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| ACG participates in Pharmtech Moscow. |
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 ACG worldwide had a prominent presence at the Pharmtech 2007 show in Moscow during 20-23rd November ,07 with temperatures dipping to minus 10 degrees, outside, it was the enthusiasm of the ACG team that kept the atmosphere at the stall warm. The response to the show was very good and there were fruitful business meetings with customers and agents who had come in from Russia, Ukraine and other neighboring countries.
The capsules display was a hit with visitors and many of them lined up the take photographs of the display. From the engineering companies of ACG, the Legacy 6100 tablet press, the AF 40 capsule filling machine and the Hi Cart automatic cartoning machine were on display.
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| Pam welcomes German delegates. |
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 A German delegation visit to Pam was organised by VDMA in the month of November 2007.
The VDMA (Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau - German Engineering Federation) is one of the key association service providers in Europe and offers the largest engineering industry network in Europe.
The team comprised of senior management persons from some reputed German companies. The visit was presided over by Mr. Ajit Singh. The team went back with an excellent opinion about Pam and the progress India has made in precision technology.
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| "All the members of this company can be proud to work here. It is an extremely nice set up and production facilities. We would be proud to have ACG as a partner."
"Very good assembly and manufacturing facility. Lean manufacturing principles are well applied. Products havea good finish."
"Interesting presentation, well organised tour, great hospitality."
"I am very impressed about your company. It is meeting absolutely international standards."
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| Alcan Packaging Seminar held at Lonavla |
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| Alcan Packaging in association with Packshield Division of ACG Worldwide organized a Seminar on “Flexible Laminates for Pharmaceutical Packaging ” at Fariyas Resort , Lonavla from 15th to 16th November, 2007 .
The focus of Seminar was on Quality Assurance and Quality Control aspects of Pharma Packaging materials. About 120 delegates from the Pharma Industry participated in the Seminar.
The main speakers at the event were Mr. Alfred Nabers, Head of Quality Assurance at Alcan Packaging Singen GmbH, Germany, Mr. Karl-Friedrich Buschmann and Mr. Thomas Schwarz.
A presentation on Tropical Blister Packaging Technology from Mr. Sanjeev Tamhan of Pam – Pac evoked interest from the participants since this concept has potential to fight against counterfeiting of formulations.
Delegates were invited to an entertaining evening and Gala Dinner on the first day of the Seminar in a lively ambience and a Lucky Draw was organized for the delegates with exciting prizes.
The Seminar was appreciated by the industry and delegates gave feedback that they look forward for such event from Alcan & Packshield.
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| Packshield wins award from OPPI |
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 The Organization of Pharmaceutical Producers of India (OPPI) presented their annual awards of excellence, which were initiated to recognize honour and encourage outstanding performance in the pharmaceutical sector. Associated Capsules Pvt. Ltd., part of the ACG Worldwide, won the OPPI Best Vendor Award, for their performance in the category of “raw material suppliers” whereas Packshield also a part of ACG Worldwide won the award in the category of “packaging material suppliers”. |
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| ProPak Asia |
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ProPak Asia is the leading professional exhibition for all processing and packaging machinery, materials and related technology.
ProPak Asia which held during June 13-16, 2007 was the 15th international processing and packaging technology event for Asia & staged at the Bangkok International Trade & Exhibition Centre (BITEC) in three halls comprising 16000m.
Pam participated in this exhibition with its agent whereas Pam-Pac, Associated Capsules & Packshield participated the show with a separate stall.
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| Pharmintech, European trade show |
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Pharmintech, European trade show devoted to the pharmaceutical industry, made its debut in Bologna, Italy, June 12-14,2007. The show was sponsored by Ipack-Ima srl, an organizer of processing and packaging trade exhibitions throughout Europe.
Pharmintech was held in Bologna Exhibition Complex, one of Europe's most active and prestigious exhibiting locations.
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| Honeywell – ACG Worldwide Technical Seminar |
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ACG Worldwide in partnership with Honeywell and in association with its group companies, Packshield and Pam – Pac had organized a Seminar on “ Packaging with Aclar – Trends, Technology and Innovation ” at Scitech Centre on Friday, March 23, 2007.
Major and leading pharma companies represented by about 60 delegates had participated in the event.
Mrs. Pratibha Pilgaonkar of Rubicon Research was the Keynote speaker and she presented a paper on opportunities and trends in Indian Pharma Industry with respect to its foray into regulated markets and the opportunities for using Aclar as a barrier blister packaging material for certain novel drugs.
Mr. Steve Ervin , Head of Sales from Honeywell U.S.A. and Dr. Anjan Ray , Director Business Development from Honeywell India presented an overview of Honeywell’s global and India’s business and product initiatives.
Mr. Walter Grupp was the technical speaker from Honeywell and he presented various technical aspects of Aclar films, their usage for pharma blister packaging & packaging development tools likeBarrier Calculator & Value Calculator.
ACG has been partnering Honeywell since last four years as convertor for Aclar film and has developed Aclar business in India from a nascent stage to a point where all the major pharma companies have become users of Aclar laminates. This initiative has been in – line with ACG policy as a trusted and long term partner to its valued customers for bringing innovative products to the Indian Pharma Industry.
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PAM Glatt 10 years celebration |
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Pam Glatt a joint venture initiative of ACG Worldwide and
Glatt International, GmbH was founded in 1996. In 2007, even
after a decade, Pam Glatt continues to provide technological
excellence to Indian pharmaceutical business.
A ceremony to commemorate Ten Years of Partnership and
Growth was held on Saturday, 10th Feb 2007 at the Pam
Glatt factory, Mira Rd, Mumbai. Mr Werner Glatt, founder director
of Glatt Corporation along with the other directors of Pam
Glatt and ACG Worldwide joined in for the celebrations. The
celebration was preceded by the inauguration of the new expanded
wing of Pam Glatt that will house the manufacturing of the
Pam Glatt coaters.
The inauguration of the new factory building was followed
by a seminar on 'containment systems' at SciTech Centre of
advanced learning. The seminar was well received by over a
100 delegates from the pharma industry who attended the session.
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PAM Plot 100 inauguration |
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The new manufacturing site of Pam located at plot 100 in
Kandivili, Mumbai was inaugurated on Monday, February 26th
by Mr D Wilson and Mr J Gordon. The Pam Legacy 6100 was commissioned
by Mr Gordon in the demo room on the factory shop floor on
this occasion.
These ceremonies were followed by speeches by the guests,
the directors of ACG Worldwide and the Nandadevi team members.
This Pam team and the ACG group company heads were present
to celebrate this great milestone in Pam's growth path.
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TROPAC
wins the PACMACHINE 2006 award |
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Tropical Blister Packing machine – TROPAC, from Pampac
Machines Pvt. Ltd. won the PACMACHINE 2006 award.
The award function organized by the Indian Institute of packaging
in the Leela Kempenski Hotel, Mumbai on 13th December 2006.
The eminent jury for judging the entries consisted of Dr.
S. D. Awale – Director NITIE, Mr. K. Murari – Addl.
Director ERTL, Dr. K. G. Narayankhedkar – Director, VJTI
& Mr. Rajeev Dhar – Director IIP.
Mr. Sandeep Kulkarni, VP - Pampac is seen receiving the award. |
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ACG Worldwide participates in Pharmtech 2006 |
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ACG Worldwide participated in Pharmtech Moscow, an exhibition
held in Moscow , Russia from 20 – 23 rd November 2006.
A range of engineering & consumable products that included
Blister packing, capsule filling machines and different types
of Capsules and Packaging films was displayed in this exhibition.
Legacy 6100 – the futuristic tabletting machine from Pam was
inaugurated in grand style. The exhibition was a grand success. |
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ACG Technotrip is a smashing success during IPC Mumbai |
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 ACG Worldwide had organized a Techno trip to its R & D Centre
for the visitors in the IPC 2006 exhibition held in Mumbai ,
India from 1 – 3 rd December 2006. The visitors were taken on
the trip to experience the latest technology in Solid Dosage
System. It was a great success with people coming in large numbers. |
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ACG Worldwide participates in Indiapack 2006 |
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 ACG
Worldwide now caters to many sectors and businesses other than
Pharmaceuticals. It participated in a non-pharma exhibition
for the first time in Indiapack 2006. The exhibition was held
in Mumbai , India from 11 – 14 th December 2006.
On the display were the various barrier and flexible packaging
films, online check weigher, special purpose cartooning machine
“AT – Pac” and various samples of ranging from blisters &
cartons to pouches showing our capability.
It won the second prize for “Technology in Packaging” at the
Indiapack show for the machines exhibited in the stall. |
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Ajit Singh get the “Distinguished Service Award“ |
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Mr Ajit Singh, Chairman - ACG Worldwide (formerly Associated
Capsules Group) was conferred upon the IPA Distinguished
Services Award at a felicitation dinner function
held on Dec 1 st , 2006. Mr Subodh Priolkar, President IPA
presented the award.This award is bestowed on Mr.
Ajit Singh for his meritorious contribution to the
Indian Pharmaceutical Association, the pharma industry and
the profession of pharmacy in India .
Click
here for Citation.
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| ASSOCIATED
CAPSULES WINS OPPI BEST VENDOR AWARD |
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testimony to the excellence of this Company is that it has been
a market leader in India for over four decades, and is a second
time winner of this award. Associated Capsules Pvt. Ltd. is
part of ACG Worldwide, a well integrated group with a special
focus on supplying pharma industry requirements in solid dosage
forms – capsules, capsule filling machinery and tablet presses,
packaging machinery as well as moisture barrier and flexible
packaging films. |
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Associated
Capsules Pvt. Ltd. works in partnership with world leaders in
several of its machinery and packaging films enterprises. It
is amongst the world leaders in hard gelatin capsules and capsule
filling machinery – its products having found ready acceptance
in the highly developed world as much as in other countries.
It was the first Capsule Company in India to receive ISO 9002
Certification and the only Capsule Company in Asia that has
been inspected by the US FDA. The Company is a model of reliability
and stability. It regards all its stakeholders, particularly,
its employees as partners in its progress. |
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The
President of India and the Government of Maharashtra have recognized
its efforts in social welfare and community development. Through
advanced indigenous research carried out in-house and through
its affiliates, the Company has a tradition of meeting its customers’
expectations and has both, saved and earned much foreign exchange
for the nation. |
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| ISPE
Symposium |
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 ISPE
conducted Q7A SYMPOSIUM on 28th & 29th April '06 in Hyderabad.
Mr. Ajit Singh addressed the welcome note. Mr. Satish Reddy,
M.D. & C.O.O., Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, was the keynote speaker
who spoke on the General Scenario of Pharma Industry - today
and in future. Various eminent speakers addressed over 200 delegates
on topics like - steriles, WHO philosophy, regulatory approach,
chemicals, etc. |
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ACG had
promoted ISPE & Mr. Ajit Singh is its Chairman. The learning
from ISPE is our contribution to the industry. |
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| ACG
participates in ACHEMA 06 |
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 ACG
Worldwide's participation in ACHEMA - an exhibition held in
Frankfurt, Germany from 15-19th May was a grand success. A range
of engineering & consumable products that included Blister packing,
capsule filling machines and different types of Capsules and
Packaging films was displayed in this exhibition. The launch
of Liquid in hard gelatin capsules technology - Fluidocap featured
in ACHEMA Times. Mr. Ajit Singh spoke on the Indian Pharma industry
on the India Day forum. |
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| Mr.
Ajit Singh elected as President of CRS |
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 The
Control Release Society (CRS) is a worldwide organization to
educate scientists, technologists and marketing personnel in
the pharmaceutical industry interested in newer delivery systems.
This includes solid dosage forms like tablets, capsules, pellets,
etc. The Indian chapter of CRS has elected Mr. Ajit Singh as
its President for the 2006-08 period. |
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| India
- CIS Pharma Summit 2006 |
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ACG Worldwide
participated in the India - CIS Pharma summit 2006 held on the
March 3-5, 2006 at Hotel Leela - Mumbai. The event was organized
by Pharmexcil and Ministry of Commerce & Industry. The Indian
Regulatory Authorities and CIS countries Regulatory Authorities
spoke on regulatory requirements in India and CIS and also current
scenario in India and CIS countries. The event was attended
by around 200 delegates, which included importers, buyers, government
& regulatory authorities from India & abroad. |
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| Participation
in Pharmtech 2005 Russia |
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 ACG
Worldwide, along with its distributor in Russia, participated
in PharmTech 2005, an exhibition held in Moscow, Russia, held
during Nov 28 - Dec 2, 2005. A team of 6 ACG members displayed
the various Pam, Pam-pac & ACPL products. |
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| Brimrose
Seminar in Scitech Centre |
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 A
seminar on Brimrose AOTF NIR Reality for Process Control
was held at Scitech Centre on February 10, 2006. Mr. Igor Nazarov,
Head - Spectrometer Division, Brimrose, USA and Mr. Sabyasachi
Goswami, Manager - Sales, Asia, CAMO Software India Pvt. Ltd.
were the speakers. From ACG Worldwide Mr. Shabbir Badami spoke
about the various R & D machines developed by Pam. On display
were the capsules and the R & D machines from Pam & Pam-Glatt. |
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| Seminar
on Fluid Bed Processing |
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In
pursuit helping Indian Pharma Industry, PamGlatt hosted a seminar
on "Fluid Bed Processing - From Art to Science" on Wednesday,
October 26th, 2005 at our Scitech Centre. The keynote speakers
were Dr. Bernhard Luy, Technical director of Glatt, Germany,
he discussed " Thermodynamic principle of Fluid Bed Processing",
Mr. Klaus Groeschel, Director business co-ordination for India
& USA briefed the importance of Total Containment - Requirement
& solutions. Mr. Mehernosh Engineer, Director, Klenzaids group
spoke about "Total containment systems in Indian perspective". |
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Considering
the relevance of the topic, the representatives of all major
pharmaceutical R&D centres attended the seminar. The members
of ISPE were also present for this event. This was a good opportunity
to update and interact with all the R&D professionals. |
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Presence
of R&D representatives of all major Pharmaceuticals companies
created a coveted platform for launch of PamGlatt's R&D model
- GPCG1.1. PamGlatt released their first R&D model catalogue. |
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| PAM
Glatt organise Seminar on Qualitative Evaluation of Spray Film
Coating. |
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 With
an increasing number of sustained and modified release particles
and molecules being developed and marketed by pharma companies,
understanding of the process of particle coating for various
applications is necessary, said Klaus Eichher in his presentation
on particle microencapsulation.
Klaus Eicher, director Business Development and |
Corporate
Communication, Glatt International, was speaking at a seminar
on qualitative evaluation of spray film coating held recently
at SciTech Centre, Mumbai. The seminar was organised by Paam
Glatt Pharma Technologies Pvt. Ltd.  |
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| ACG
Worldwide organises Seminar On flexible packaging laminates.
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 ACG
Worldwide (formerly Associated Capsules Group), in partnership
with their principles, Alcan Packaging, Germany, organized an
informative seminar on Flexible Packaging Laminates.
A residential event held at Ciade de Goa during September 23-25,
2004. witnessed participation from packaging, R&D, supply chain
and senior management |
personnel
of India's leading pharma companies. The event, attended by
over 100 delegates across the country, aimed at bringing together
the end-users of pharma flexible packaging materials and the
suppliers of materials to deliberate on the technical and developmental
aspects of these materials keeping in view the significance
and role of packaging technology in pharma products supply chain.
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| A
Holistic Approach To Industrial Excellence. |
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One of
the largest manufacturers of hard gelatin capsules in the world,
ACG Worldwide provides an integrated package of solutions for
its customers. Unveiled here are some lesser-known aspects about
this global player. |
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| To read
the full article, please click
here |
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| ACG
profile in Chemical World. |
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The weekly
magazine 'Chemical World' featured a profile of ACG Worldwide
in their issue of May 12, 2003, which was a special issue on
the Pharmaceutical Industry. The multi-dimensional activities,
research initiatives and global perspectives of the group were
highlighted. |
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| To read
the full article, please click
here. |
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| Ajit
Singh Nominated the Fellow of American Association of Indian
Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAIPS). |
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Mr.
Ajit Singh, the Chairman of Associated Capsules Group was nominated
Fellow of the American Association of Indian Pharmaceutical
Scientists, being the first person resident outside the United
States to be honored.
He was also bestowed with the DIWA Award - 2002, instituted
by Drug Inspector's Welfare Association |
(Food
& Drug Administration, Mumbai), in recognition of his enthusiastic,
valuable and resolute efforts to develop the Pharmacy profession
in India. |
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| Leading
Pharmaceutical Brands get Brand Shield Protection. |
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 Some
of the largest Pharmaceutical brands in the country, are now
protected from spurious and counterfeit products by adopting
a special technology for printing on capsules, pioneered in
India by Associated Capsules Group (ACG).
The other leading brands under Brand Shield Protection are Becosules
of Pfizer, R-Cinex of Lupin, Phexin of |
| Glaxo,
Surbex T of Abbott and many more. |
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| Click
here to know how you too can protect your brands against
counterfeits or send an email to brandshield@acg-world.com
for further discussion. |
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| "I
am passionate about quality". |
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 Jasjit
Singh, Group Managing Director, Associated Capsules Group (ACG)
in Bombay Times on April 4, 2001. Jasjit Singh recounts how
he and his brother Ajit Singh had to take over a non-commissioned
capsule factory on the untimely death of their father, four
decades ago. They haven't looked back since then. Associated
Capsules Group is one of the largest manufacturers of hard gelatin
capsules in the world and is the most integrated partner to
the pharmaceutical industry, offering solutions from formulation
processing to cartoning. |
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| EVENTS |
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| PAM
Launches Asia's First Rotary Filling Machine |
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The PAM
team has once again proven its mettle by successfully commissioning
Asia's first Rotary Filling Machine, the Pam RF 120. The roll
out function of the first RF 120 was graced by Mr. Jasjit Singh,
Director, ACG Worldwide. The RF 120, with its accurate fill
weights and high powder yield is ideal for dedicated high volume
formulations and has an output of 120,000 capsules per hour. |
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