Quality has become a key issue for the pharmaceutical industry. On the one hand, increasing global demand for medical care is leading to new challenges in high-volume production; on the other, international regulatory authorities are defining increasingly stringent standards for the pharmaceutical i…

With the FE75, Fette Compacting completes its entirely newly developed FE series. Users can equip the high-performance double rotary press with up to 115 punch stations and thus produce more than 1.6 million tablets per hour. The four pressure rollers of the FE75 enable operation with two intermedia…

White Kittel, white gloves: Dennis Rost has been working in a cleanroom for almost two years, set up by the auto supplier Stücklen in its new plant in the south of Rinteln (Weser Uplands). He inspects small components, deep-drawn parts, for cleanliness after washing. "With the microscope, you can se…

WB Coatings has enhanced its user-friendly Durotect textured coatings with a medical-technical added benefit: Atimbe is the name of the new two-component system that provides functional surfaces for examination and treatment devices in highly hygienic areas. Its antimicrobial effect lasts up to ten…

• New in Baden-Württemberg: JVA Heimsheim trains inmates on injection molding machines
• Perspective: Four aspiring machine and plant operators in metal and plastics technology
• Demand: All-round injection molding machine for contract manufacturing of plastic parts

As the first correctional facility…

- New locations in Asia and Africa planned
- New markets to be opened up
- PA 2020 strategy unveiled

By 2020, Bosch Packaging Technology aims to grow considerably faster than the market, and to further expand its leading position in the realm of process and packaging technology around the world. “We…

The new ready-to-connect mobile computer workstation Trolley light from Systec & Solutions GmbH is specially designed in uncompromising industrial design for use in regulated industries. The high-tech inner workings are protected by an easy-to-clean stainless steel housing which meets the requir…

Robolux multiport valves ensure compact processes, facilitate excellent cleaning and increase overall process reliability. Now they can be combined with Bürkert’s Element-Series of control heads to provide a comprehensive base for the decentralized automation of hygienic processes. 

Hygienic processi…

Leica Microsystems now offers the latest version of the Leica Steel Expert 2.0 software module for fast, precise quality control in steel manufacture and processing as an upgrade. Customers already using Leica Steel Expert will benefit from the latest features of the new 2.0 version at an affordable…

Multivac presents several technologies for packaging medical sterilization goods at Medtec. The exhibit list includes the thermoforming packaging machines R 085 and R 145, equipped with an integrated film direct printer MR296, as well as a tray sealer of type T 260 and the special chamber machines C…