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Best Processing Equipment Supplier

Headquarters: Ozzano dell'Emilia, Bologna, Italy

IMA launched its first blister machine for the packaging of pharmaceutical products in 1976. Today, the company’s portfolio includes machines for solid dose manufacturing, aseptic processing, freeze drying, packaging, end of line equipment and more, but IMA prefers to view itself as a solutions provider rather than a machine supplier. Thomas Fricke, Commercial Director at IMA Pharma, has said that it’s easier to tell a pharma customer what machines the company doesn’t supply rather than to list all the solutions available. As such, the company has adopted an “All-In-One” strategy where it can provide full solutions as a single supplier.

One of IMA Active’s latest innovations is AQUARIA, a component washer designed to maximize washing chamber volume while minimizing machine size. It offers flexible configurations, optimizing efficiency, reducing consumption, and respecting the environment with a compact design. IMA Life has released TILE-X for fill-finish processing for small batch production. Designed to respond to Annex 1 requirements and based on electromagnetic levitation, TILE-X is a compact, Grade A, gloveless modular processing unit for high-value pharmaceuticals such as ATMPs. Another new launch from IMA Safe is the GIANT5-A96, a blister line with speeds of up to 1,300 blisters and 500 cartons per minute. 

Honorable mention: Syntegon

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