dir technologies, a provider of quality and process control solutions for pharmaceutical primary packaging, has won one of a prestigious innovation award at 2015achema world forum in frankfurt am main, germany. the honor was bestowed on dir technologies for its pioneering application of thermal imaging for 100 inspection of induction sealed bottles, the induction integrity verification system i2vs. the achema innovation award is bestowed by vogel business media, a germanybased publishing company whose titles in the pharmaceuticals and life sciences sector include process, process worldwide, pharmatec and laborpraxis. dir&rsquos i2vs provides induction sealing integrity analysis for 100 of bottles without packaging line slowdown. inspection is performed through the closed cap, without physical contact in an entirely passive, non&ndashdestructive fashion. the groundbreaking infrared technology has the potential to cause an industrywide paradigm change, as it renders obsolete conventional inspection techniques that rely on destructive, imperfect and often lineslowing sampling.  
