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Join NJM at the Pack Expo Connects Virtual Trade Show

The Pack Expo Connects virtual show is almost here! The NJM team and our fellow ProMach Pharma Solutions brands are hard at work preparing for dozens of live demos, Q&A sessions and more, which attendees can access from anywhere in the world. To link up with us at the show, register for free here. Don’t forget to RSVP to each NJM event you’re planning to attend at least an hour before it starts.

Live product demos from NJM will showcase:

Courser 230 Vial/Syringe Labeler
Fully servo-driven and featuring a trunnion starwheel for positive handling, the compact Courser 230 labeler can run vials, syringes and/or other small or unstable packages. Live, 15-minute demos include:
– Mon, Nov 9 at 10am CST (GMT-6)
– Wed, Nov 11 at 10am CST
– Fri, Nov 13 at 10am CST

Complete Turnkey Tablet, Capsule, Gelcap Packaging Line Integration
NJM’s integrated, turnkey systems for tablets, capsules, softgels, liquids and powders can be designed to include cGMP validation documentation, IQ OQ protocols, line monitoring, OEE and SCADA system, serialization and more. Live, 15-minute demos include:
– Mon, Nov 9 at 10:15am CST (GMT-6)
– Wed, Nov 11 at 10:15am CST

Beltorque Capper
Rivaling the speeds of complex rotary cappers, the high-speed beltorque capper offers simpler mechanics, faster changeovers and gentler handling. Live, 15-minute demos include:
– Mon, Nov 9 at 12:30pm CST (GMT-6)
– Wed, Nov 11 at 12:30pm CST
– Fri, Nov 13 at 11am CST

Dara Aseptic Filling for Thermo Fisher Cell Culture Flasks in Closed RABS
Ideal for aseptic processing of Thermo Fisher bottles of up to 20 liters, such as those for biotech drugs, this Dara filler is enclosed inside a closed RABS system to guarantee safety and an aseptic packaging process. Live, 15-minute demos include:
– Mon, Nov 9 at 1:30pm CST (GMT-6)

Cremer Tablet, Capsule, Gelcap Electronic Counting
Maximizing flexibility and ease of use, the compact Cremer CFS-622 tablet counter integrated with CountSafe vision inspection and automatic tablet ejection handles tablets, capsules and softgels at speeds up to 200 cpm. Live, 15-minute demos include:
– Tues, Nov 10 at 10am CST (GMT-6)
– Thurs, Nov 12 at 10am CST

Dara Filling & Closing Machine for Vials in Nests w/ ARaymond Pre-Assembled Caps
Dara’s NFL-series filling and closing machines are ideal for a variety of ready-to-use formats, including vials in nests and RayDyLyo plastic caps. Live, 15-minute demos include:
– Wed, Nov 11 at 1:30pm CST

Attend any of the above events by RSVPing on the NJM page of the Pack Expo Connects website. There, you can also read more about the systems we offer for pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals and more. Since NJM is the exclusive supplier of Dara equipment in North America, be sure to visit the Dara show page to find out about even more Dara equipment and sign up for their live events.

Learn about the rest of the ProMach Pharma Solutions family and their Pack Expo Connects events by visiting the Pharmaworks show page and the WLS show page.

NJM Integrates High-Speed, Serialized Bottling Line for Apace Packaging

Serialization! It’s on the mind of every pharmaceutical contract packager right now – Apace Packaging is no exception. To meet the fast approaching deadlines and increase production volume, Apace turned to NJM and installed a new high-speed bottling line with track-and-trace capabilities last year.

“The NJM line achieves almost three times the throughput [as our other bottling lines] with far fewer workers,” said Wendell Bell, Director of Operations at Apace. “This level of automation protects our product quality and keeps costs down.”

Apace’s new line packages a wide range of solid-dose products in round, square or rectangular bottles in sizes from 40 to 1500 cc. Bottles can be outfitted with different types of desiccants, fillers, caps and labels. Serialization data is added to the bottle labels with either a thermal transfer printer or laser obliteration printer, and bottles can either be bundled or packed directly into cases.

“Our goal was to think of virtually any bottling scenario that a customer might bring to us, so we could always respond ‘yes’ to their request,” said Patrick Ferguson, General Manager at Apace.

The integrated line starts with a CFI-622*8 Tablet Counter to achieve high speeds with extreme servo-driven accuracy. Bottles are capped and retorqued with two beltorques, which quickly yet gently rotate and tighten caps using two pairs of belts each. Next, an AUTOCOLT IV pressure sensitive labeler with nearly every available option maximizes versatility. A track-and-trace solution from Optel improves compliance and productivity while facilitating 4 levels of serialization and 3 levels of aggregation.

“Our equipment from NJM always does exactly what they promise it will do,” said Bell. “At the end of the day, we value the quality of their solutions and the impeccable customer service they provide.”

Read the full case study to learn more.

CFI-622*8 Tablet Counter Integrated by NJM
CFI-622*8 tablet counter integrated by NJM

beltorque capper from NJM
NJM’s high-speed beltorque capper

Beltorque capper from NJM for retorquing
Beltorque capper for retorquing, if caps are induction sealed

AUTOCOLT IV pressure sensitive labeler from NJM
AUTOCOLT IV labeler from NJM with SIDESERT and TOPSERT applicators

Serialization and aggregation solution from Optel
Track-and-trace solution from Optel

Apace Stays Ahead of Pharmaceutical Packaging Industry Trends With NJM

NJM Packaging Machinery Becomes Integral Part of Expanded Packaging Line

When it came time for Apace Packaging LLC to offer serialized packaging to its customers and expand its packaging capacity, they knew they needed machines that could deliver flexible, economic solutions to their customers. Apace turned to NJM Packaging for machinery to add to its new, fully automated, high-speed line because they knew our pharmaceutical packaging equipment would meet its needs.

The biggest part of the new pharmaceutical packaging line comes from NJM; we’ve partnered with Apace to provide everything from the bottle unscrambler to the 360-degree bottle inspection station. With NJM Packaging, Apace can offer a wide range of solutions to their clients. The new line can handle round, square, and oblong bottles in a variety of sizes, pouch and canister desiccants, almost any type of OSD dosage unit, and more. Basically, customers with all kinds of needs are assured that Apace can handle it – and reliably, thanks to NJM Packaging.

The bottled oral solid dose machine is the most interesting of the packaging solutions chosen by Apace. It handles bottle counts and inspections and is one of the most comprehensive machines we offer, and it feeds into another important part of Apace’s strategy: compliance.

At NJM Packaging, we’re always proud of being able to help our customers achieve their goals and expand their businesses. To learn more about Apace’s growth and plans for the future, visit Apace’s website.

Apace Packaging

 

Additionally, with its new integrated pharmaceutical packaging line, Apace is one step ahead of the California serialization and e-pedigree law set to take effect next year. As California often sets the stage for national legislation, Apace is already poised to comply with California law and similar state statutes that may be passed. This allows the company to fulfill orders from states that pass laws requiring e-pedigree.

NJM Assists Cal Poly Team with Line Integration for the Win in Vegas

NJM and Cal Poly Team Up for a Fully Integrated Line

Packaging solutions are a challenge and need to be learned with hands on experience for students studying to work in the packaging industry after graduation.  At this year’s Pack Expo Las Vegas Show, students were able to take on a real “Pack Solution Challenge” to learn how to evaluate a project, find the right line integration solution and present the results to a panel of judges: all for a scholarship to be used for their continuing education.  The students who participated are studying packaging in their respective universities and were hoping to ‘bring home a win’ at the Pack Expo Show.

Cal Poly accepted the challenge to work on this real packaging solution with the assistance of NJM Packaging, a real, total line integrator of tablet, powder and liquid packaging lines in the pharmaceutical industry.  Here was the challenge:

Develop a packaging solution for a fictional company:  “Innovative Pharmaceuticals Inc.” and its new fast-dissolving over-the-counter product.

Prior to the Pack Expo Show, NJM was approached by several different university teams to assist with their projects and we were excited to provide the solution for these Industrial Technology students.  Cal Poly students Jeff Norton, Nick Abbatelli, Patrick Salibi and Rebecca Kisch worked with Dan Lapierre, NJM Packaging’s Vice President, to provide a packaging solution for their project.  The team worked for weeks leading up to the show to find the equipment needed for the line, what the special options needed for the project were, the speeds they wanted to run, as well as all the specifications needed to develop a valid, operating line for this project.  Dan Lapierre says, “… it was a pleasure working with the Cal Poly team in providing them with a real applicable solution.  It was with great joy to find out at the Vegas Show that the panel judges selected Cal Poly as the Winner for 2015.”

Cal Poly Wins Big at Pack Expo Las Vegas 2015
Cal Poly Wins Big at Pack Expo Las Vegas 2015!

So the newest 2016 Future Leaders in Packaging goes to: Cal Poly.  Great job all!!

NJM Packaging Featured on Science Channel’s “How It’s Made”

NJM was recently featured on the Science (US) and Discovery Channel (CA)’s Television Show called “How It’s Made” in a Segment about Gelcaps.

NJM Packaging was recently featured on the Science (US) and Discovery Channel (CA)’s Television Show called “How It’s Made.” The episode originally aired in the US on May 9, 2013 and offered a segment centered on how a gelcap is actually made.   Jamieson Labs was the featured company in the segment.

The first part of the video details the actual process of making a gelcap; however, around the 4th minute, the new Cremer CF-622 IMFS Tablet Counter can be seen in action counting the gelcaps and putting them in the containers.

This is a great video showing the complete manufacturing process from the creation of the actual gelcap, to its packaging. Enjoy!