Tableting is more than technology – Process

efficient tablet production is not only a question of technology. Also, the support must be perfect – from production planning to plant modernization. Modern equipment manufacturer put forward a

The efficiency pressure on pharmaceutical companies has increased again, as a study by the accounting firm Ernst & amp. Young confirmed among the world’s 20 largest corporations in 2013. Consequently, pharmaceutical companies must become more efficient and manage their value chains globally.

“In the field of tablet production show the greatest success when pharmaceutical companies and equipment manufacturers to work closely together,” explains Dr. Mat-thias Klatt, Director EMEA Customer Support at Fette Compacting.

His task pane, Customer Support, he defines as the central link, the limitless such cooperation and cross-company makes possible. With a network of five centers of excellence in Germany, the USA, Brazil, India and China Fette Compacting has built up a worldwide service structure. Here, the support starts before a machine is in operation. The question of how cost-conscious and efficient production will be, begins already with the desired properties of the tablet as well as in sales planning of customers.

For example, based on the tablet and the intended application rate can be precisely determined, which is the most suitable tablet press. With 15 different types of machines Fette Compacting has developed a broad portfolio. Which fits the machine perfectly to the respective requirements can therefore relatively easily narrow. Complicated when added detailed questions on stamp shape to the pressing tools and process equipment is. Each fine adjustment here can have large effects on output. At the latest at this point is a counseling by the machine manufacturer recommended.