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JR: Are there any new products that Prospiant plans to launch now, or in the near future, as a result of the combination of these brands?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
MD: The top thing I would mention is not necessarily a new product, but the fact that we\u2019re bringing this together into a new offering which is allowing a holistic discussion with a customer around how to set up the operation. So that\u2019s not necessarily a new extraction technology or something like that, but it is a new offering to bring that together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Secondly, I would say that we have been, on the processing side, working more on some water-based extraction technologies. We recently launched in the last year \u2013 and it\u2019s gaining some traction \u2013 the Vortex Trichrome Separator, VTS. And we have a larger scale waterborne extraction technology that we\u2019ve been doing some trials with as well. We\u2019ve actually been awarded patents on both of those technologies, and we\u2019ve also been recently awarded patents on our CUP [Centrifuge Utility Platform] ethanol extraction technology, as well as our FFE, falling film evaporator technology for cannabis. We are being recognized for the unique technology that we\u2019ve placed in the market, and the effort we continue to develop in terms of innovation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n JR: I\u2019ve certainly heard a lot of excitement around water-based extraction technologies in recent years. Is this something that Prospiant is keen to add to its portfolio?<\/p>\n\n\n\n MD: We are selling today the VTS product; the other one we haven\u2019t started selling yet, it\u2019s still in a development phase. But I think for extraction technology, it\u2019s not a \u201cone size fits all.\u201d It really depends on, \u2018what are you trying to do? What\u2019s the end product you\u2019re trying to deliver?\u2019 We\u2019re really trying to be able to serve different players in the market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A lot of people also get in the case where they\u2019re storing a lot of biomass, which takes up a lot of space and potentially has shelf-life challenges. How are you able to process that effectively? [Can you] maybe store that material in a different format, like oil? Those are some of the things we\u2019re looking into as well to help people at different points in the value chain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n JR: Given that you have so many different technologies under Prospiant, what\u2019s the best way for people to see everything you have and how they fit together?<\/p>\n\n\n\n MD: The website, we\u2019re continuing to build out from a Prospiant basis, but we have all the individual [name brand] websites still active as well. Once we get the trade shows going back again, we\u2019ll be exhibiting as a unified group, so you\u2019ll see all the technologies in one place. Thirdly, there is the opportunity to do site visits for people who are trying to decide [what to do]. At this point, we don\u2019t have a demonstration center, but it is something we\u2019ve thought about for the future in terms of how to showcase these products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We also have what we call \u201cteaching tech\u201d and consulting, so our team is also available on a fee basis to help customers with lab planning, operational standard operating procedures, and other types of things. We will go on-site with customers for however many weeks required to help them evaluate their process and make help them make standard operating procedures. Our team has a lot of expertise, not only in our technologies but other technologies as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.wigglewires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/USA-Gibraltar-Industries-Nexus-RBI-and-Processing-Brands-Unify-as-Prospiant-1.webp\")
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