Equipment

As more continuous processes move toward commercialization, users and equipment vendors are working to speed changeovers and address other needs.

Recent technological advances help streamline the fill/finish manufacturing process.

Huber Kältemaschinenbau presents new temperature control solutions for research, laboratories, and production in Frankfurt.

The tablet tooling manufacturer will showcase its products and services, which include an online training package and a tool management system for proactive monitoring of tooling rotations, inventory, and maintenance.

L.B. Bohle’s QbCon 1 laboratory-scale, continuous twin-screw granulator and dryer offers fully continuous drying for R&D in continuous solid-dosage manufacturing.

A new facility will allow Fette Compacting to double its production capacity for tablet presses in Nanjing, China.

Herma’s new label removal unit reduces the time for discharging misprinted labels by more than half.

GE Healthcare’s new Sefia S-2000 cell processing system allows operators to conduct multiple cell therapy manufacturing steps with one instrument.

Romaco will display the IHD series for processing hot melt coatings at Achema 2018.

The company will invest EUR 325 million (US$389 million) in a new biomanufacturing facility in Ireland using single-use bioreactors.

The MagMixer MBE Series from SPX Flow is suitable for low-viscosity blending, dissolving solids, and solid suspension in sterile applications.

Updated guidelines and new technologies aid visual inspection of parenteral products and packaging.

The event, taking place on June 6–7, 2018 in Clinton and Somerville, NJ, will focus on the latest melt extrusion and granulation technologies for pharmaceutical and nutraceutical products.

The company will showcase its drum-filling technology among other products and services at the upcoming ACHEMA 2018 event in Frankfurt, Germany.

The new platform is expected to speed up cell line development.

The company unveiled three new products to support single-use biomanufacturing and won an award for best technological innovation at INTERPHEX 2018.

INTERPHEX presents advances in pharmaceutical container filling, robotic handling, and serialization.

The company is launching a new pre-fabricated, ready-to-run manufacturing facility that is expected to significantly decrease the production timeline for viral vector-based therapeutics.

Honeywell’s Experion Batch visualization technology provides operators with improved visibility, simplified maintenance, and faster validation.

New filling and inspection machines and new containers and closures for injectable drugs will be on display at INTERPHEX 2018.

The biopharmaceutical firm has chosen Rhode Island as the site of its next-generation biomanufacturing plant, which will offer flexibility, speed, and efficiency.

The new 300,000-square-foot facility is considered the largest dedicated cell and gene therapy manufacturing facility with fully integrated services.

Fujifilm acquires cell culture media companies Irvine Scientific Sales Company and IS Japan.