

High-Efficiency Product Recovery and Purification Solutions
Sulzer’s advanced product recovery and purification technologies enable industries to achieve exceptional purity and yield across pharmaceuticals, chemicals, and specialty materials sectors. With precision solutions like OptimEXT™ Sulzer ensures the effective selective extraction and removal of impurities, maximizing the recovery of valuable compounds such as high-purity acids, flavors, vitamins, and active pharmaceutical ingredients. Sulzer not only enhances product quality but also supports sustainability and cost efficiency for customers around the world.
High Purity
Selectively removes impurities to deliver superior product quality
High Yield
: Gentle operating conditions protect product integrity and maximize recovery
Energy Efficient
Reduces energy and solvent consumption, cutting costs and environmental impact

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Felix Feng
Global product line manager
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Your process goals
Efficient recovery and purification of highly pure acids
Selective separation techniques for the recovery of valuable compounds
Main applications
Organic acids like acetic acid and formic acid
Various mineral acids including nitric, sulfuric, and hydrochloric acids
Extraction and purification of flavors, fragrances, essential oils, vitamins, and nutraceuticals
Purification of antibiotics and active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs)
Explore more applications of OptimEXT
Discover how OptimEXT tackles diverse separation challenges maximizing yield, enhancing purity, and improving efficiency across industries and processes.
Recover valuable components from waste streams, creating additional value, minimizing losses and improving sustainability
Reduce operational costs and improving efficiency by cutting down on steam, electricity, and cooling requirements
Achieve efficient, selective separation overcoming azeotropes, thermal degradation, and poor phase separation.
Minimize hazardous impurities, reduce waste and emissions, and support green manufacturing goals
Reduce equipment footprint, simplify operations, and replace less efficient separation methods
Sulzer provides cutting-edge technologies like OptimEXT™ and EXCELOT™ that combine extraction, distillation, and crystallization for efficient recovery and purification of a wide range of valuable compounds in demanding industries.
Solutions are ideal for recovering and purifying organic and mineral acids, flavors and fragrances, vitamins, nutraceuticals, antibiotics, APIs, specialty chemicals, and much more—including use in pharmaceuticals, chemicals, food, and energy sectors.
Sulzer’s systems deliver high product purity, maximize recovery, save energy and solvents, and boost process flexibility. These advantages translate into lower operational costs and a more sustainable, reliable production process.

















