Fluor provided conceptual and detailed design, procurement and construction services to Ajinomoto Company, Inc. for its first amino acids manufacturing facility in the United States. Fluor and Ajinomoto formed a team that would successfully deliver the project ahead of schedule and under budget.

Along with our extensive experience in food and pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities, we used innovative fast-track design-build methods to put the plant into operation just 24 months from the beginning of preliminary design efforts.

The amino acids are produced through large-scale fermentation. Separation and purification are achieved by a variety of unit operations including crystallization, centrifugation, evaporation, ion exchange, drying and ultra-filtration. Mixing and packaging are accomplished under exacting sterile cleanroom conditions, and the resulting product is essentially pyrogen-free.