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At Achema, INOVA H6-10 will draw attention with its output of 36,000 filled disposable syringes: Maximum output for this machine type is 60,000 syringes per hour. The most impressive feature of this vial machine composed of Inova and Klee components is its turn-key competence: Line functions include cleaning, sterilizing, filling, freeze drying and closing – with process controls. Klee will be at the fair with a pilot freeze dryer for lyophilized pharmaceuticals, operable under isolator even when loaded manually. And KUGLER Linoline offers maximum flexibility for its diversified format and closure applications.

A new, more spacious venue, a surging number of participants. The Pharmapack congress and exhibition has grown bigger, confirming its place as European leader in the field of pharmaceutical and medical packaging and drug delivery systems.

Borealis, a provider of innovative, value creating plastics solutions, starts to re-launch its Bormed™ LD PE range for blow, fill and seal products in response to customers demand for continued availability of the high-performance grades.

pester pac automation presented their latest end-of-line packaging technology at the Emballage 2008. As well as being functional and powerful, Pester machines are flexible and future-oriented, economic and sustainable. From the innovative safety aspects that were conceived according to the latest security policy to the user-friendly ergonomics and standardized operating logic, Pester machines meet the stipulations required in pharmaceutical and cosmetic packaging.

The award ceremony of the 31st German Packaging Prize took place in Nuremberg on the afternoon of November 12th in line with the BRAU Beviale, the European beverage trade fair. The German Packaging Institute dvi awarded prizes to 22 new developments from 18 companies and 3 students in 7 categories. Prizes were awarded for functional and novel solutions which promote the packaging practice in an economical, technical, creative and ecological respect. The Oscar of the packaging industry enjoys increasing international attention. For example 13 of 16 submissions were selected for the WorldStar 2008 at the jury meeting of the World Packaging Organisation in Cape Town through the German Packaging Prize. This year, German innovations could mainly prevail among the strong international competition in the consumer area.

A highly skilled workforce is crucial to the success of any business. This is particularly true of the high-tech industry, which includes some pharmaceutical companies. Awareness of this fact has prompted OYSTAR Hüttlin, a member of the OYSTAR Group, to schedule a series of educational seminars for pharmaceutical industry employees to enable them to obtain certification as Expert of Solids and Master of Solids. The workshops will begin with the most important process after the actual manufacturing process: The cleaning process and its validation.

Seidenader Maschinenbau GmbH, one of the leading suppliers of automatic and semi-automatic inspection machines for the pharmaceutical industry worldwide, present at TechnoPharm in Nuremberg/Germany from 30.09. to 02.10.2008 their latest development: the Seidenader T&TSolution.

O.BERK Company has introduced a new program with its vendors to present “green” packaging as an option for its various clients in the cosmetic/personal care, pharmaceutical/healthcare, food/beverage and chemical/industrial markets

OYSTAR Hüttlin has enhanced its successful fluidized-bed process with two different sensor technologies: near-infrared spectroscopy and fiber-optic spatial frequency filtration for particle size determination. They monitor various process parameters that are important for producing pharmaceuticals. Both of these inline measurement processes comply with the Process Analytical Technology requirements of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

MEGA designs and manufactures for the pharmaceutical sector a wide range of dispensing solutions that meet the most stringent quality requirements. Benefiting from the latest technological breakthroughs, these innovative systems are adapted to various forms of products such as creams, lotions, gels and emulsions.

INDEX in Geneva, the world’s leading nonwovens exhibition, is traditionally the first of two two global-scale trade shows of central importance to Optima.

Since foundation of the company in 1948, the name Uhlmann Pac-Systeme has stood for highly flexible packaging machinery for pharmaceutical production. The company has attained its current leading position on the world market thanks to its capacity to think beyond conventional tasks and to offer more than just a machine. A good eye and the courage to break new ground are tradition. Based on sophisticated engineering and many years of experience, the company is qualified to meet every demand: the packaging solutions are as diverse as the products themselves. More than 7,000 machines are in operation throughout the world.

August Faller KG will be showcasing packaging solutions for the pharmaceutical industry at the booth of the COPACO Group. Attention will focus on four of the most important requirements that pharmaceutical packaging now has to meet.

RPC Bramlage-Wiko now offers a wide variety of design and decoration options - including the new ‘Magic Soft’ standard dispensing head - to deliver effective branding alongside the proven dispensing technology of its Magic Star system across a range of personal care, cosmetic and pharmaceutical applications.

During the conference Drug Delivery to the Lungs in Edinburgh on December 12-14, 2007, Valois Pharma will present for the first time in public, its new Dry Powder Inhaler (DPI). Prohaler™ uniquely combines simplicity of use with high performance.

Airlessystems, a subsidiary of Aptargroup, specialist and leader of high range airless packagings for the cosmetic and pharmaceutical markets presents Aura dedicated to the top-of-the-range cosmetic products.

A joint project of the Optima Group Pharma and its most recent brand Klee with its freeze and vacuum dryers: This highly versatile and compact filling and packaging line is designed for powder filling and vacuum drying, however, it can be retrofitted for liquid filling and freeze drying at a later stage.

‘The Universe of Pre-filled Syringes and Injection Devices’ has for many years been a magnet of attention for the pharma industry. On 27 and 28 November 2007 pharmaceutical and medical practitioners from all over Europe are again expected at the highly specialised congress being held by the PDA (Parenteral Drug Association), this time in Berlin. With extremely advanced technologies – particularly but not only in the field of ready-to-fill (RTF®) sterile syringes – the Gerresheimer Group opens interesting windows on the future of injections: a detailed lecture deals with special equipment for sensitive injection materials and a poster presentation analyses the priorities in practice safety and convenience for syringe systems. Stand 39 provides a condensed product overview.

SCHOTT Pharmaceutical Packaging, a leading worldwide supplier of parenteral packaging to the pharmaceutical industry, has decided to build the company’s first production facility located in the Russian Federation. The new plant is expected to become operational in 2009. The facility will be based in Bor, a city located near the fourth largest city in Russia, Nizhny Novgorod.

For pharma packaging and systems the Gerresheimer Group is without doubt one of the most multi-facetted exhibitors at PharmTech in Moscow. From 20 to 23 November 2007 this leading international glass and plastic specialist presents a further expanded range full of quality and useful innovation (Pavilion 2, Halle 7, Stand D214). From pharmaceutical vials to prefillable syringes and from inhalers to closure systems it covers practically all requirement fields. But it is not only the enormous breadth of this product spectrum which makes a visit worthwhile: the latest developments open up new dimensions of safety, economy and practice orientation. A specialist lecture also deals with development of this type – this time in the field of plastic packaging.

For a highly innovative pharma closure system under the Duma® trademark, Gerresheimer after receiving the 2007 German Packaging Award now also receives the internationally coveted WorldStar. Through this award the World Packaging Organisation (WPO) crowns a ground-breaking new product concept for the large market of tablet containers. Through a fundamentally new production concept, this has succeeded in substantially increasing the safety and economy of moisture-absorbing desiccant closures and thereby also made them easier to use for the pharmaceutics industry - according to the jury’s statement of the reasons for its decision at the end of October in Athens. Among the WorldStar award winners, the Gerresheimer innovation was furthermore nominated for the President's Award – the highest distinction in the industry around the world.

Today’s cosmetic treatments are meant to be more and more active and efficient at home. A trend towards natural botanic or marine substances for gentle skincare, especially among the ever growing best agers target group, strongly drives the cosmetic industry.

MEGAPLAST – MEGAPUMPS, a leading manufacturer of precision airless dispensers for the global cosmetic, personal care, and pharmaceutical industries, today announced the introduction of Mega Duo, a dual-cylinder airless dispenser designed to maximize the benefits of skin care products utilizing active ingredient delivery systems.

At a time when forgeries represent 10% of world trade, perfume-cosmetic and parapharmaceutical brands, which are the first victims, have to implement systematic solutions to guarantee the origin and non-opening of their products prior to usage.

DSM Engineering Plastics has introduced Akulon XP, a high productivity grade of PA6 for film applications. Akulon XP offers a broader processing window leading to more flexibility and more uniform thickness distribution in cast film, more melt strength and better parison stability leading to optimized LDPE/LLDPE ratio in multi-layer films without sacrificing the mechanical properties, more shear thinning than with standard PA6 enabling thus higher coating velocities possible and still absolutely gel free.

Rexam Pharma announces new RFID enabled containers for the pharmaceutical industry that will bring a robust and reliable solution.

The 8th Moscow International Exhibition “Pharmtech – Technologies of Pharmaceutical Industry 2006” will take place in Expocentr from the 20th to the 23rd November 2006. This is the only specialised event in Russia and CIS dedicated to pharmaceuticals production. For the first time the exhibition will be held in a new venue, modern architecture and developed infrastructure of which provide for holding events up to the highest standards.

At Emballage 2006 the IMA Group will present, in a space of more than 240 square metres, new machines and complete lines for the pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries.

Some products you buy because you need them – others because you simply must have them.

In its display and a specialist lecture at the 19th International A3P Congress in Biarritz (17 to 19 October 2006, Espace Bellevue), Gerresheimer concentrates entirely on ready-to-fill sterile syringes and peripherals. Today the ‘Ready to Fill’ family represents the most advanced category of syringe systems not only in terms of production technology but also with regard to delivery techniques, says Burkhard Lingenberg, Director of Corporate PR and Marketing for the Gerresheimer Group.