Efficient Engineering
Systems For The Real World
We design custom facilities and process systems to boost efficiency and help you meet your goals in the real world. Whether you’re looking to build from the ground-up, diagnose and assess your current processes, or implement targeted modifications, our engineering experts provide industry-leading support. As your partner, we help you realize improvements at scale to meet the latest industry standards and set new performance records.
Engineering & Design Solutions
Process & Process Equipment Design
From surgical modifications to scaled-up system design, we create robust and economical solutions for your facility. From initial planning to implementation to operational readiness, we help design robust production models and equipment to suit your industry needs. Our level of involvement and commitment begins at the feasibility stage and will continue through to operational readiness. Our team also helps upgrade capabilities of existing systems and processes so your facility is up-to-date. We are focused on ensuring your successful return on investment and improved production efficiency for increased speed to market.
Facility & Process Utilities Design
We believe that your process should inform the design of your facility, and not the other way around. Whatever the footprint of your project, we help design ground-up processes or implement updates to legacy systems that must comply with new and existing industry regulations. Process utility systems are the heart of your operations. Our company roots run deep with a focus on providing the best in class process utility system designs for all high purity water, steam and gas systems. We are Canada’s recognized industry leaders with an extensive team of subject matter experts in this area.
Mechanical
Our mechanical engineering team delivers technically-sound, code compliant, robust system solutions tailored to each project’s unique needs. Cheme brings extensive experience in HVAC and mechanical system design for heavily regulated sectors such as life sciences, chemicals, energy, and advanced manufacturing, partnering closely with clients from concept development through detailed design, construction, and commissioning. We leverage advanced engineering and modeling tools, including building performance simulations, HVAC analysis, and pipe flow modeling, to accurately evaluate system behavior and validate design decisions throughout the project lifecycle. By combining technical expertise with a practical understanding of facility operations, we develop solutions that support long-term reliability, energy efficiency, maintainability, and regulatory compliance. Whether executing a new facility design, expanding existing infrastructure, or implementing modifications within a tight window, our team approaches every project with the same level of diligence and care.
Electrical
Our electrical engineering team delivers full‑scope design services for heavily regulated sectors such as life sciences, chemicals, energy, and advanced manufacturing. We specialize in powering process equipment and complex skid systems, integrating them seamlessly into facility infrastructure while meeting the stringent reliability, safety, and documentation standards these industries demand. From cleanrooms to utility spaces, we design electrical systems that support validated environments, high‑availability operations, and compliance with regulatory expectations.
Beyond process integration, we provide complete building electrical design, including power distribution, lighting, life‑safety systems, grounding and bonding, arc‑flash and fault‑current studies, and emergency power solutions. Whether supporting a single piece of equipment or delivering a full facility design package, we bring deep technical expertise, clear communication, and a commitment to safe, code‑compliant, and future‑ready electrical systems.
Process Safety
Our Process Safety team is dedicated to identifying, managing, and mitigating risks in complex industrial environments, specializing in HAZOP study facilitation and execution led by certified, experienced chairs and technical scribes. Our core capabilities span the entire review lifecycle, including initial node definition, P&ID engineering reviews, and full-scale HAZOP re-validations for facility modifications. We ensure a seamless transition from risk assessment to mitigation by providing comprehensive report generation, action-item tracking, technical support for close-out engineering and safety system design. By combining rigorous regulatory compliance with practical engineering insight across heavily regulated sectors such as life sciences, chemicals, energy, and advanced manufacturing, we deliver actionable solutions from early design through ongoing operations to build inherently safer systems and foster a strong safety culture across our clients’ organizations.
Process Automation
From first implementation to timely updates, a well-designed automation process can greatly increase your system output. We help design and configure your system architecture, hardware selection, and controls solutions with user-friendliness in mind. Our team brings the latest technology and industry knowledge to your process automation design to help your facility operate at peak efficiency. We work with integrators and programmers throughout the design process to ensure you will have a fully functioning facility that meets your needs. With a high level of process knowledge and a strong understanding of the latest technology and applications, the Cheme team is committed to developing the appropriate controls solutions.
Fill & Finish/Packaging
Our extensive and unique industry experience makes Cheme an ideal partner to manage all aspects of your filling line implementation. We have experience in equipment regulations, compounding, product transfer, CIP, SIP, clean utilities, and GMP construction. Whether your application is liquid or solid dose, aseptic, flammable, or high potency, our team has the experience to design processes and equipment to fit your needs. We also have experience with market-specific secondary packaging equipment regulations, including serialization and aggregation requirements. Cheme approaches these projects with the hands-on knowledge necessary to select the right equipment for your end users that is easy to use and maintain.
Single-Use Technologies
Cheme has developed many single-use process solutions for its clients, moving in line with the broader trend towards using single-use technologies for pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical manufacturing. Single-use and hybrid systems help improve your system efficiency, ensuring sterile methods while eliminating costly cleaning processes. We have experience with implementation of sterile connectors and disconnectors, process analytical technology (PAT), filters, bags and bag holders, and sampling systems. Cheme is equipped to provide robust and effective solutions to realize the full benefits of single-use technologies.
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Experts In Maintaining
Elite Systems
Experts In Maintaining
Elite Systems
From pharmaceutical and biotech manufacturing to downstream processing, we’ve partnered with industry leaders to drive project success. As an example, we recently partnered with a client to provide vaccine manufacturing process upgrades. Here, we upgraded equipment and systems, which principally included replacing stainless steel systems with single-use technologies, automating manual processes, and installing ultrafiltration systems. Cheme performed conceptual design, detailed design, procurement, project management, and commissioning and qualification services to provide important end-to-end solutions for our client.
Complex Systems
Made Clear
Complex Systems
Made Clear
Our team of engineers offer targeted solutions with a personal touch to help solve your most complex process challenges. We help you improve your process systems and productivity to increase efficiency, speed, ease of use, and yield while fulfilling key compliance requirements and controlling operational costs.
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