Using Existing Software to Track and Reduce Utility Use
Manufacturers who believe green initiatives are the right thing to do are embracing the chance to reduce their carbon footprints by switching to renewable energy sources and decreasing water and energy usage.
>>Coming Soon: To find out why contract manufacturers are beginning to embrace a modular approach to production, see the cover story of the May issue of Pharmaceutical Technology.
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The Gold Series High Vacuum (GSHV) dust collector from Camfil Farr Air Pollution Control (Jonesboro, AR) controls emissions in applications performed under pressures as high as 17 in. Hg vacuum or 8 psi.
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K-Tron (Pitman, NJ) offers its ActiFlow bulk-solids activator, a nonproduct contact device that comprises a vibratory drive and an intelligent control unit.  |
CS10 Clean Steam Separator
Now available with a 20% price reduction, helps overcome wet steam problems, exceeding
steam dryness value of 0.95%. Protects components from damage, improves heating control.
Removable baffle plate facilitates periodic de-rouging and inspection. Conforms with ASME
BPE guide (2005 edition) for the biopharmaceutical industry. Plant Engineering magazine
Product of the Year Award winner.

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Chemsultants International
Chemsultants International provides a complete range of services related to adhesives, coatings, labels, tapes, and packaging material applications.We have an A2LA accredited laboratory offering development, research, and product testing services to many international test methods. We operate 3 pilot coating lines that are available for development programs, and toll coating.

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DJS Enterprises
Since 1991 specializing in high quality New and Used Equipment for the process and packaging Industries.
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Midwesco’s Pleat+Plus® filter
Midwesco’s Pleat+Plus® filter elements can increase the filtration surface area in your baghouse system by signi?cantly reducing the air-to-cloth ratios.

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Fluid-bed dryer bags
Kavon provides custom replacement fluid-bed dryer bags for US and European equipment models. The bags are appropriate for wet granulation, dry filtration, and wet and dry coating applications. The company offers flexible 1–4-bag systems in various fabrics choices and also repairs bags. Kavon Filter Products, Kavon Filter Products, Wall Township, NJ ¦ www.kavonfilter.com ¦ tel. 732.938.3135
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Tubing Lasts 6-10 Times Longer
AdvantaFlex™ biopharmaceutical tubing outlasts similar tubing tested in peristaltic pumps by 6 to 10 times. It’s heat sealable, weldable, and free of silicone oils and animal-derived ingredients. Ideal for aseptic tubing welds. See it at Interphex booth 1555.
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PIT Packaging Tech & Inspection
Visit Booth 236 to see the newest non-destructive package integrity inspection technologies for pharmaceutical packaging.
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Lock Inspection Systems offers the new INSIGHT PH pharmaceutical metal detector. Please visit Lock’s websitefor exciting details and information.
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Burkert ELEMENT Valves
Ultra-Clean process measurement and control valves - built tough, hygienic and precise.
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Eagle Stainless Stability Testing Bottles
Suited for use in pilot production applications, they provide safe containment of product for testing, sampling, inspection or other procedures. They are machined from Type 316L solid bar and finished standard to 12 Ra.
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- Lydall’s (Manchester, CT) Bio-Pak cell-culture bags, designed to provide a stable cell-culture environment to enhance cell growth and viability, are made from a high-performance, single web, multilayer film with superior gas-barrier properties.
- Mott (Farmington, CT) offers all-metal spargers that feature a quick-change design intended to reduce the time and effort needed to replace sparger elements in bioreactors and fermentors.
- Chiral Technologies’s (West Chester, PA) expanded line of immobilized columns is designed to afford new selectivity and better stability than columns packed with conventionally coated chiral stationary phases.
- Rotronic’s (Bassersdorf, Switzerland) HF8 humidity and temperature transmitters are intended for fixed-installation applications that require high-precision measurements.
- Grieve (Round Lake, IL) offers its No. 971 electrically-heated Class 100 cleanroom cabinet oven for sterilizing glassware.
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- May 3–6: BIO 2010 (Chicago). This year’s conference will highlight how the biopharmaceutical industry is developing the life sciences in vital areas. Attendees will gain insight about the next great medical breakthroughs.
- May 5–6: EuPAT4 (Kuopio, Finland). The topic of EuPAT4, taking process analytical technology (PAT) to the next level, underlines the importance of comprehensive process understanding. In addition, EuPAT4 will continue to showcase novel PAT methods and their applications.
- May 12–14: Pharmintech (Bologna). Pharmintech, the international exhibition organized by Ipack-Ima that takes place every three years, is one of Europe’s top showcases for technology, materials, and services for the processing and packaging of pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, and personal-care products.
- May 18–19: Basics of Tablet Manufacturing and Troubleshooting (St. Charles, MO). This course is designed for anyone in the tablet-compression industry, including pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, confectionary, and industrial employees. It will benefit tooling technicians, tablet-press operators and maintenance technicians, quality-control personnel, research and development scientists, and supervisors.
- May 25–27: Total Processing and Packaging 2010 (Birmingham, UK). This conference is one of the United Kingdom’s largest and most complete showcases of production-line products. It showcases machinery, equipment, materials, and services to the UK processing and packaging industries. Brand new for 2010 is the Interphex Hub, which spotlights leading-edge solutions specifically for the pharmaceutical industry.
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