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news.NextPharma has advanced its solid dosage manufacturing and packaging facility situated in Gottingen, Germany, by adding a new bottle filling line, 45-metre U-Form line. The new line provides filling and sealing and a secondary area for labelling and packaging.
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NextPharma claimed that the new line can fill capsules, coated tablets, tablets into various forms and sizes of bottles.
Currently, the line is set up to provide six bottling formats and further formats can be added as required. Round or square bottles can be bundled or packed directly into boxes on the line and can be sealed with screw-caps or press-on caps with tamper proof or childproof sealings.
The labelling unit can also provide a number of different formats including a printed Data-Matrix Code.
NextPharma said that the line can be adapted to provide desiccant conditions, filling material insertions such as foam, induction sealings, packaging for special shipping, or presentation cartons with data matrix codes.
Bill Wedlake, CEO of NextPharma, said: “The refurbishment of this facility to provide a centre of excellence for the manufacture and packaging of solid dosage forms has been a key priority for NextPharma and I’m delighted that the process is now complete following the arrival of this new bottle filling line.
“We are excited at the prospect of also serving the US market in this area of contract manufacturing and meeting our customers’ requirements through our expanded capabilities in this facility.”
NextPharma packages, develops, manufactures,, and distributes a range of products and formulations for its customers including solids, liquids and semi-solid dosage forms, antibiotics, hormones and controlled release medicines.