Photo Tour

Modern Shanghai Airport

Modern Shanghai also has much history, as seen in its traditional buildings.

Modern Downtown Shanghai, home of Draco's manufacturing facility

Draco Manufacturing Facility from across the street.

Main Draco Facility

Draco Administration Building

Draco Main Manufacturing Building

Sunset view of the sign at the main gate of the Draco manufacturing facility.

Sunset view of the Draco administration building.

Team members meeting over lunch at the Draco cafeteria.

Draco Cafeteria

Raw plant material is carefully stored before extraction.

A Draco team member monitors an extractor for process control.

Draco Botanical Extraction vessel

The bottom of an extraction vessel.

Draco extraction is a closed system. Botanical extract liquids are routed to the proper destination using valves.

Water purification facility purifies and recycles water for extraction.

Storage tanks for extract menstruum that is ready for vacuum concentration.

Vacuum Concentration operation

Vacuum Concentrators concentrate the liquid extract menstruum before spray drying.

2 story tall warm air Spray Dryer for final dry powder stage of extraction.

Clean Room staff

Stainless steel dry blending tumbler

Blending and Packaging clean room operation

Extracts are sealed in low permeability Mylar as well as plastic.

Extracts are triple packaged in easy-to-store drums.

Draco's Pilot Plant is able to make small batches of extracts for research and small runs.

Maceration Vessels for making tinctures and liquid extracts.

To support Draco's growth, workers weld new manufacturing equipment.

PhD R & D Scientists comprise Draco's expert formulation team.

Draco R & D Chemistry Laboratory

HPLC (High Performance Liquid Chromatography) is used to analyze raw materials both qualitatively and quantitatively.

Raw Material Lot Samples are retained for reference.

Draco R & D Chemist

Draco Manufacturing Management Team

Draco's Manufacturing Team

US, China, and Draco Flags fly over the Draco campus.