About Us
YMC ChromaCon AG is a Life Science tool company, developing and commercializing proprietary chromatographic process technology. ChromaCon was founded in 2006 as spin-off from ETH Zurich. ChromaCon established itself as leader in continuous chromatography, collaborating with LEWA Process Technologies, now YMC Process Technologies, for the production of GMP scale-up equipment. In 2019, YMC Co. Ltd. of Japan acquired ChromaCon. As part of the YMC group of companies, ChromaCon - A YMC Company today offers an integrated approach towards chromatographic process development and production systems and tools.
Chromatography is an expensive, yet powerful separation technology. Our vision is to make chromatography simpler and more efficient and thus expand its range of application. We achieve this through novel connected or continuous processes and through automation.
We market laboratory-scale FPLC and HPLC equipment for the purification of proteins and small molecules employing a range of connected and continuous processes. The systems allow to choose the best purification process for any given purification challenge.
Continuous processes offer 30-50% reduction in CAPEX and OPEX compared to conventional batch processes and will gradually replace batch processes in manufacturing. ChromaCon is unique in having a full range of proprietary processes and process control algorithms, covering most continuous manufacturing scenarios. Together with its scale-up partner and parent company YMC, we offer a one-stop solution from laboratory to GMP process scale.