271 liquid handlers. Comparable mid-tier specialty chromatography and lab automation vendor.
• BUCHI Labortechnik: Swiss manufacturer of rotary evaporators (R-300) and preparative chromatography (Pure chromatography systems). Overlaps with Santai's EvapoBean rotary evaporator line and SepaBean prep chromatography systems.
• Phenomenex: Chromatography columns and consumables specialist (now part of Danaher). Comparable to Santai's SepaFlash/SepaPrep column and packing media business as a consumables-led competitor.
• Teledyne ISCO: Manufactures CombiFlash preparative chromatography systems and RediSep columns. Closest direct competitor to Santai in flash/preparative chromatography hardware and consumables.
• Interchim: French manufacturer of flash chromatography instruments (Puriflash) and columns. Directly competes with Santai in pharma R&D and natural products purification with overlapping product specs.
• Biotage: Global leader in flash chromatography (Isolera systems) and consumables (Biotage ZIP/SNAP columns). Directly competes with Santai's SepaBean instruments and SepaFlash columns in pharma and academic synthesis labs worldwide.

Broad incumbents

• Thermo Fisher Scientific: Diversified life sciences and analytical instruments leader (Thermo Scientific Dionex, UltiMate). Competes with Santai across chromatography instruments, columns, and software in global pharma.
• Waters Corporation: Chromatography and mass spectrometry major (Alliance, ACQUITY, Empower software). Dominant in pharma chromatography with a hardware-software-consumable stack that competes with Santai's integrated SepaBean + ChemBeanGo offering.
• Shimadzu: Japanese analytical instrument major with HPLC, LC-MS, and prep chromatography lines. Overlaps with Santai in Asia-Pacific pharma and academic markets and has greater scale and brand recognition.
• Agilent Technologies: Global analytical instruments leader with broad HPLC/GC/spectroscopy portfolio plus CrossLab services. Larger incumbent that competes with Santai at the analytical-chromatography level in pharma QC and research.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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