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METALL + PLASTIC now part of OPTIMA GROUP
Pharmaceutical filling and closing now united with isolator technologyEffective January 1, 2011, Metall + Plastic GmbH became a part of Optima Group in Schwaebisch Hall. The company has its headquarters in Radolfzell and is a manufacturer of isolators and e-beam decontaminizing systems used in pharmaceutical filling and packaging lines. Optima Group Pharma is one of the leading manufacturers of these highly specialized machine systems. Hence, the product portfolios of both companies ideally complement each other.
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New HMI-Software Libero V4 for safe working
'Get to the target faster' and 'safe and comfortable working' - the LIBERO V4 Human Machine Interface has reached both. The statistics functionality is one more advantage.
New Human Machine Interface (HMI 2010)
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Lyophilization from a one-stop supplier
The synergy potential for integrating freeze drying, loading and filling systems is great, but it does not come automatically. Franz Boßhammer reports on emerging interrelations within Optima Group Pharma and latest trends in lyophilization.
Interview with Franz Boßhammer, part II
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Clean room? RABS? Isolator?
For implementing manufacturing, filling and closing processes, barrier technologies currently are the most commonly used technologies for regulated markets such as Europe, United States, and Japan. Whether existing clean rooms are operated with new or upgraded filling and packaging technology or if the enterprise makes investments in completely new manufacturing processes, including sterile and barrier technologies, a universe of options is available to pharmaceutical manufacturers.
Barriertechnologies – criteria for choices
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Veterinary pharmaceuticals – vaccines for fowl
Modern stockbreeding prefers live vaccines to protect fowl. Production of veterinary vaccines follows principles that are quite similar to human medicine. Optima Group Pharma realized a filling project for a large German veterinary medical manufacturer.
Line for vials with lyophilization downstream
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Faster to the market
The KUGLER Flexofill machine fills neutralizing liquids into cartridges. The cartridges are used in laboratory machines between the diagnostic screening processes. They rinse, remove, and calibrate possible residues from previous applications, thus ensuring the safe and unadulterated subsequent analyses.
Diagnostics: Special machinery for new containers and products
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Searching for a new balance
The pharmaceutical industry has come under intense cost saving pressure. At the same time, innovation efforts must not and should not be put on hold, as progress in medicine often means pharmaceutical progress. This situation confronts suppliers with a real challenge: Intelligent approaches, however, succeed in guaranteeing safety with simultaneous cost advantages.
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SteriCon versus Alpha-Beta Ports
Evidently reasons for innovative pharmaceutical manufacturing system must be most compelling. Otherwise, drug manufacturers would not be prepared to leave the path of proven solutions and to accept the enormous initial certifications, efforts and costs. The SteriCon procedure is a very recent approach, but already much in demand, with first projects taking up operation in 2010.
Sterile disposable infed into the isolator
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ISPE Expert Discussion
‘New approaches for feeding sterilized components into filling and assembly lines’ was the topic of an expert discussion on September 21st at Optima Group Pharma. The event delivered an overview on current methods such as e-beam, plasma radiation, H2O2 decontamination, rapid transfer port systems and the Lugaia Stericon system.
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Ground-breaking ceremony at S.F.Vision
S.F.Vision has a new construction project: With the new hall, a surface of approx. 1,300 m2 will be added to the existing building. ‘In the future, the company will have a surface of about 5,000 m2 office, production, and warehouse space,’ explained Rainer Feuchter, managing director of S.F.Vision, at the occasion of the ground breaking ceremony on September 16.
New construction project for S.F.Vision
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3rd Pharma Forum on filling and packaging
Take a look at our Impressions of Pharma Forum 2010 in an online-gallery. More than 200 guests from Europe (including Russia), the United States, India, South Korea, the United Arabic Emirates and Egypt came together in Schwaebisch Hall for the 3rd Pharma Forum. Topical presentations discussed current sector trends on the topic of filling and packaging processes. The event was held on September 15 and 16 at the company premises of Optima Group Pharma.
International pharma know-how united
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OPTIMA GROUP at PACK EXPO in Chicago
At the PACK EXPO, Optima Group (Schwaebisch Hall) will exhibit machines for the sectors pharma, consumer and nonwovens.PACK EXPO Chicago
10-31-2010 - 11-03-2010
McCormick Place
Stand-No 4606
Chicago, IL, USA
Trade show preview
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Pharma market South Korea: Cophex
Upon return from the trade show in June, Optima Group Pharma reported high demands particularly in prefilled syringe processing, but also with regard to highly viscous liquid filling.
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Packaging technology with marketing potential
As a machine partner for fresh packaging solutions in the food, cosmetics, and chemical industry, the Optima Group Consumer raises the flag at Fachpack 2010 in Hall 2 at the joint stand of Packaging Valley. FachPack 2010
September 28 to 30
Stand No 2-213, Hall 2, Nuremberg
OPTIMA GROUP consumer at FachPack 2010
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OPTIMA GROUP pharma acquires an extended interest in Metall + Plastic
Optima Group Pharma GmbH (Schwaebisch Hall, Germany) and Metall + Plastic GmbH (Radolfzell, Germany) will join for the future.
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OPTIMA GROUP pharma acquires an extended interest in Metall + Plastic
Optima Group Pharma GmbH (Schwaebisch Hall) and Metall + Plastic GmbH (Radolfzell) will join for the future.
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Addition to the Femcare series
Approximately two years ago, the Rainbow packaging machine ushered in a new era in Femcare product packaging. Today, a growing Femcare machine family is made available to the customer. All modules are based on the same design and integration of individual modules is no problem at all.
From first stand-alone machines to a modular product series
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Export award for Optima do Brasil
Since its establishment under Rolf Geissinger, our Brazilian branch has developed significant construction and manufacturing capacities.
Export award for Optima do Brasil
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For optimum precision and more
The OPTIMA MFL portioning system offers a series of functioning variants, which, under certain conditions, allow optimization of the dosing results for powdery and chunky products. Our illustration shows a two-lane version with a combination option of the dosing devices.
MFL portioning system
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Line competence for Unilever
Depalletizing, destacking, sleeving, filling and 100% weight control
The greater the complexity of a packaging project, the more users can benefit from a one-stop manufacturer which is able to supply and integrate all modules from in-house production. The great challenge of this project was the accurate dosage of powdery sauce and soup products.
Line competence for Unilever
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“Functional closures stand for a knowledgeable beginning”
Interview with Walter Bolenz, Sales Director Single Serve Solutions
Interview and Mashine Solution
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An intriguing ‘TWIST’ for beverages
After the lasting success of single-serve systems in the coffee segment, the next triumph is already under way in the beverage market: Water no longer is ‘simply’ water – water is in motion. Today, water fountains serve many niche markets, promising additional value, a special flavor experience or both. Functional closures – a growing market between trend and health awareness.
Functional closures: Protection and eye-catcher
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Progress and change in machine concepts 1995 – 2010
Looking fifteen years back, those were the characteristics of a typical packaging machine: The favored drive solution was a three-phase current drive, preferrably with frequency converter for speed adjustment. Drives were few, servo drives even fewer. The control usually came as PLC sequence control, and movements were carried out via cam discs, pneumatic actors, or one main shaft. The machines had keys and buttons for a very limited number of functions. If displays were incorporated at all, they could only indicate one line of plain text.
Output – costs – energy consumption
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ZuPack: Status-oriented maintenance
A huge leap with clear focus on the goal ahead: Reduction and, if possible, complete elimination of unplanned interruptions in the production or packaging processes! Theses were the require-ment of the ZuPack research project, which was launched by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research about two years ago. Optima’s premium partner Seidenader Automation as well as Optima Group Nonwovens participated in the project, which was completed in January 2010.
A huge leap…
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Optima(l) Customer Satisfaction?
No company is perfect. And even a good result from a customer satisfaction survey is no proof of a leading edge that allows the enterprise to rest on its laurels. Thus, Optima Group Nonwovens welcomes the feedback as an opportunity to focus on the very aspects that received a favorable evaluation – striving to meet our customers’ needs even better.
Customer Satisfaction Survey of the Optima Group Nonwovens
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LIBERO V4 – the new HMI for Nonwovens Applications
Get to the target faster and safe and comfortable working – the LIBERO V4 Human Machine Interface has reached both. The statistics functionality is one more advantage.
Software Ergonomics and Statistics
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OPTIMA OS
Foil-packaged paper towels AND OPTIMA TQCC – Total Quality Coding & Control Center
Latest news from Optima Group Nonwovens.
The following two press releases on various topics are for your consideration:
- OPTIMA OS: Foil-packaged paper towels, tremendous cost savings – the eco-friendly way
- OPTIMA TQCC – Total Quality Coding & Control Center.
Paper hygiene: Nothing left to chance
Press release OPTIMA GROUP nonwovens
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OPTIMA GROUP supports several organizations
n open house at Optima Group Pharma in Gladenbach-Mornshausen was dedicated for a good cause Optima’s employees handed over 1,000 € to the association in support of cancer and leukemia patients Hilfe bei Leukämie und Krebs Marburg.
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Ready to help for DKMS charity
About 20 years ago, only 20 percent of all leukemia patients in Germany were able to find a bone marrow donor...
DKMS charity at OPTIMA GROUP
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Feedback of Packaging Valley Days 2010 was overwhelming
From June 9th - 10th, the first Packaging Valleys Days took place in Schwaebisch Hall. More than 180 guests from 15 nations participated, many of them from countries outside of Europe. The central advantage of the Packaging Valley – a cluster of leading packaging machinery manufacturers within the region – was very well received.
„Get to the heart…“
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Stable growth in 2009
Optima Packaging Group GmbH achieved a consolidated turnover of 200 million Euros in 2009. This stable development is expected to continue throughout the business year of 2010. Hans Bühler, Managing Director of the company, calls the current order situation very satisfying.
Review of OPTIMA GROUP 2009
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International „Packaging Valley Days“
Practice-oriented symposium
Customized company tours, presentations on new technologies, and practice-relevant panel discussions: With a program adaptable to individual needs and interests, the PackagingValley Days 2010 will be an exciting information platform for the latest developments and trends of packaging technology. The international symposium will take place in Schwaebisch Hall on June 9th and 10th, 2010.
Information to the Packaging Valley Days 2010
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Better, cheaper or just bridging peak times?
In some industries, outsourcing has the slightly dubious image of a cost killer. But although outsourcing once was considered a magic formula, many companies are now reversing the trend. All too often, quality problems ruined all cost benefits. Thus it is remarkable, that the trends in the pharmaceutical industry – where safety is of the essence - point in this very direction: Outsourcing is on the rise.
Outsourcing – pharmaceutical contract filling
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“You have reached your goal!”
With its own pharmaceutical products and as contract manufacturer, Fresenius Kabi Austria is well positioned on the market. It’s a novelty, however, that the company domiciled in Graz now also produces prefilled syringes. Christian Krenn (Head of Production Unit Emulsions at the facilities in Graz) reports on the successful launch of this new segment.
Fresenius Kabi (Austria): Prefilled syringes – the new segment
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Immune to the downturn?
One glance into the national papers confirms that the public is engaged in an intense discussion around vaccines. The discussion rages on around swine flu, Bird flu, SARS and other potential pandemics, which has moved the vaccine market into the focus of not only public interest but has also re-invigorated the pharmaceutical companies to develop new vaccine products.
More about the vaccine market
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Film team records practical training module
‘Precise and safe operation of Optima Group Pharma machinery’ - this was – to sum things up - the goal of the completed training courses for technicians and operators.
Customer training on site
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Value creation in the production chain
What do pharmaceutical contract fillers expect from pack-aging technologies and their filling and packaging partners? What demands do they have to meet themselves? In this interview, Alexander Stadler (head of production engineering of Haupt Pharma, Wolfratshausen) allows insights into his work. Recently, Optima Group Pharma completed the
installation of a line at Haupt’s facilities.
Interview with a pharmaceutical contract filler
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Changes of the past, changes to come…
Biotechnology trends. In specific cases, the filling and packaging processes for these highly active, sometimes very expensive biopharmaceuticals require modified technologies. The in-process control developed by Optima Group Pharma in this context has led to substantial product savings and is also commonly applied in ‘conventional’ projects. [...]
New dynamics at OPTIMA GROUP pharma
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Impressive output and sophisticated technology
A compact high-speed, high-performance filling and closing line with labeling station: KUGLER’s Contiline, in co-operation with a customer’s facility in Ireland, has been developed to the requirements of the increase in demand for anti-mastitis treatments in farmed animals.
Filling and closing line for plastic veterinary syringes
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Engineering trends and economic use of resources
Today, pharmaceutical lyophilization has a permanent place in the product and service portfolio of Optima Group Pharma. We spoke to Franz Boßhammer, business manager at the Mornshausen site, about the latest developments in Klee freeze-dryers and about lyophilization in general.
Pharmaceutical lyophilization
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Marathon of events
The first highlight was an open door day (‘Open House’) for employees, then the open door days for clients, followed by a training course on ‘pharmaceutical lyophilization’. From the end of October until the beginning of November, the Mornshausen facility of Optima Group Pharma, where Klee manufactures its freeze dryers, was like a beehive.
Klee Lyophilization
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Energy savings and environmental protection in pharmaceutical freeze-drying
Pharmaceutical freeze-drying is energy-intensive. Nevertheless, improved use of resources is possible without compromising process quality.
Energy efficient
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High speed SCF syringe filling line on greenfield site
To commission a new production line is a daring task for any pharmaceutical manufacturer. In addition, if the project is implemented on a greenfield site – without any infrastructure in place – then it is an enormous challenge, as budget and time frame required strict adherence even under these conditions.
Our special project
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OPTIMA USA: A look behind the scenes
The growing number of first-rate references speaks for itself: The pharmaceutical division of Optima Machinery Corporation has become an expert for the fastidious requirements of the US pharma market. Orders range from spare parts, to servicing and maintenance, to complete lines. The branch of Optima in the United States was founded in 1985 in Green Bay (Wisconsin) and will celebrate its 25th anniversary next year.
Optima USA
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