With the bioplastic Röchling-BioBoom, Röchling Automotive is the first company on the market to have a patented polyl
Culver City, CA – WWP Beauty, a leading provider of cosmetic packaging components, tubes, and full-service turnkey beauty solutions, has hired William Jiang as its Managing Director of Asia Pacific. The Asia market plays a key role in the company’s global expansion, supply chain, and sales strategy. Under William’s leadership, WWP Beauty will be able to strengthen its innovation pipeline as well as provide a more seamless full-service experience to customers worldwide.
With over two decades of experience in the beauty and manufacturing industry, William has a successful track record of growing businesses and working closely with customer to grow their businesses. He deeply understands manufacturing operations and processes, as well as sales strategies and supply chain management. In previous roles, he worked closely with customers of all sizes to understand their needs, and leverage capabilities to offer them valuable solutions and quality service. At WWP Beauty, William will be a key driver in the company’s global strategy bringing customers globalized efficiencies with local market support, working towards the ultimate goal of being the leading supplier of innovative beauty solutions. William will be opening, operating and managing multiple locations in the Asia Pacific region including WWP Beauty’s existing wholly-owned manufacturing facilities which he will continue to expand across the entire Asia region.
“As we continue to grow our team, we could not be happier to welcome William. He has a very successful history in this industry and we are confident in his abilities to create a flexible supply platform for the company that will allow us to truly be the source for everything beauty” said Robert Tognetti, COO. “With the efficiencies created by William, WWP Beauty will continue to strengthen its capability to provide best in class service to both indie brands and global brands.”
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About WWP Beauty
WWP Beauty is committed to developing future-focused, sustainable solutions for the global beauty industry through close collaboration, exceptional agility, and unparalleled scale. The company’s full-service offering of formula, packaging and accessories, paired with their in-house manufacturing capabilities allow them to stand out as the source for everything beauty. Through a worldwide team of beauty experts that span across North America, Europe and Asia, WWP Beauty offers their customers global support at the local level. To learn more visit our website at www.wwpbeauty.com
Client: WWP Beauty
Contact: Christopher Dale
Turchette Agency
(973) 227-8080 ext. 116
cdale@turchette.com
Megan Gunn
WWP Beauty
(973) 805-6500
megan@wwpinc.com
In line with its commitment to actively drive packaging circularity, Siegwerk expands its development activities of Cradle to Cradle certified ink systems further into the Packaging Industry.
Siegwerk, one of the leading global providers of printing inks for packaging applications and labels, further expands its range of sustainable ink solutions according to the Cradle to Cradle® (C2C) principle focusing especially on solutions for flexible packaging. Based on its expertise in packaging circularity and its broad solution baseline of sustainable inks and varnishes including C2C-certified solutions, the company is increasingly driving the improvement of packaging recyclability by developing pioneering ink systems meeting the highest environmental standards.
“The continuously rising awareness in respect of sustainable packaging has a strong impact on a consumer’s choice of brand”. This further increases the pressure on brand owners of fast moving consumer goods to innovate their packaging structures and materials in order to maintain their differentiation advantages not only at the Point of Sale and usage but also post-consumption, explains Dr. Stefan Haep, Head of Technology and Innovation Brand Owner Collaboration at Siegwerk. “C2C presents a well-accepted and scientifically proven method to validate the characteristics of sustainable materials, products and systems by putting a major role on the human and ecological health impact of the chemical substances used as constituents. With C2C, brand owners have the opportunity to demonstrate their innovation efforts to deliver their sustainability pledges.” Developing ink solutions according to the C2C material health principle means that the design is based on materials that are inert to the environment and safe for the human health and enable the use in a closed biological loop system. Hereby, safe, and sustainable packaging components like printing inks are essentially important for the certification of the complete packaging. A C2C® Material Health Gold certification guarantees the absence of any organohalogen constituents in the formulation (especially chlorine) and of any substances which have highly problematic properties in terms of at least one or even more of the 24 toxicological endpoints used by the Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute (like carcinogenic, mutagenic or reprotoxic effects). “Specifically, the holistic evaluation approach of the Cradle to Cradle principle including all individual packaging components makes it challenging for packaging developers to validate their packaging and gain the full C2C certification of the final product”, adds Stefan Haep. “That’s why finding the right partner is the key.” Users of Cradle to Cradle® Material Health Gold certified inks are therefore enabled to claim using inks which are according to the current knowledge absolutely inert and thus safe for recycling processes and well fitting into the current Circular Economy approach.
In 2017, Siegwerk was the first ink manufacturer to be awarded “Cradle to Cradle Material Health Certification GOLD”. With its Sicura Litho Nutri Eco, the company had developed a unique low migration UV offset ink range to support the launch of Werner & Mertz’s recyclable detergent bottle design meeting the highest Cradle to Cradle certification criteria. Since then, Siegwerk progressed to certify more ink solutions in particular for flexible packaging. Currently, Siegwerk offers a solid set of C2C solutions industrially certified for Material Health which are suitable for different packaging types and printing technologies for both food and non-food applications. “Just recently we gained another ‘Cradle to Cradle Material Health Certification GOLD’ for a solvent-based ink system specifically for the flexographic printing of polyolefinic monomaterials that are e.g. used for pouches, wrappers and similar”, says Dr. Haep. With this latest milestone development Siegwerk once again underlined its pioneering role in enabling packaging circularity by offering innovative ink solutions.
To learn more about Siegwerk’s solution offering for packaging circularity visit https://www.siegwerk.com/circular-economy.html.
About Siegwerk
Siegwerk, a sixth-generation family-owned company, is one of the leading international manufacturers of printing inks and individual solutions for packaging, labels, and catalogs. With more than 180 years of experience, the company has solid expertise in and knowledge of many printing procedures. A global manufacturing and service network ensures customers consistently high-quality products and services. In keeping with the company’s philosophy “Ink, Heart & Soul,” Siegwerk seeks long-term cooperation with its business partners. Siegwerk employs some 5,000 people worldwide in more than 30 country organizations and is headquartered in Siegburg near Cologne. Further information on Siegwerk can be found at www.siegwerk.com
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Dr. Bettina Horenburg
Director Corporate Communications
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Enger, 19 October 2020 – In the second half of 2020 MULTIVAC has launched a new series of BASELINE direct web printers for thermoforming packaging machines in the lower and medium output range. The main features of these cost-effective entry-level models in the BASELINE DP 110/130 series are space-saving design, optimum hygiene characteristics and a high level of flexibility in terms of printing technology.
Direct web printers are used as a means of efficient and reliable printing of films within the packaging machine. In addition to the proven DP 2x0 series, MULTIVAC has now developed two cost-effective entry-level models, the DP 110 and DP 130 direct web printers, where no sacrifices have to be made in terms of optimum hygiene and maximum safety standards. Both models can be installed on all thermoforming packaging machines from the R 0xx to R 5xx series.
The compact and space-saving design leaves the loading area completely free. Since no enclosure is required due to the stepper motor drives used, this means that access to the printer is quick and easy.
Printing technology
There are three different printing technologies available, thermal transfer, inkjet and thermal inkjet, all of which provide a reliable printing process. Users of MULTIVAC TTO (thermal transfer) printers also benefit from cost savings in ink ribbon consumption. These printers can be turned through 90 degrees, so that they can print in both the pack running direction and across the packs. This means that the most advantageous print direction for ink ribbon consumption can always be selected.
Uniform operating concept
All MULTIVAC direct web printers are specially designed for the particular packaging machine, and they therefore form a perfect unit as regards design and controls. The shifting indexers as well as the MULTIVAC printers can be operated directly via the control terminal of the packaging machine. The operating parameters are saved via recipe management and automatically transferred at every batch change. This ensures that there is rapid conversion to other products and pack sizes, which in turn provides a high level of line availability.
If MULTIVAC printers are used, operators also benefit from automatic print layout management via the MULTIVAC HMI control terminal. When the recipe for a particular product is called up, the correct print layout is also loaded automatically. Operating errors can therefore be prevented from the start.
Perfectly coordinated consumable materials
So that the optimum printing results are achieved, MULTIVAC offers a comprehensive range of consumable materials, which is constantly being expanded. All the materials meet the highest quality standards and are perfectly tailored to the particular printing system.
New to the range is the MULTIVAC Standard Plus XL thermal transfer ribbon, which achieves a running length of up to 1,200 metres thanks to the reduced thickness of the carrier material. This means that the number of necessary roll changes is reduced, which in turn reduces downtime and increases the efficiency of the packaging line.
If however there are greater demands in terms of cycle output and printing accuracy, MULTIVAC is still able to offer the DP 2x0 direct web printers for all models of MULTIVAC thermoforming packaging machines. Their modular concept ensures that the widest possible range of technical and commercial requirements are met perfectly.
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About MULTIVAC Marking & Inspection
MULTIVAC Marking & Inspection is one of the leading manufacturers of labelling systems and direct web printers. The company, previously called MR Etikettiertechnik, was founded in 1972 in Enger, Westphalia, and has been part of the MULTIVAC Group since 1993. The company's wide product range extends from standard labelling and printing solutions to labellers and marking systems, which are specifically developed for individual customers. The range of products is complemented by inspection systems for weight checking, detection of foreign objects and visual inspection of packs and labelling. All these units can be integrated into complete packaging lines, and they contribute significantly to meeting the regulations and legal requirements for the quality management of packaging lines. Further information can be found at: www.multivac.com.
Company enquiries
MULTIVAC Marking & Inspection GmbH & Co. KG
Andrea Vollenkemper
Kupferweg 5
D-32130 Enger
Tel.: +49 (0) 5224 931-208
E-mail: andrea.vollenkemper@multivac.de
www.multivac.com
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Cologne, October 2020 – Especially for rough industrial processes Leybold introduces the uncomplicated, dry rough vacuum CLAWVAC pump. Besides food processing, packaging and environmental technology applications, it is suitable for drying and sterilization processes. The pump, which is offered in three pumping speed classes, is specially designed for continuous operation at every working pressures. Additionally the special pump design avoids that oil comes into contact with pumped gases, what allows higher Oxygen applications. At the same moment, Leybold also offers with the CLAWVAC System series a new multiple pump system. These systems are based on CLAWVAC and offer a redundant plug-and-play solution.
Uncomplicated handling
The daily use of CLAWVAC is uncomplicated: Thanks to the self-supporting construction, the vacuum generator is easily accessible. What allows to directly clean the pump on-site. The simple handling of the robust pump can also be attributed to its operating principle: A pair of claw rotors rotating in the pump stator completely free of contact and wear. CLAWVAC also distinguishes itself from standard claw pumps on the market by the choice of materials. Rotors made of stainless steel and a corrosion-resistant coated vacuum chamber, it proves its worth even under harsh process conditions. This makes an important contribution to reliable operation.
Disassembly in a few minutes
The modular pump design allows a quickly dismantling, opening and cleaning of the pump essentials as the pumping chamber and the silencer. For a mechanic these steps can be done in a few minutes and the frequency is purely depending on the hardness of the process. Except the 20 000 hr oil & lipseal replacement, no further regular maintenance is required and additionally it is independent of the application. "Thanks to this pump characteristic, we have reduced the amount of servicing required and improved the environmental balance," explains Niels Gorrebeeck, Product Manager Rough Vacuum, Leybold, Cologne.
Minimal downtimes
The CLAWVAC design allows the user to disassemble and clean the claws quickly and easily as the rotors can be removed without having to readjust the synchronization. This primarily relieves customers with rough & dirty processes, whose pumps previously needed a synchronization at the manufacturer side. The CLAWVAC set-up is based on a quick component replacement, which has to ensure a minimal downtime and low service costs.
Wide range of applications
On the basis of CLAWVAC, Leybold also has a new multiple pump system in its program, a powerful plug-and-play solution. Especially for packaging plants, pneumatic conveying lines or clamping devices of CNC machines the multi claw pumps are a reliable solution. This also applies to plastics processing machines, drying processes and central vacuum supplies.
Low energy consumption, low CO2 output
Depending on the required flow rate, the systems contain two to four CLAWVAC pumps in one housing. "The robust, long-life pumps operate in an intelligent controlled dry and air-cooled solution" summarizes Niels Gorrebeeck. “On top of that, CLAWVAC System only delivers the required vacuum.” One pump is speed-controlled, that allows the exact adjustment of the generated vacuum. The intelligent control activates or disactivate the other fixed speed pumps based on the vacuum need. This speed control reduces the necessary energy consumption and CO2 emissions.
A constant & redundant vacuum supply
“During the design we strongly focused on the customer needs as a high redundancy level, minimal maintenance needs and stable vacuum supple even in harsh environments” explains Niels Gorrebeeck. The earlier mentioned constant vacuum level guarantees the customer product quality in all conditions, the same intelligent control equalizes the running hours of the fix speed pumps. The control principle is even as such developed that your CLAWVAC System keeps on running, even with half of it pumps active. CLAWVAC Systems clearly meets all its targets.
Housing reduces noise and heat
With this multiple pump system, Leybold brings all necessary components under one acoustic enclosure and offers at the same way a compact, intelligent system solution. The robust housing protects the pumps, reduces noise and heat and combines all the technology necessary for operation in one box.
Choose with CLAWVAC System for an innovative and effective vacuum solution, which has a positive effect on your overall performance. Leybold offers these space-saving systems with pumping speeds between 604 and 1144 m3/h. As with the individual claw pumps, the system also allows a ultimate pressure up to 140 mbar absolute.
About Leybold
Leybold is a part of the Atlas Copco’s Vacuum Technique business area and offers a broad range of advanced vacuum solutions for use in manufacturing and analytical processes, as well as for research purposes. The core capabilities centre on the development of application- and customer-specific systems for the creation of vacuums and extraction of processing gases. Fields of application are secondary metallurgy, heat treatment, automotive industry, coating technologies, solar and thin films such as displays, research & development, analytical instruments, food & packaging, as well as a multitude of other classic industrial processes.
About Atlas Copco
Great ideas accelerate innovation. At Atlas Copco, we have been turning industrial ideas into business critical benefits since 1873. By listening to our customers and knowing their needs, we deliver value and innovate with the future in mind. Atlas Copco is based in Stockholm, Sweden with customers in more than 180 countries and about 37 000 employees. Revenues of BSEK 95/ 9 BEUR in 2018.
For further information, please contact:
Niels Gorrebeck
Product Manager Rough Vacuum
T: +49 (0)174 95 12 873
niels.gorrebeeck@leybold.com
Christoph Angenendt
Communications Manager Industrial Vacuum Division
T: +49 (0)172 29 650 75
Christoph.Angenendt@vt.atlascopco.com
IndexBox has just published a new report: 'World - Case Materials - Market Analysis, Forecast, Size, Trends and Insights'. Here is a summary of the report's key findings.
In 2019, the global paperboard case material market decreased by -8.4% to $116.1B for the first time since 2016, thus ending a two-year rising trend. The market value increased at an average annual rate of +1.6% from 2013 to 2019; the trend pattern remained consistent, with only minor fluctuations being recorded throughout the analyzed period. Global consumption peaked at $126.7B in 2018, and then fell in the following year.
Consumption by Country
The countries with the highest volumes of paperboard case material consumption in 2019 were China (45M tonnes), the U.S. (29M tonnes) and Japan (9.4M tonnes), with a combined 50% share of global consumption. These countries were followed by India, Germany, South Korea, Mexico, Brazil, Russia, Italy, France and Spain, which together accounted for a further 26%.
From 2013 to 2019, the most notable rate of growth in terms of paperboard case material consumption, amongst the main consuming countries, was attained by India, while paperboard case material consumption for the other global leaders experienced more modest paces of growth.
In value terms, China ($48.6B) led the market, alone. The second position in the ranking was occupied by the U.S. ($14.2B). It was followed by Japan.
The countries with the highest levels of paperboard case material per capita consumption in 2019 were South Korea (99 kg per person), the U.S. (89 kg per person) and Germany (83 kg per person).
Production
In 2019, approx. 168M tonnes of paperboard case materials were produced worldwide; growing by 2.9% compared with 2018 figures. The total output volume increased at an average annual rate of +2.4% from 2013 to 2019; the trend pattern remained consistent, with somewhat noticeable fluctuations being recorded throughout the analyzed period.
Production By Country
The countries with the highest volumes of paperboard case material production in 2019 were China (44M tonnes), the U.S. (35M tonnes) and Japan (9.8M tonnes), with a combined 53% share of global production. Germany, India, South Korea, Brazil, Russia, France, Mexico, Indonesia and Thailand lagged somewhat behind, together comprising a further 27%.
From 2013 to 2019, the biggest increases were in India, while paperboard case material production for the other global leaders experienced more modest paces of growth.
Imports
In 2019, supplies from abroad of paperboard case materials decreased by -1% to 29M tonnes for the first time since 2012, thus ending a six-year rising trend. The total import volume increased at an average annual rate of +2.9% from 2013 to 2019; the trend pattern remained relatively stable, with somewhat noticeable fluctuations being observed in certain years. The growth pace was the most rapid in 2018 with an increase of 5.1% y-o-y. As a result, imports attained a peak of 29M tonnes, and then declined in the following year. In value terms, paperboard case material imports contracted to $16.9B (IndexBox estimates) in 2019.
Imports by Country
In 2019, Germany (2.4M tonnes), Italy (2M tonnes), Poland (1.8M tonnes), Mexico (1.3M tonnes), the U.S. (1.3M tonnes), France (1.2M tonnes), China (1.2M tonnes), the UK (1.1M tonnes), Belgium (1M tonnes), Spain (1M tonnes), the Netherlands (0.8M tonnes) and Canada (0.7M tonnes) was the main importer of paperboard case materials in the world, constituting 55% of total import.
From 2013 to 2019, the biggest increases were in China, while purchases for the other global leaders experienced more modest paces of growth.
In value terms, the largest paperboard case material importing markets worldwide were Germany ($1.3B), Italy ($1.1B) and the U.S. ($993M), together accounting for 20% of global imports. These countries were followed by Poland, Mexico, China, France, the UK, Spain, Canada, Belgium and the Netherlands, which together accounted for a further 35%.
Import Prices by Country
In 2019, the average paperboard case material import price amounted to $579 per tonne, which is down by -11.3% against the previous year. Over the period under review, the import price saw a slight contraction. The growth pace was the most rapid in 2018 an increase of 14% year-to-year. As a result, import price attained the peak level of $653 per tonne, and then reduced in the following year.
There were significant differences in the average prices amongst the major importing countries. In 2019, the country with the highest price was the U.S. ($749 per tonne), while Belgium ($491 per tonne) was amongst the lowest.
From 2013 to 2019, the most notable rate of growth in terms of prices was attained by China, while the other global leaders experienced more modest paces of growth.
Source: IndexBox AI Platform
Luxembourg (Oct. 20, 2020) – Ardagh has won a Sustainability Award in the inaugural ‘Pre-Commercialised Innovation’ category for its method of producing remeltable briquettes from the fine particle glass rejected during the recycling process, allowing 100% of recycled glass to be remelted into new glass bottles and jars.
The rejected glass makes up 10% of glass collected for recycling and is currently unusable in glass manufacture because it contains loose organics and CSP (ceramic, stone and porcelain) which can cause blistering in new containers. It is typically diverted to road aggregate or is lost to landfill and can never be recovered.
Driven by the goal to maximise cullet recovery for remelt, Ardagh worked with various partners to develop the recipe and method to produce briquettes from the rejected glass, which can be melted safely in the furnace without any adverse effects – closing the recycling loop.
The award attracted 63 entries from across the world and was narrowed down to the top 5 in Packaging Europe’s online awards event. On being announced the winner, Brendan O’Meara from Ardagh’s European Glass Cullet team commented:
“We’re incredibly proud to win the Sustainability Award, particularly with such strong competition. The potential of the briquettes to recover 100% of collected glass for remelt is a significant achievement. Special thanks go to Stewart Wright at Wright Engineering and Professor Paul Bingham at Sheffield Hallam University for their incredible support and expertise.”
Ardagh’s Chief Sustainability Officer, John Sadlier, added ''We are delighted to receive recognition for this particularly important project that supports us in achieving our ambitious sustainability targets. We hope the additional cullet available as briquettes will help to achieve the ultimate objective of 95% cullet and 5% raw materials within the glass batch, reducing energy consumption and CO2 emissions in the furnace''
For more on Ardagh’s development of the briquettes, please visit https://packagingeurope.com/finalist-interviews-ardagh-group-increased-…
Further information
Sharon Todd, Head of Marketing, Glass Europe, Ardagh Group Sharon.todd@ardaghgroup.com +44 7768 718941
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Ardagh Group is a global supplier of infinitely recyclable, metal and glass packaging for the world’s leading brands. Ardagh operates 56 metal and glass production facilities in
12 countries, employing over 16,000 people with global sales of approximately $7bn.
Tube solution for beauty products company Manna lauded for innovative circularity that doesn’t sacrifice functionality or aesthetics.
Oberdiessbach, Switzerland – Hoffmann Neopac, a global provider of high-quality packaging for a broad array of industries and applications, has been recognized by the Hungarian Association of Packaging & Materials Handling for a novel sustainable tube solution. The tube was developed by Neopac for a plant-based facial scrub from Hungarian beauty company Manna, which emphasizes eco-consciousness in a variety of its products.
The co-extruded tube is comprised of 50% recycled household waste (PCR), particularly materials from former milk bottles. A nod to the growing problem of ocean pollution, its cap is made of 100% plastic waste reused from items such as fishing ropes. Certified through sustainable products designator Ecocert, the tubes can be recycled in the same streams as conventional polyethylene (PE) tubes.
The tube for Manna Facial Scrub showcases comittment to circularity. Produced with a specialized offset printing technique, the 75ml tube’s decoration suggests the naturalness of the facial scrub, which is unscented and dervived primarily from olive seeds. And despite the perceveid challenges of protecting products with sustainably-sourced packaging, the tubes offer exemplary product protection and user-friendliness.
Neopac has consistently been at the forefront of the packaging sustainability movement; notably, the company recently released a Tube Design Guide for Recyclability. The company also offers an EcoDesign portfolio, primarily for cosmetics and personal care applications, that includes Recycled Tube featuring up to 64% post-consumer recycled material; Sugarcane Tube, made from renewable raw materials and offering the same characteristics and processability as fossil-based polyethylene; and PICEA™ Tube, comprised of 95% renewable material in the tube body and shoulder – including 10% of spruce wood from wood waste in sawmills.
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About Hoffmann Neopac
Hoffmann Neopac is a privately-owned company, headquartered in Thun, Switzerland. The group produces high-quality metal and plastic packaging in six locations: HOFFMANN tins in Thun and CMP tins in Holland; Polyfoil® and plastic tubes with NEOPAC in Switzerland, Hungary and the US; and 3D Neopac in India. Its longstanding customers include internationally active pharmaceutical, cosmetics and consumer goods manufacturers in the European, North American and Asian markets.
Including its new production facility in the United States, Neopac employs around 1,250 employees and has a capacity of 1.3 billion tubes. The company is dedicated to sustainability in both its manufacturing processes and corporate culture, including a dedicated eco-conscious packaging portfolio. For more information, visit www.neopac.com.
Hoffmann Neopac
contact: Christopher Dale
Turchette Agency
(973) 227-8080 ext. 116
cdale@turchette.com
Company’s SimpliFil Syringe Filling & Assembly System incorporates efficient, through-the-tip filling process for reliable and cost-effective handling of small to medium syringe batches.
Mount Vernon, NY – TurboFil Packaging Machines LLC, an equipment specialist dedicated solely to the design and development of liquid filling and assembly machines, has introduced a module offering automated, simplified production for a wide range of syringe formats. Employing a versatile yet precise setup that accurately fills syringes via ceramic piston, peristaltic pump or direct draw from a reservoir bag, the company's SimpliFil Syringe Filling & Assembly System is suitable for small to medium batches.
TurboFil's new machine is designed for ease of use: its signature highlight is a walking beam indexing configuration, which provides intuitive operation and simplified, recipe-based changeover. For heightened precision, TurboFil's unique TipFil technology allows syringes of all types to be filled through the tip – a step-saving innovation that eliminates the need to insert plungers post-filling. In addition to being a convenient and thoroughly clean method of product filling, TipFil technology adds to the machine’s expedient, hassle-free changeover.
Capable of filling up to 36 syringes per minute, the SimpliFil Syringe Filling & Assembly System can smoothly handle syringes with tips outfitted for press-on caps and luer caps, as well as various safety caps recently incorporated for many oral syringes. For post-capping marking applications, TurboFil also offers an optional labeler that can wrap syringes with pre-printed labels or, for medications requiring variable marking, print individual labels per uploaded input. An automatic syringe loading system also is available, as is a volume and vision system for fill and label matching verification.
“Syringe filling and assembly has historically been among the pharma industry’s most complicated applications, one where mission-critical precision tends to slow down throughput and drive up cost,” said Deborah Smook, VP of Marketing & Business Development for TurboFil Packaging Machines LLC. “Featuring our innovative TipFil through-the-tip filling process, the SimpliFil Syringe Filling & Assembly machine represents a rare combination of versatility, accuracy and affordability, and its customization options make it ideal for a broad range of manufacturing circumstances.”
TurboFil’s SimpliFil Syringe Filling & Assembly System features an Allen Bradley CompactLogix PLC, a 7” color touchscreen HMI and individual controls for each station. The module can store recipes for streamlined repeatability, and available data logging functions include 21 CFR Part 11. For preventative maintenance and diminished downtime, remote diagnostics can be performed via ethernet communications, and verification sensors monitor all production stages.
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About TurboFil Packaging Machines LLC
TurboFil is an equipment specialist dedicated solely to the design and development of liquid filling and assembly machines for the pharmaceutical, medical device, health & beauty and chemical industries. Since its inception in 1999, the company has created novel, durable production solutions for some of the industry's most challenging applications, consistently setting new benchmarks for filling precision and operational simplicity.
TurboFil's equipment portfolio features a broad range of standardized equipment, and the company also frequently collaborates with customers to develop, design and construct customized, built-to-spec machines. This versatility has made TurboFil a leader in supplying reliable, efficient and cost-effective filling and assembly systems that fit seamlessly into existing operations.
For more information, visit www.TurboFil.com
TurboFil Packaging Machines LLC
contact: Christopher Dale
Turchette Agency
(973) 227-8080, ext. 116
cdale@turchette.com
Deborah Smook
TurboFil
(914) 239-3878
debbie@turbofil.com
The award ceremony for the 30th edition of the packaging innovation contest De Gouden Noot took place on Thursday 8 October 2020 and was streamed live from the A'DAM Tower. During this phenomenal evening, presented by Francesca Vanthielen, the solid Gold and its runners up Silver and Bronze were awarded in what has evolved into the world's most competitive packaging innovation contest. The honour for De Gouden Noot 2020 went to FiliGrade with its 'digital codes for recycling' (gold), followed by O-I with Expressions (silver) and Eurotrol with their CueSee Ringe (bronze).
NVC (founded in 1953) is the association of companies addressing the activity of packaging throughout the supply chain of packaged products. The NVC membership, projects, information services and education programme stimulate the continuous improvement of packaging.
GOLD: FILIGRADE DIGITAL CODING
This innovation in the field of digital coding represents a breakthrough in solving the environmental problems that have arisen in recent years with the large-scale use of plastic packaging. Packaging is the temporary integration of an external function and a product to enable the use of the product; the world does this more than three hundred thousand times every second and packaging in plastic is a large part of this. FiliGrade's innovation makes it possible to uniquely code individual packs and, on the basis of the information thus generated, to drastically improve the Collect-Control ("collection") and Backend ("conversion" of emptied packs into materials for new applications) of packaging.
This innovation brings the world of creativity, personalised design and smaller series into the field of glass packaging. Digitally printed and embossed beautiful glass bottles
are a source of inspiration for many consumer markets worldwide - and thus for the Jury of De Gouden Noot 2020.
BRONZE: EUROTROL CUESEE RINGE
With the gold standard of the glass ampoule (inert, safe, long lasting) as a starting point, this innovation has significantly increased ease of use, safety and flexibility in
many high-quality applications. The geometry of the bottom of the ampoule has been redesigned in combination with a special ring to locally weaken the glass for controlled
breaking of the ampoule. Any glass fragments are filtered out with a highly innovative polyester woven material. The ampoule is held securely in the holder without breakage
and leakage. This has been combined with elegant design and compliance with the most stringent laws and regulations worldwide.
More information
All information about the ten finalists of this 30th edition of the packaging innovation competition De Gouden Noot, the jury and the Award Ceremony which took place on
Thursday 8 October 2020 in the A’DAM Tower Amsterdam, can be found at www.degoudennoot.com.
High-resolution photos on request at info@nvc.nl, telephone +31-(0)182-512411. More information about Packaging Innovation Contest De Gouden Noot: Corné Huijben.
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Agreement delivers ultra-high-purity quartz vials in efficient secondary packaging format to streamline fill-finish operations for early phase drug development
Willoughby, Ohio, USA, and Piombino Dese (PD), Italy – October 13, 2020 – Momentive Technologies and Stevanato Group announced today a collaboration agreement to supply Momentive Technologies’ Pur Q® fused quartz vials in the Stevanato Group’s EZ-fill® packaging format. Momentive Technologies’ Pur Q vials are the first ultra-high-purity fused quartz vials available for pharmaceutical packaging. Stevanato Group’s EZ-fill® secondary packaging solution provides a fully integrated, ready-to-use solution for aseptic fill-finish operations. Combined, the offerings will help biopharmaceutical companies improve the reliability and speed of drug development and production of lifesaving medications via highly stable primary packaging and an efficient secondary packaging method.
Momentive Technologies, the largest fused quartz and ceramic solutions provider in the world, designed the revolutionary Pur Q vial as an ultra-high-purity solution for drug storage and delivery. Made from 99.995% pure silicon dioxide (SiO2), the fused quartz vials have an exceptionally inert, nonreactive surface that virtually eliminates any risk of interaction with packaged drug formulations. The innovative vials leverage Momentive Technologies’ nearly 75 years of experience in quartz technologies, including demanding semiconductor and fiber optic applications.
“Momentive Technologies is excited to feature its Pur Q fused quartz vials in the SG EZ-fill®packaging platform. Providing our ultra-high-purity vials to the market in this ready-to-use format allows the industry to screen early stage drug formulations and simply scale up to full production, without changing the container or filling process. Due to the vials’ highly inert properties, biopharmaceutical companies will be able to confidently take the container out of the equation when assessing the viability of formulations, helping to accelerate the development of increasingly complex and sensitive biologic drug formulations,” said Robert Koch, Global Commercial Director at Momentive Technologies.
Stevanato Group, a leading producer of glass primary packaging and provider of integrated capabilities for drug delivery systems, designed its EZ-fill® secondary packaging to mitigate the risk of breakages, cosmetic issues and particulate generation during fill-finish operations. The packaging stores vials safely in a tray, or nest and tub configuration for efficient filling, while minimizing glass-to-glass contact. It is the ideal solution from lab-scale manual filling up to the traditional filling process to enable the accelerated development and widespread commercialization of innovative, lifesaving pharmaceutical and biologic treatments faster than ever before.
“It is with great pride that we announce the agreement with Momentive Technologies to package the company’s ultra-high-purity Pur Q quartz vials in our SG EZ-fill® format. Biopharma companies can now count on an additional robust primary packaging option that complements our ready-to-use secondary packaging solution to enable lean manufacturing, production flexibility and ease of use. In choosing our cost-efficient, scalable EZ-fill® platform, Momentive Technologies has endorsed an industry-verified solution that has been proven over more than a decade by over 30 fill-finish machine manufacturers on more than 250 filling lines,” said Fabio Bertacchini, Director of Product Management at Stevanato Group.
For more information, please contact:
Robert Koch,
Fabio Bertacchini,
fabio.bertacchini@stevanatogroup.com
About Stevanato Group
Established in 1949, Stevanato Group is the world’s largest, privately-owned designer and producer of glass primary packaging for the pharmaceutical industry. From its outset, the Group has developed its own glass converting technology to ensure the highest standards of quality. The Group comprises a wide set of capabilities dedicated to serving the biopharmaceutical and diagnostic industries: from glass containers with its historical brand Ompi, to high-precision plastic diagnostic and medical components, to contract manufacturing for drug delivery devices, to vision inspection systems, assembly, and packaging equipment. The Group also provides analytical and testing services to study container closure integrity and integration into drug delivery devices, streamlining the drug development process. Thanks to its unique approach as a one-stop-shop, Stevanato Group can offer an unprecedented set of solutions to biopharma companies for a faster time to market and a reduced total cost of ownership. For more information, please visit www.stevanatogroup.com.
About Momentive Technologies
Momentive Technologies delivers purity that inspires progress. Leveraging a nearly 75-year legacy of innovation, the company’s ultra-high-purity quartz products help enable high-quality processing and production for a wide range of applications in the semiconductor, photovoltaic, lighting, water purification, consumer electronics and telecommunications industries. The company is the world leader in fused quartz and ceramic solutions and has an unrivaled ability to supply custom material solutions at scale to the highest standards of quality. By engineering custom materials with uncommon purity and unwavering precision, Momentive Technologies gives customers the freedom to think big and develop transformative products that benefit mankind on the grandest of scales. Together, Momentive Technologies and its customers are reshaping the world. For more information, please contact us at PurQ@momentive.com.
ABB has acquired Codian Robotics B.V., a leading provider of delta robots, which are used primarily for high-precision pick and place applications. Codian Robotics’ offering includes a hygienic design line, ideal for hygiene-sensitive industries including food and beverage and pharmaceuticals. With the transaction, ABB is accelerating its engagement in the growing field of delta robots.
Codian Robotics is located in Ede, Netherlands and employs 20 people globally. The company will continue to serve its customers directly. The acquisition was signed and closed on October 1, 2020 and both parties agreed not to disclose any details regarding the purchase price.
“Our acquisition underscores our focus on breakthrough technology, helping our customers to fully realize the potential of automation and increase their flexibility in a rapidly changing business landscape,” said Sami Atiya, President of ABB Robotics & Discrete Automation. “Codian Robotics’ technologies and industry expertise are the perfect addition to our suite of food and beverage, pharmaceutical, service robotics and logistics solutions, while also supporting ABB’s machine-centric robotics offering.”
“Over the years, we have developed an extensive product portfolio. ABB’s impressive global presence and industry expertise will help us make our portfolio available globally. I am looking forward to working together to write the next chapter of our success story,” said Freek Hartman, Founder of Codian Robotics.
While today the majority of robots in the food and beverage industry are not designed for touching food, Codian Robotics’ portfolio includes a hygienic design that allows safe, open food processing.
“There is a strong need for pick and place robots that ensure high hygienic standards, accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Our food and beverage, pharmaceutical and logistics customers are particularly interested in the potential of automation, enabling supply chains to continue to function, while protecting employee welfare,” added Atiya.
In the future, ABB will be able to provide its customers with a broader range of delta robots and integrated solutions from a single source, contributing to ABB’s machine-centric robotics strategy which integrates machine automation and robot control into a single platform.
Hans Wimmer, President of ABB’s Machine Automation division and Managing Director of B&R, said: “With Codian Robotics we are acquiring one of the world’s most successful suppliers of delta robots with an extraordinary track record in the machine builders’ sector. In the future, we will be able to offer our customers fully integrated solutions – globally and for all industries.”
ABB Robotics & Discrete Automation is a pioneer in robotics, machine automation and digital services providing innovative solutions for a diverse range of industries, from automotive over electronics to logistics. As one of the world’s leading robotics suppliers, we have shipped over 400,000 robot solutions. We help our customers of all sizes to increase productivity, flexibility and simplicity and to improve output quality. We support their transition towards the connected and collaborative factory of the future. ABB Robotics & Discrete Automation employs more than 10,000 people at over 100 locations in more than 53 countries. www.abb.com/robotics
ABB (ABBN: SIX Swiss Ex) is a leading global technology company that energizes the transformation of society and industry to achieve a more productive, sustainable future. By connecting software to its electrification, robotics, automation and motion portfolio, ABB pushes the boundaries of technology to drive performance to new levels. With a history of excellence stretching back more than 130 years, ABB’s success is driven by about 110,000 talented employees in over 100 countries. www.abb.com
About B&R
B&R is an innovative automation company with headquarters in Austria and offices all around the world. On July 6, 2017, B&R became a business unit of the ABB Group. As a global leader in industrial automation, B&R combines state-of-the-art technology with advanced engineering to provide customers in virtually every industry with complete solutions for machine and factory automation, motion control, HMI and integrated safety technology. With Industrial IoT communication standards like OPC UA, POWERLINK and openSAFETY as well as the powerful Automation Studio software development environment, B&R is constantly redefining the future of automation engineering. The innovative spirit that keeps B&R at the forefront of industrial automation is driven by a commitment to simplifying processes and exceeding customer expectations.
For more information, visit www.br-automation.com.
Press contact:
Corporate Communications
t +43 7748 6586-0
press@br-automation.com
B&R Industrial Automation
B&R Strasse 1, 5142 Eggelsberg, Austria
Connectivity between production and automation systems in process manufacturing and the Internet is constantly increasing. In order to fully protect manufacturing systems against cyberattack, B&R has further enhanced the user management features of the APROL process control system. Distributed, autonomous security cells provide simple yet efficient protection for systems against malicious software and attacks from hackers.
In order to protect extensive manufacturing systems against cyberattack, they are divided into security cells. If one security cell comes under external attack, all other cells can continue to run unimpeded. This minimizes possible damage while simultaneously increasing the availability of the manufacturing system.
Security cells provide effective protection against hacker attacks and cyber threats
To achieve maximum protection, the manufacturing system must first be divided into autonomously functioning process cells. These consist of production-relevant zones, sections, sub-areas or subsystems. One or more of these process cells are then combined into security cells. The flexible client/server architecture of APROL allows up to 64 of these security cells.
LDAP for each runtime server
The advanced multi-runtime server architecture of the APROL process control system ensures that all required systems operate independently. Each multi-runtime server includes its own LDAP server (389 Directory Server) that provides cybersecurity, allowing systems and subsystems within a safety cell to be operated even without an external network connection.
About B&R
B&R is an innovative automation company with headquarters in Austria and offices all around the world. On July 6, 2017, B&R became a business unit of the ABB Group. As a global leader in industrial automation, B&R combines state-of-the-art technology with advanced engineering to provide customers in virtually every industry with complete solutions for machine and factory automation, motion control, HMI and integrated safety technology. With Industrial IoT communication standards like OPC UA, POWERLINK and openSAFETY as well as the powerful Automation Studio software development environment, B&R is constantly redefining the future of automation engineering. The innovative spirit that keeps B&R at the forefront of industrial automation is driven by a commitment to simplifying processes and exceeding customer expectations.
For more information, visit www.br-automation.com.
Press contact:
Corporate Communications
t +43 7748 6586-0
press@br-automation.com
B&R Industrial Automation
B&R Strasse 1, 5142 Eggelsberg, Austria
Culver City, CA – WWP Beauty, a leading provider of cosmetic packaging components, tubes, and full-service turnkey beauty solutions, has hired Benjamin Dop as its European general manager. This strategic new hire will not only help the company expand its global footprint, but will also focus specifically on growth within the European beauty market.
Benjamin will be spearheading the opening and operation of a WWP Beauty Europe HQ office in Paris, France. This opening is part of a broader global strategy that allows WWP Beauty to provide customers with a combination of globalized efficiencies and localized market support. The company will continue to expand its business, with the intention of providing quality solutions at any scale. The new European location also will give WWP Beauty more capabilities to create and develop within Europe.
Joining the team with over 17 years of cosmetics industry experience, Benjamin has a diverse background and deep understanding of manufacturing processes and sales strategies for both packaging and beauty product applications. Throughout his career, he has been widely recognized for his dedication and commitment to his clients, and understands the needs of brands in the European beauty space. In addition to demonstrating his ability to lead, grow and strategically manage key accounts, he spent the last five years scaling up a divisional business model; specifically, growing the skincare sector within Europe for another manufacturing company.
"We are not only excited to have Benjamin as a new member of our team, but we are also very happy to officially have a WWP Beauty Europe HQ office,” said Robert Tognetti, COO. “We know that under Benjamin’s leadership we will not only be able to grow and expand within Europe, but we will also be able to expand our global capabilities and network that our customers can then leverage to their advantage.”
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About WWP Beauty
WWP Beauty is committed to developing future-focused, sustainable solutions for the global beauty industry through close collaboration, exceptional agility, and unparalleled scale. The company’s full-service offering of formula, packaging and accessories, paired with their in-house manufacturing capabilities allow them to stand out as the source for everything beauty. Through a worldwide team of beauty experts that span across North America, Europe and Asia, WWP Beauty offers their customers global support at the local level. To learn more visit our website at www.wwpbeauty.com
Client: WWP Beauty
Contact: Christopher Dale
Turchette Agency
(973) 227-8080 ext. 116
cdale@turchette.com
Megan Gunn
WWP Beauty
(973) 805-6500
megan@wwpinc.com
The National Office of Vine and Vitivinicultural Products (ONVPV) in Romania, is using the latest in holographic labels from specialist security printer Eltronis, to promote the provenance of its regional wines and protect drinkers from potential counterfeits.
The new labels combine an instantly identifiable and visually pleasing holographic brand design with high-level security, including a unique code and serial number that enables verification online and via smartphones.
Consumers simply scan the QR code which is uniquely linked to each bottle of wine. This provides access to a wide variety of information on the wine’s pedigree and production, as well as confirming that it is genuine. If the scanned label contains an invalid or duplicate code, the ONVPV is automatically alerted.
The ONVPV oversees national vineyard management and winemaking in Romania and supports the traditions in the production of wine in this designated geographical area. Meeting the demand from consumers for quality products, the new holographic labels provide a clear brand identity for the ONVPV, which is easily recognisable on labelled bottles and products within a retail environment.
Dorin Ştefan DUŞA, general manager at ONVPV, said: “Holographic markings that certify the origin and authenticity of wine are an important part in our efforts to promote our producers and a very effective tool against counterfeiters.
“With our latest label design, consumers can interact much more easily via their smartphones, giving them access to the latest information on their wines. This has proved very popular and already led to the annual volume used by winemakers more than doubling – and we expect this upward trend to continue.”
Across the world, wine fraud is becoming increasingly prevalent, with online sales making it easy for fraudsters to trick consumers and replace genuine wines with fakes. By adding a holographic label to wine bottles the ONVPV is helping to counter this trend, promoting the provenance of the region, and building protection against potential counterfeit.
Eltronis used its experience of holographic techniques and materials gained from protecting high security identification documents in the production of this latest label. The holographic design contains multiple security features, making it impossible to reproduce, while the label material allows it to be applied to a variety of different substrates.
With high thermal, mechanical and chemical resistance the label cannot be removed without damaging it, thus making it impossible to reuse on other products. In addition, a special sub-surface printing technique is used for the variable data, making the label both more durable and extremely resistant to potential alteration.
Pete Smallwood, Business Development Manager for Eltronis, said: “The use of holograms to identify and protect products of geographic importance is well known due to their highly visual effect and instant recognition by consumers.
“With the addition of the QR code and latest holographic features not only are they delivering greater brand impact on shelf, their security has been taken to another level with this new design, combining the best of physical and digital protection.
“It is great to see ONVPV continually invest in its security technologies in order to promote products from the region, and take a clear stand against fraud.”
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ABOUT ELTRONIS
Founded in 2003, Eltronis is a privately owned speciality security printer which has established itself as a trusted partner for a wide range of global brand owners, pharmaceutical suppliers and automotive manufacturers alongside its various long-standing governmental projects.
Headquartered in the UK and with manufacturing in Eastern Europe, Eltronis combines all forms of traditional security print with digital and holographic technologies. By identifying the key issues faced by each customer, the business ensures its unique and often patented solutions meet the specific needs of each project.
As an established supplier of security solutions for governments worldwide, Eltronis offers a single source supply for security documents such national IDs, voter programmes, tax stamps and driving licences.
Production is within a guarded and patrolled environment with full access control, CCTV, secure storage and waste destruction. Eltronis is ISO certified for Quality, Environmental and Health and Safety and is a member of the IHMA.
Visit online at www.eltronis.com
For Eltronis sales enquiries please contact:
Pete Smallwood, Business Development Manager
Tel: +44 (0) 1473 356544
Email: pete.smallwood@eltronis.com
For Eltronis media enquiries please contact:
Simon Wildash, Nielsen McAllister
Tel: +44 (0)1332 293939
Email: info@nmpr.co.uk
SG ITC (Integrated Tip Cap), the twist-off closure of Stevanato Group, is an established and especially user-friendly
Operational since 1st July, the service is being accessed over 500 times a day by all the Italian companies in the SACMI Group, giving the digital skills training programme (Digital GYM) yet another boost
A digital revolution that incorporates risk assessment to optimise the application of "agile work" concepts in the time of Covid: now, as part of an ambitious programme for the dissemination of new Cloud technologies and tools, SACMI has launched the new Smart Booking service.
Operational since 1st July, the service lets all employees already involved in smart working book their in-company workstation directly via the app on SharePoint or their Microsoft Teams dashboard.
The three cornerstones of the service are user-friendliness (users can immediately view available workstations, manage and modify bookings and integrate them into their digital calendars), safety and effectiveness. "As with all the communal areas in the company, the new workstation layout", observes Paolo Mongardi, President of SACMI Imola, "already takes into account social distancing rules. This lets all staff manage their in-office hours in the certainty that they're complying with standards designed to ensure everyone’s safety".
The Smart Booking service is part of a wider digital revolution with which SACMI, also via the use of new enabling technologies, is accelerating the diffusion of new organisational models. Thanks to the Digital GYM training courses, launched in the early stages of the emergency, SACMI has helped colleagues develop the digital skills needed to work from home effectively, thus aiding the implementation and efficiency of new smart work methods and, therefore, continuity of operations.
These courses have been attended by over 2,000 SACMI employees from a dozen or so Italian production plants: Paolo Mongardi notes that "there was an immediate need to make staff training easier by offering them a 'place' to familiarise themselves with the new Cloud applications. The response has highly positive: we've made extraordinary progress in a matter of weeks, both in terms of the effectiveness of the new models and in terms of awareness on the part of the team".
Feedback from users during the implementation phase of the Smart Booking service proved to be vital. For example, we've since added the possibility of booking part-time workstations. Similarly, Smart Booking lets users book workstations on behalf of guests (consultants, partners, customers) and take advantage of a certain number of wildcard desks, even in different Group facilities, to cover all operational needs even if the standard workstations are already booked.
Equally important, from an organisational standpoint, is the role of the various team/department managers, who receive detailed daily attendance reports so they can better manage shifts and effect real-time assessment of needs.
From a technological viewpoint, instead, Smart Booking uses PowerApp technology, an app and services suite that offers a rapid development environment in which to create customised apps for business needs. "One of the advantages of this technology", points out Gianluca Nardone, SACMI Group HR & Organization Manager, "is that it lets you write low code applications that enhance the user experience: a few clicks, a user-friendly interface, easy integration with other Cloud applications. This aspect constitutes a powerful tool for changing the mentality inside the company, as it combines implementation of new services with immediate benefits in terms of quality of work and the development of corporate culture, now increasingly oriented towards concepts of empowerment, trust and delegation”.
#LetsMoveForwardTogether
Valentina Gollini
PR & Communication Dept.
SACMI Imola SC
Via Selice Prov.le, 17/a
40026 Imola (BO) Italy
T +39 0542 607 111
M +39 347 5216895
ACG Engineering’s Customized Oral Dosage Encapsulation Team outfits capsule filler
for precision capsule-in-capsule production of incompatible powder-based ingredients.
Piscataway, NJ – ACG, a global supplier offering end-to-end capsules manufacturing solutions for the pharmaceutical industry, recently helped a prominent India-based probiotics manufacturer produce a Vitamin C-infused, powder-based dietary supplement with incompatible ingredients. Utilizing advanced capsule-in-capsule technology, the project avoided costly infrastructure investment through a cost-effective customized upgrade approach.
Dietary supplements can present particularly daunting manufacturing challenges, especially when they include a combination of ingredients whose molecular makeup are deemed incompatible. This was the case with ACG’s customer, whose supplement included a mix of probiotics and Vitamin C. Also called ascorbic acid, the latter is notoriously chemically unstable, and easily decomposes when exposed to heat, moisture, or the types of micro-organisms inherent in probiotics.
Such instances often call for a more sophisticated production approach, such as capsule-in-capsule applications. An evolving technology, capsule-in-capsule overcomes many of the limitations of incompatible ingredients by housing one ingredient inside the other, effectively segregating and therefore protecting sensitive elements.
However, this typically requires equipment modifications that can make the entire endeavor unattractive from a cost-benefit ratio. In this instance, the pharma company was hoping to manufacture the product on an AF 40T Capsule Filler. With over 2,000 successful installations worldwide, ACG’s AF family has a reputation for reliably encapsulating a wide range of difficult formulations; to date, more than 3,000 different drugs and nutritional products have been manufactured on an AF Series Capsule Filler.
This job, however, would require some additional arrangements. The formulation called for a powder-based probiotic to be housed in a larger capsule containing powder-based ascorbic acid powder. To accomplish this, ACG’s team of customized oral dosage encapsulation experts upgraded the AF 40T with a special inner-into-outer capsule filling attachment.
The attachment operates as follows: capsules are loaded into hoppers, from where they flow into reservoirs and are guided by means of baffle plates to a soft gel magazine. The magazine then releases the capsules using a specially designed mechanism. Fingers in the upper and lower stage alternate between holding and releasing the capsules into sliding plates, which then transfer capsules into the diverter block, which directs the smaller capsules into the larger ones .
A non-fill detection system with infrared sensors ensures only filled capsules are accepted, with any unfilled capsules rejected at the exit chute using PLC-based logic. The filling process is completely controlled by an intuitive interface featuring alarms and production controls.
The ACG team then equipped the machine with a custom-designed dosing disc with a special dome that accurately considered the inner capsule’s volume when filling the outer capsule – ensuring highest-possible efficacy while virtually eliminating product wastage.
The outfitted capsule filler successfully met the new needs without sacrificing satisfactory throughput. The module is capable of manufacturing upwards of 14,000 capsule-in-capsule products per hour.
“This project showcases both the flexibility of our standard capsule fillers and the ACG team’s ability to customize our equipment – in this case, via a precision partial filling mechanism that accomplished the tricky process without wasting powder product or, even worse, underfilling,” said John Carey, Vice President of Sales for ACG Engineering. “The dietary supplements landscape in particular features an abundance of ingredients combinations that don’t always play well together, meaning smart segregation solutions like capsule-in-capsule filling will become increasingly sought-after.”
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About ACG
ACG group is the world’s only integrated pharma manufacturing solutions company absolutely committed to delivering exceptional solutions to the global pharmaceutical industry. The company’s diverse product range of Capsules, Films & Foils, Engineering, and Inspection systems meets international regulatory requirements. ACG is committed to just one goal: to offer everything needed for efficient capsule and tablet manufacturing.
ACG has over 5 decades of experience and is present in over 100 countries, with more than 4,500 associates around the world. Our customer-centric approach has won us many loyal, satisfied customers and partners by nurturing relationships.
For communication issues,
contact
ACG media relations management team at
Madhurima.chakraborty@acg-world.com
9871830883
October 2020 - With its vacuum innovations for laboratory technology, analytics and biotechnology, the manufacturer Leybold is participating in this year's ANALYTICA from 19 to 23 October. The special feature: This year the trade fair will be held purely virtually – as analytica virtual. With this premiere it offers a platform for all exhibitors and visitors who would have refrained from participating due to the present global situation. In order to reach interested parties from all over the world, the exhibition will be accessible around the clock on all five days.
Vacuum technology is the core element in many analytical, research and laboratory facilities. Today, ergonomic, oil-free vacuum solutions that save energy and enable optimized data evaluation are in demand. The suitable vacuum components are an essential factor for the efficiency of running processes.
Product family of dry compressing Roots vacuum pumps ECODRY plus is extended
An innovation from Leybold is celebrating its premiere at ANALYTICA: Leybold has extended its product family of dry compressing multi-stage Roots vacuum pumps ECODRY plus for laboratory, research and development as well as analytical applications. The ECODRY 40 and 65 plus versions are now joined by the new smaller pump sizes ECODRY 25 and 35 plus. With the completion of these ergonomic, low maintenance, economical and completely oil-free backing pumps, Leybold is thus closing a gap in its portfolio. "The pump is compact in its design, low-vibration, powerful, easy to operate and quiet," summarizes Product Manager Alexander Kaiser.
New members of the TURBOVAC i/iX series: sizes 850 i/iX and 950 i/iX The trade fair portfolio of the vacuum specialist Leybold includes product presentations, brochures, videos and lectures - including the TURBOVAC i/iX series, which has been expanded to include the new sizes 850 i/iX and 950 i/iX. The two new turbomolecular pumps are characterized in particular by long, trouble-free operating times and lower operating costs. They are used in research and development applications where a clean and stable high and ultra-high vacuum is required - such as in analysis, thin-film research or helium recovery. In vacuum systems with limited installation space and little room for the vacuum pumps, the TURBOVAC i/iX variants offer maximum flexibility and can be mounted in any orientation.
High-vacuum plug & play pumping stations
The devices of the TURBOLAB series are plug-and-play high vacuum pumping systems and offer a wide range of variants: The systems are compact, fully assembled and can be put into operation immediately. Different configurations cover the special vacuum requirements of the R & D markets and analytical applications. The unique oil-free hybrid bearing of the TURBOVAC i/iX turbopumps and the choice of different dry
compressing backing pumps enable hydrocarbon-free operation. These compact pump systems are delivered fully assembled and ready for operation. They include a turbomolecular pump, a backing pump and an innovative TPU display unit.
The measurement technology associated with vacuum technology is essential for the evaluation of processes from basic research to industrial manufacturing. Leybold offers suitable measuring instruments, sensors and components for this purpose.
Measure - Analyze - Optimize
TURBOLAB systems can be equipped with THERMOVAC TTR fore-vacuum gauges and PENNINGVAC PTR high vacuum sensors. Connected sensors are recognized and pressure readings are automatically shown on the display.
All critical parameters and operating conditions such as faults, warnings, frequency, temperature etc. are automatically recorded in an internal memory based on a standard time interval and can be adjusted by the user directly on site. An integrated web server allows remote control, monitoring and configuration of the TURBOLAB devices from the mobile device or from the computer via browser.
Leybold's vacuum measurement sensors offer real innovation in numerous applications in the range from 2000 to 10-12 mbar. These instruments offer higher precision, an extended measuring range, improved reproducibility and process stability. They complement the portfolio with new types of interfaces and additional ranges for use in lock chambers.
About Leybold
Leybold is a part of the Atlas Copco’s Vacuum Technique business area and offers a broad range of advanced vacuum solutions for use in manufacturing and analytical processes, as well as for research purposes. The core capabilities center on the development of application- and customer-specific systems for the creation of vacuums and extraction of processing gases. Fields of application are secondary metallurgy, heat treatment, automotive industry, coating technologies, solar and thin films such as displays, research & development, analytical instruments, food & packaging, as well as a multitude of other classic industrial processes.
About Atlas Copco
Great ideas accelerate innovation. At Atlas Copco we have been turning industrial ideas into business critical benefits since 1873. By listening to our customers and knowing their needs, we deliver value and innovate with the future in mind. Atlas Copco is based in Stockholm, Sweden with customers in more than 180 countries and about 37 000 employees. Revenues of BSEK 95/ 9 BEUR in 2018.
For more information: www.atlascopcogroup.com
For further information, please contact:
Petra Endrös
Business Line Manager Scientific Vacuum
Leybold GmbH
T: +49 8808 923150
petra.endroes@leybold.com
www.leybold.com
