Advanced-Flow™ Reactors (AFR) | Continuous Lab Flow and Industrial Reactor Technology | Corning

The Future Flows Through Corning AFR

The Future Flows Through Corning AFR

Building on more than 170 years of innovation, Corning® Advanced-Flow Reactors (AFR) is a global leader in end-to-end chemical processing products and services for pharma, fine chemicals, agrochemicals, specialty chemicals, and high-performance materials industries.  ​

Our products and services leverage inherently safer processing technology and provide improved heat exchange and mixing as well as seamless scaleup from the lab to commercial productions. This technology is specifically designed to intensify the chemical reaction as compared to traditional batch processing, enabling the creation of new and more efficient processes.

Corning AFR offers a best-in-class portfolio of flow chemistry products for education and lab to industrial solutions, as well as a full range of flow process R&D services, including our newest business – Advanced Flow Pharmaceutical Technologies (AFPT) services, to help bridge the gap between flow process development and industrial realization of continuous flow manufacturing.   

Full Services Portfolio

Global Presence

Global Presence

Our global presence ensures we can provide customers with cost-effective solutions, specialized engineering support, and unparalleled process expertise all around the world. Additionally, we have a global network of Application Qualified Labs, designed to enable AFR customers to effectively access continuous-flow demonstrations, experimental trials, feasibility testing, and chemical reaction process development.

Visit our Contact page to learn more about our global AQL network and to find contact information for your regional AFR sales and support team.

18 global applications qualified labs

Global Application Qualified Labs

800+ global installations

Reactors Installed Globally

1M+ megatons per year of flow capacity

Globally Installed Flow Capacity

Case Studies & Recent News

Case Study: Developing an Optimized Flow Chemistry Industrial Scale Process

Learn how BASF, one of the largest chemical producers in the world, and Corning AFR collaborated to seamlessly scale-up a new chemical synthesis for the agro-chemical industry from laboratory equipment to pilot scale production and produce hundreds of kilograms of this new chemical compound in just eight weeks. 

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Corning and Ulsan Technopark Announce the First Advanced-Flow Reactor Application Qualified Lab in South Korea

This collaboration will allow Corning and Ulsan to expand continuous-flow process development capabilities in South Korea’s fine and specialty chemical spaces while also meeting the growing needs of the performance materials market focused on renewable energy.

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Corning Advanced-Flow Reactors and Xiamen University Celebrate the establishment of Application Qualified Lab

Corning Incorporated and Xiamen University announced the establishment of the Xiamen University-Corning® Advanced-Flow™ Reactors (AFR) Application Qualified Lab (AQL) at Xiamen University’s College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering located in the Fujian province.

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