SCHOTT AG, Germany

	SCHOTT is integrating a specially developed big data solution into its pharmaceutical tubing production, replacing statistical sample-based quality assurance with 100 percent on-line measurement. With the new IT-based process called perfeXion™, process- and product-quality data of each individual glass tube is collected online and in real-time – an innovation that sets new standards in the industry. Instead of selecting a few glass tubes from each batch for statistical quality control, the new perfeXion™ system measures the entire glass tube many times over as it is drawn from the melt. Lasers recognize deviations in diameter and wall thickness, for example, and camera and IR inspection systems can even detect the smallest inclusions in the glass. Around 100,000 data tags are generated every minute. An integrated IT system, evaluating the continuous glass tube with real-time data measurements, calculates incidents of imperfection with such precision that it can later differentiate corresponding individual tubes which can then be sorted out. Each tube is checked again at its completion. SCHOTT already implemented perfeXion™ at all FIOLAX

 tubing lines in its German plants. It is currently being installed at sites in Brazil and India.

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SCHOTT is integrating a specially developed big data solution into its pharmaceutical tubing production, replacing statistical sample-based quality assurance with 100 percent on-line measurement.

SCHOTT on the way to ‘zero defect’ glass tubing

	SCHOTT has expanded its portfolio of ready-to-use pharma containers to meet growing market demand from drug manufacturers. The latest nest format will be able to hold 20R, 25R, or 30R ISO vials when it’s released in 2017, and will add to the existing 2R to 15R formats. The adaptiQ

 concept permits pharma firms to fill different container formats on one production line while minimizing burdensome changeover times in between. SCHOTT developed adaptiQ

 to be compatible with the industry’s filling and finishing equipment, and collectively, industry leaders such as Bausch & Stroebel, Bosch Packaging Technology, Groninger, Optima, and Vanrx have tested and verified adaptiQ

	This ready-to-use packaging solution enables pharma companies to react quicker to new industry trends without building specific manufacturing capabilities. The vials are nested securely, protecting them from scratches caused by vial-to-vial and vial-to-machine contact, and reducing breakage and contamination. As they are already sterilized, pharma companies can load them directly onto filling lines without expensive and time-consuming washing, sterilizing, and depyrogenation. The entire portfolio of ready-to-use vials allows pharma companies to trim costs while boosting efficiency, leading to higher profits.

SCHOTT has expanded its portfolio of ready-to-use pharma containers to meet growing market demand and allows pharma companies to trim costs while boosting efficiency, leading to higher profits.