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Norwich Pharmaceuticals Completes $1.5 Million Addition of Fluid Bed
and High Shear Granulation Capability
January 14, 2004 - Norwich, NY – Norwich Pharmaceuticals, a full service provider of outsourcing manufacturing and packaging services, completed the installation of an Aeromatic / Niro MP-5 Fluid Bed processor and a Vector GMX 600 liter High Shear Granulator at their production facility in Norwich, NY. The equipment is installed in a containment facility capable of processing intermediate potency products.
The Aeromatic FBP isa top spray unit is capable of handling batch sizes in the 40-200kg range. The unit is equipped with a conventional B6 bowl, as well as a side discharge J2 bowl. The Vector GMX 600 is a top drive unit with a 600 liter bowl, capable of batch sizes in the 150-300kg range. The unit has a variable speed motor on the main mix blades and a two-speed motor on the chopper blades.
Bob Calabro, VP of Sales and Marketing, stated “This new capability is critical to achieving our growth targets. We can now service our customers with a full range of both dry and wet granulation formulations.” Chris Calhoun, VP of Quality & Regulatory Affairs, with a 17-year history at the site, stated, “It is great to have fluid bed capability back in Norwich,” which utilized fluid bed technology for commercial production in the 1990’s but had the equipment removed when the product was sold.
Norwich has a wide variety of wet and dry granulation capabilities and will begin qualifying new products on the new fluid bed and high shear equipment in early 2004. The production module where the new equipment has been installed was designed to accommodate an additional, larger fluid bed and high shear granulator, planned for 2005.
For more information, please contact:
Bob Calabro
Norwich Pharmaceuticals
6826 State Highway 12
Norwich, NY 13815
Tel. 610-918-8510
Fax. 610-918-8502
E-mail. bob.calabro@norwichpharma.com
