Company Category: Research and Development (R&D) Services

Tilley Distribution, Inc.

Tilley Distribution is a global specialty ingredients distribution partner committed to customer service. Since 1952, our organization has focused on providing more: more products, more services, and more capabilities to service our customers. Our constant evolution includes strategic growth in new and adjacent markets that improve efficiencies and connects world-class suppliers to industry-leading manufacturers across the globe. | What sets Tilley apart is our commitment to quality and advanced supply chain capabilities. Our Q.C. and R&D Laboratory is thorough and provides not just quality assurance on established products but also allows our R&D team to dial in on customer specific needs. Let’s Build Something, Together. | Since 1952, we have delivered on quality, integrity and commitment. Our unparalleled reputation in the markets we serve is a testament to the quality of our products, the relationships we have built and the commitments we have kept along the way. This is the Tilley True® way of doing business. At Tilley Company, we pride ourselves on offering our clients a wide range of food ingredients that meet the highest quality standards and supply continuity. Tilley offers clients customized solutions to their most vexing product development challenges. Let’s Build Something, Together. | Tilley Company specializes in turnkey solutions for all your personal care/cosmetic ingredient requirements. We are in the business of helping companies alleviate any stress surrounding logistics, confusing purchasing decisions and inefficient operations. We provide a hands on response to all your supply chain challenges. Featured products:Pure alcohols (including organic) & specialty denatured (SDAs)Personal care product listing:Aloe (gels/powders), Antioxidants, Betaines, Calcium Stearate, Caprylic Capric Triglycerides, Cetyl Alcohol, Chelating Agents, Citric Acid (GMO/GMO Free/Project verified), Colors (FD&C, D&C, Natural), Defoamers (including food grade/organic), Dipropylene Glycol, EDTA, Emulsifiers (GMO&GMO Free), Ethanol (SDA), Ethyl Acetate (NF), Ethyl Lactate, Fatty Acids, Fibers (organic – bamboo, cellulose, wheat, oat), Flow Conditioners, Glycerin, Gums (xanthan, guar, others), Hydrogen Peroxide, Isopropyl Alcohol, Isopropyl Myristate (IPM), Isoproyl Palmitate (IPP), Lactic Acid, Lauric Acid, Mineral Oils (white/others), Phosphates, Poly Glycols, Parabens, Petrolatum, Poly Sorbates, Preservatives (Benzoates, Parabens, Sorbates), Precipitated Silicas, Propylene Glycol, Shea butter, Sodium Alumino Silicates, Sodium Chloride, Sorbitol, Stearic Acid, Surfactants

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Texture Technologies

Texture Technologies Corp is the USA and Canadian distributor for Stable Micro Systems’ TA.XTPlus Connect family of texture analyzers, which is used to quantify the texture of all bakery and cereal products. Our instruments are used in both R&D and in QC situations. Our many thousands of clients use our texture analyzers to quantify their products at every stage of production: ingredients, doughs, batters, extrusions, sheeted products, post baking, finished goods, and shelf life of finished products. Among the attributes the TA.XTPlus quantifies are firmness, stickiness, extensibility, crispness, brittleness, crunchiness, chewiness, hardness, toughness, springback, resilience, cohesiveness, chewiness, etc. The TA.XTPlus can even simultaneously quantify the acoustic profile of a product. We also offer SMS’ Volscan Profiler to quantify the volume of baked goods using an approved Cereal & Grains Association standard method. | Texture Technologies and Stable Micro Systems will exhibit the TA.XTPlusConnect family of Texture Analyzers. Our system measures the texture of baked goods, snacks, meats, candies, pasta, fruits, vegetables and every other food product imaginable. SMS’ TA.XTPlus, TA.HDPlus, and TA.XTExpress are the world’s best and most popular because they are extremely easy-to-use and very flexible. Our instruments are backed up with TTC’s outstanding commitment to applications support and are used in manufacturing, R&D, and academic | Texture Technologies provides the TA.XTPlusC Texture Analyzer which is the most universal instrument for measuring the physical properties of Cosmetic Products. The TA.XTPlusC is placed in R&D and QA/QC environments. Our line of material testing solutions provide repeatable comprehensive results for quantifying firmness, stickiness, cohesiveness, and other physical properties in such products like lipsticks, powders, gels, creams, lotions, etc.

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Tentamus

Tentamus offers a global network of highly specialized laboratories, all of which are equipped to ensure the quality and safety of the tested goods. With our efforts in the food industry, we make a vital contribution to food safety. We provide analytical data for the consumer goods industry — from concept to consumption — working with national, regional, and local clients in the food, pharmaceutical, dietary supplement, beverage, water, personal care and foodservice segments.

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tec5USA

At tec5USA, we turn production challenges into performance breakthroughs. Specializing in tailored inline spectrometers using UV-VIS, NIR, and Raman technologies, we bring lab-grade precision directly to your process line. Our systems deliver real-time chemical insights that enable immediate adjustments—reducing waste, improving yield, and ensuring quality without compromise. Whether you’re in pharma, food and beverage, chemicals, semiconductors, or clean energy, we help you stay in spec, stay efficient, and stay ahead. Let’s solve your toughest process problems—together. | tec5USA is a manufacturer of tailored OEM & in-line process spectrometers utilizing UV-VIS, NIR, Raman and LIBS methodologies. We deliver superb Optical and Spectroscopy Solutions for the Analytical markets. In the Process environments, rather than waiting for time-consuming laboratory measurements, we focus on real-time verification by rapidly measuring time-critical chemical and physical parameters to react immediately to deviations in the production line. For more information, visit www.tec5usa.com or email sales@tec5usa.com | tec5USA is a manufacturer of tailored OEM & in-line process spectrometers utilizing UV-VIS, NIR, Raman and LIBS methodologies. We deliver superb Optical and Spectroscopy Solutions for the Analytical markets. In the Process environments, rather than waiting for time-consuming laboratory measurements, we focus on real-time verification by rapidly measuring time-critical chemical and physical parameters to react immediately to deviations in the production line. We enable consistent quality, waste minimization and rework reduction, yield maximization, end-to-end supply chain optimization and pay per content. Industries we serve are OEM, Analytical, Life Sciences, Medical and Semiconductor manufacturing equipment, Thin Film technology, Chemistry, Petrochemistry, Environmental Technology, Biotechnology and Pharma, Food, Feed and Beverages as well as Agriculture. For more information, visit us at www.tec5usa.com or email us at sales@tec5usa.com

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Target Flavors

With expertise in custom flavor development and food & beverage formulation, Target Flavors serves as a critical resource to the food & beverage industries, offering innovative custom solutions to the many product development challenges facing us today. For 40+ years, Target Flavors has helped its customers develop new products, provide creative solutions, reduce costs, and pioneer new markets. We invite you to come by our booth to learn more!

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St. Charles Trading

Revolutionize Your Recipes, Your Trusted Partner for Everything Ingredients At St. Charles Trading, we know the challenges food businesses face—too many suppliers, high minimums, inconsistent documentation, and impersonal service. That’s why we’ve built our business around making your day easier. ✔️ One PO. Say goodbye to juggling multiple vendors. We consolidate your ingredient needs with just one purchase order, including online. ✔️ No Minimums. Need a little? Need a lot? We work on your terms—with zero MOQs. ✔️ Custom Solutions. Your product is unique. We’ll help you find or create the ingredient solution that fits, including reformulations. ✔️ Best-in-Class Food Safety. Our SQF score is 99/100. Documentation? Delivered fast and done right. ✔️ Real People, Real Service. When you call, a real person answers. Our dedicated team is here to support you—not bounce you between bots. ✔️ Specialty Ingredients, Delivered. With our logistics companies and distribution centers across the country, we source globally and deliver efficiently—from anywhere in the world to our customers Coast to Coast. ✔️ Faster Production with Custom Dry Blends. Let us manufacture your dry blends to save time, reduce steps, and streamline your production process. We’re more than a distributor—we’re your partner in growth. Let’s discuss what’s been holding you back and how we can help move your business forward. | Revolutionize Your Recipes: Your Trusted Partner for Everything Ingredients! We are a value-added distributor and blender that can help with capacity on your line, or extend your product line. We have 9 warehouses nationwide with flexible MOQs to ensure you get what you need, including organic, kosher, and NON-GMO products! With Over 4000+ Ingredients, We Can Source Any Ingredient! Suppliers include Riviana Foods Inc., Richardson Milling, Cargill, The Kraft Heinz Company, and Morton Salt.

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Southwest Research Institute

Southwest Research Institute® (SwRI®) is a premier, independent, applied research and development organization implementing advanced applications, creating unique integrations, and solving the most difficult challenges for government and commercial clients worldwide. The staff of more than 3,200 specializes in the creation and transfer of technology in engineering and the physical sciences. Over decades, SwRI has grown from a single building to more than two million square feet of laboratories, workshops, test facilities, and offices, occupying more than 1,500 acres. For more than four decades, SwRI has provided expert robotics R&D support across the full spectrum of robot types, markets, and applications, including manipulator integration and application development, custom robot and end effector design and fabrication, human-machine cooperation, and autonomous mobile robots. SwRI curates the Robot Operating System-Industrial (ROS-I) open-source project, which is a global robotics research initiative steered by a consortium. The project creates software capabilities and applications for the industry based on open-source building blocks. Operating as a nonprofit since its foundation in 1947, SwRI works in the public’s best interest and toward the betterment of humanity. | SwRI® is a nonprofit, contract R&D organization with more than 70 years of experience in food-related sciences, including microencapsulation and nanoencapsulation technologies. SwRI specializes in formulation and process development, offering dozens of encapsulation techniques capable of preparing capsules from nanometers to millimeters. Additional food-related capabilities available at SwRI include nanomaterials, antimicrobial materials, analytical chemistry, testing and failure analysis, materials engineering for food applications, and manufacturing systems. | When we say we’re solving today’s problems with tomorrow’s technology, we mean it. Visit us at Futures Park and experience our revolutionized ENABLE® markerless motion capture system. With enhanced speed and compatibility, ENABLE now integrates with other animation software platforms, simplifying your workflow. Our upgraded technology surpasses traditional motion capture methods, allowing for non-invasive, accurate, and efficient analysis of human movement outside the lab. Visit our booth for live demonstrations, and let’s discuss how we can collaborate and create custom solutions tailored to your needs using our cutting-edge motion capture technology. | Southwest Research Institute® (SwRI®) is a premier independent, nonprofit research and development organization. We offer multidisciplinary services leveraging advanced science and applied technologies. Since 1947, we have provided solutions for some of the world’s most challenging scientific and engineering problems. For the power storage industry, we provide multiple services, including battery research, system design, development, testing, and analysis. Our labs adhere to quality standards and can provide abuse and environmental simulation services.

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Silva International Inc

Silva International is a producer of dried vegetable, herb, and select fruit ingredients, serving the industry over 40 years. Our U.S. production facilities operate over 20 production lines, giving us unique capabilities on cleaning and sorting our raw materials for today’s needs of food safety and quality control. We have new technologies in place for all-natural requirements and defined micro reduction, including zero-ox fumigation, steam sterilization, and infrared treatment.

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Sensapure Flavors

Sensapure Flavors creates custom flavors for a variety of powerhouse manufacturers and functional food brands. We’re not just talking about creative dry-blending here, this is serious flavor chemistry. Flavor Technology plus Applications Experience — that’s Sensapure. With extensive experience in the nutritional supplement space, we know a thing or two about the challenges in flavoring difficult product bases. Learn more about how we work with our clients to develop amazing flavors that drive purchase loyalty.

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