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Automating the polymer materials handling process

Higher quality in the end product and more safety for employees at West Pharmaceutical Packaging, India. In no other industry are safety standards and quality as important as in the pharmaceutical and medical technology industries. After all, the patient's health and safety are paramount. West Pharmaceutical Services Inc. is a leading global manufacturer of technologically advanced, high-quality, integrated containment and delivery systems for injectable medicines. West is a trusted partner of the world’s top pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies — and is working with them to improve the patient’s health.

Clean and sterile manufacturing is a top priority

In early 2018, West planned a new project in India for injection moulded parts. West is always focused on producing clean, sterile, high-quality components which minimise supply chain disruptions. The high priority goal is to bring a safe and effective drug product to the market and to the patient quickly and efficiently. West wanted their new project to be fully automated and equipped with high-end state-of-the-art technology. After technical evaluation and discussion, West found that motan-colortronic’s product specifications and technical expertise matches their quality standards and believed that motan-colortronic could also meet their customers’ high expectations.

West’s technical team visited motan-colortronic’s Chennai factory to see the products first-hand before finalising the project. The team was very happy with the live performance and high quality of the products and decided to finalise the project. In early 2019, motan-colortronic received its first order from West. Their entire automated raw materials gravimetric dosing and conveying system was equipped with motan-colortronic products in West’s factory located in Sri City, (about 100 km from Chennai). The wide range of products in use include, among others, METRO G hopper loaders with glass hoppers mounted on GRAVICOLOR 30 gravimetric gain-in-weight dosing & mixing units with 4.3 kW side channel blower stations and a METROnet AE centralised conveying control with graphic touchscreen. This installation was for 5 machines in the 1st phase of the project.

West was very happy with the product and service quality and has recently ordered a gravimetric dosing & mixing and conveying system for their expansion, again with motan-colortronic.

"West’s team was extremely supportive. They had a lot of experience of the complexities in pharma installation and worked with our team very well throughout the project, It was a fine example of a cooperative effort by the seller and the customer".

Anandakumar Ramachandran, General Manager - Sales & Customer Service, motan-colortronic India

 

Customized solution with more complexity

After experiencing motan-colortronic’s products first-hand – which exceeded expectations; West asked motan-colortronic to provide a solution which was not part of motan-colortronic’s standard product line. West required a conveying system which could convey their final product, post–moulding. After technical consultations, motan-colortronic provided a customised solution for this requirement.

l.t.r. G Anand, Sales Engineer, mo-co India, N Ganesh, Head of Manufacturing, West Pharma, G Suresh, Operations Director, West Pharma, R Anandakumar, General Manager – Sales, mo-co India

Success through excellent cooperation

“West’s team was extremely supportive. They had a lot of experience of the complexities in pharma installation and worked with our team very well throughout the project, It was a fine example of a cooperative effort by the seller and the customer” says Mr. Anandakumar Ramachandran (General Manager – Sales & Customer Service, motan-colortronic India)

Mr G Suresh, Director – Projects, West Pharma India had this to say on the motan-colortronic products, services and the team “We developed a great partnership with motan and we appreciate their approach and attention to detail on our process requirements. We can meet our product specification requirements consistently by using motan gravimetric dosing & mixing units, which is precisely dosing & feeding our raw materials to the injection moulding machine. motan-colortronic customer support team understand our requirements in detail and provide the right solutions on time.”

West Pharmaceutical Packaging India Ltd is headquartered at Hyderabad

About West

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. is a leading provider of innovative, high-quality injectable solutions and services. As a trusted partner to established and emerging drug developers, West helps ensure the safe, effective containment and delivery of lifesaving and life-enhancing medicines for patients. With almost 10,000 team members across 50 sites worldwide, West helps support customers by delivering over 40 billion components and devices each year.

Headquartered in Exton, Pennsylvania, and in business for nearly a century, West in its fiscal year 2020 generated over $2.14 billion in annual revenue. West is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: WST) and is included on the Standard & Poor’s 500 index. For more information, visit www.westpharma.com.

About West India

West Pharmaceutical Packaging India Ltd; is headquartered at Hyderabad and has a factory in Sri City, Andhra Pradesh. It is in an Export Oriented Zone within a very neat industrial area.

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