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Chemicals

last two years have seen inventories being consumed in the distribution channel that built up after the Covid-19 pandemic, but thankfully we are now seeing a return to more normalized procurement patterns.”

However, the business has also seen expansion. Briar is building up its development laboratories, which Chris describes as previously being an‘ underutilized asset,’ through contract work with smaller organizations.“ We’ ve been identifying opportunities with smaller start-up companies that have simple lab facilities and are looking to increase their capabilities, optimize production methods, and start the scale-up process,” he says.“ Our facilities are ideally suited to working on multi-kilo volumes that can then be transferred to larger commercial facilities, and these relationships will hopefully provide the steppingstone for these opportunities to move to new or existing plants on our site.”

Launch platform

With a packaging line acquired at the end of 2025, the new asset has become part of Briar’ s routine and has increased capacity threefold, giving it a greater deal of automation and higher quality control. Additionally, the company inherited a significant lab

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