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21.09.2018
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Standard-, operating-parts, valves, connectors, ...

The standard part specialist Ganter expands its Hygienic Design product range with new screws and nuts made of stainless steel, as well as FDA-compliant elastomer sealing rings.

Clean matter: New stainless steel screws and nuts in hygienic design

Hygienic cleanliness is not only an essential prerequisite in the production of the food and pharmaceutical industries. Other industrial sectors, such as the manufacture of dispersion as a building material, also benefit from high hygiene standards. Often, this allows for the omission of preservativ…

Figure 1: The Austrian sensor manufacturer E+E Elektronik has successfully been certified according to IATF 16949. (Photo: E+E Elektronik GmbH) / Image 1: The Austrian sensor manufacturer E+E Elektronik now also complies with IATF 16949. (Photo: E+E Elektronik GmbH)

Figure 2: E+E Elektronik Managing Director Josef Hartl (Photo: E+E Elektronik GmbH) / Image 2:
E+E Elektronik Managing Director Josef Hartl (Photo: E+E Elektronik GmbH)

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Service

The IATF 16949 certification confirms that the Austrian sensor specialist meets the quality requirements of the automotive industry.

E+E Elektronik Certified According to IATF 16949

The Austrian sensor manufacturer E+E Elektronik has recently completed the certification according to IATF 16949:2016. It confirms that the company’s quality assurance system complies with the high requirements of the automotive industry. The new standard follows the previous ISO/TS 16949 and is rec…

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Clothing & Packaging / Films

Handle with Care: Sustainability Interim Report 2018

Sustainability is a central element in CWS-boco’s business model and corporate strategy. The measures in this area extend across all company departments. The service provider of professional textile services and washroom hygiene solutions has been documenting the measures and their effectiveness sin…

With the new NFC label and the accompanying smartphone app, users can definitively verify whether the product is still in its original sealed condition or has already been opened.

21.09.2018

EU FMD-Compliant Digital Tamper Evidence

New NFC-Label by Schreiner MediPharm for Digital Authentication of Autoinjectors

The EU Falsified Medicines Directive (FMD) requires pharmaceutical manufacturers to serialize their products and to provide secondary product packaging with an anti-tampering device. Primary containers or devices such as pens and autoinjectors for self-medication, however, are not included in these…

The ESA space probe BepiColombo at Mercury (© ESA)

Research focus Mars at EPSC 2018 (© ESA/DLR/FU Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0)

21.09.2018

News from Mercury, Mars, and the Moon – the largest gathering of European planetary scientists in 2018 in Berlin

From September 16 to 21, 2018, the European Planetary Science Congress (EPSC) took place at the Technical University of Berlin. It is the largest annual gathering of professionals in the field of planetary research. Focus: The exploration of the planet Mercury within the most extensive European plan…

Torsten Urban, Project and Department Manager of Training and Continuing Education at the Kunststoff-Institut Lüdenscheid, during his lecture at the opening of the new Polymer Training Centre.

The PTC in Lüdenscheid: Construction time: 2 years; Usable area: 1965 m²; Costs: 5.1 million euros.

VDWF President Professor Thomas Seul (left) hands over the KIMW Managing Director Thomas Eulenstein the association's emblem, which designates the Kunststoff-Institut as an external branch of the VDWF.

21.09.2018

Opening of the Polymer Training Centre (PTC) at KIMW – also as a new VDWF external branch

The world of plastics should get to know Lüdenscheid so that it is no longer said: «Where the hell is Lüdenscheid?», explains Managing Director Stefan Schmidt, who often hears this phrase when talking about KIMW both domestically and internationally. He and his team have quite a lot planned: At the…

Fig. 2: The innovative intraocular lenses are manufactured using state-of-the-art production technology in the sub-nanometer resolution range.

Fig. 4: The artificial intraocular lenses from HumanOptics AG are produced under strict guidelines of the quality management system.

Fig. 1: Over an area of 700 m², the new cleanroom complex offers outstanding conditions for manufacturing in the high-definition sector. The climate control system by weisstechnik® ensures highly pure ambient conditions 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Fig. 3: The result of 15 years of experience: The Torica® by HumanOptics AG.

Fig. 5: The GMP-compliant monitoring system based on the weisstechnik® product S!MPATI monitors and documents the customer-specific parameters and ensures that cleanliness class, temperature, humidity, and room pressure are maintained at all times.

14.09.2018
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Buildings & Rooms

Weiss Klimatechnik modernizes the production of HumanOptics AG with turnkey cleanroom technology as the general contractor

The production of implants for the eye world is a highly sensitive area. Even the smallest contaminants can cause significant damage. Therefore, production takes place under cleanroom conditions. To modernize the existing cleanroom technology and expand new production capacities, HumanOptics commiss…

Xelum R&D by Bosch: The R&D device for the production of oral solid dosage (OSD) forms ensures a short time to market and optimal dosing of the smallest amounts of active pharmaceutical ingredient (API). (Picture: Bosch)

The shortest way from the lab to continuous production: With the Xelum R&D, Bosch enables pharmaceutical manufacturers an optimal entry into continuous manufacturing. (Photo: Bosch)

14.09.2018

Bosch Packaging Technology showcases laboratory competence in R&D and Industry 4.0

Leading pharmaceutical trade show CPhI worldwide 2018

- Laboratory device Xelum R&D – the shortest way from development to continuous manufacturing
- Bosch Pharma Service Solid: from formulation and analytical development to stability tests and bioequivalence studies
- Fast and affordable failure analysis thanks to new data mining service

At the leading p…

In 2015, Festo AG & Co. KG opened the Scharnhausen Technology Factory: at the

To ensure the quality of the products, they are subjected to comprehensive function and durability tests on-site, which are carried out in specially constructed measurement rooms designed for this purpose. (Source: Festo AG & Co. KG)

The system should be installed beneath a visitor platform and the overhang should be equipped with a pitched roof for aesthetic reasons. Additionally, a large viewing area was planned, allowing interested visitors to get an overview of the facility. (Source: Festo AG & Co. KG)

The system should be installed beneath a visitor platform and the overhang should be given a pitched roof for aesthetic reasons. Additionally, a large viewing area was planned, allowing interested visitors to get an overview of the facility. (Source: Festo AG & Co. KG)

To ensure continuous climate stability, walkable sluices have been integrated additionally. Currently, a measurement accuracy of 5 – 7 µm can be achieved. (Source: Festo AG & Co. KG)

As part of the measurement room realization in Building 55 – the new construction – a new demand arose in Building 50. Therefore, Nerling received another order for a measurement room. (Source: Festo AG & Co. KG)

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Buildings & Rooms

Climate stability guarantees consistently high precision - Large external appearance through extensive viewing area and design in corporate identity

New test rooms enable valve testing with ± 5 µm accuracy

To ensure the quality of their valves, Festo AG & Co. KG conducts comprehensive functional and durability tests across all their product lines. However, in order for the highly sensitive measuring devices to achieve the required accuracy of ± 5-7 µm, only minimal temperature and humidity fluctuation…

From left to right: Small-volume infusion pump, large-volume patch pump, reconstitution system, and pen.

14.09.2018

Gerresheimer and Sensile Medical to attend CPhI Worldwide together for the first time

By acquiring Switzerland-based Sensile Medical AG in July this year, Gerresheimer is expanding its business model to become an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) for drug delivery platforms with digital and electronic capabilities. Sensile Medical develops innovative drug delivery products and pl…

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