Nature & Technologies
More than 180-year expertise in precious raw materials processing equipment (design, commissioning and servicing)
Creation of Tournaire
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1833
Joseph Tournaire establishes his craft activity in a small workshop in Grasse
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1950
Deployment in the pharmaceutical agrochemical markets
International expansion & technology portfolio broading
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1961
The first floating-filter extractor was designed by Gilbert Tournaire and installed in the TOMBAREL perfumery in Grasse
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1970
Development of export and entry into the Asian and Middle Eastern markets
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1984
First supercritical CO2 extraction unit and first Agitated Filtering Bottom Extractor, a technology with a significant reduction of the ecological footprint
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1992
First automatic Filtering Bottom Extractor
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1994
First dryer for pharmaceuticals delivered to SOCHINAZ
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2000
First complete automated turnkey unit
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2010
First pilot subcritical water extractor. Patented
Development of services
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2015
Arrival of Franck Bardini as COO
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2019
Preparation of the spin-off of the equipment business, incorporated into and legal entity : Tournaire Equipment SAS. Effective spin-off completed January 1st 2020
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2020
Launch of WiNatLab, a collaborative intelligence solution to reduce clients’ time-to-market
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2021
Tournaire Equipement joins the ADF Group in July 2021
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2023
Tournaire Equipment becomes Nature & Technologies
Founded in Grasse in 1833, Tournaire was originally specialized in natural raw material processing equipment.
Through several phases of mechanization (1950), industrialization (1960) and automation (1980), Nature & Technologies has been able to design and manufacture new units to broaden its unique and innovative portfolio.
Recently, Tournaire Equipment put a strong focus on Natural market applications and development of new tailored services solutions.
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