Hosted by Bosch’s Packaging Technology division, the eighth symposium received record attendance, with 50% more guests from the pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical and process technology industries. Pharmatag guests had the opportunity to look behind the scenes of the Crailsheim production facility and to receive first-hand information about Bosch's pharmaceutical line competence as well as current portfolio expansions. A highlight was the launch of the new ALF 5000 filling and closing machine for ampoules and injection bottles. Apart from an output of 600 containers per minute, the machine features high flexibility and process safety.Apart from numerous filling machines and lines for liquid pharmaceuticals, the participants also received information about exterior washing of vials and ampoules (RAN 3080), the combination of visual inspection technology and leak detection (AIM 3000), matching downstream equipment (RIL 3010), as well as special customer projects. Secondary packaging and serialization solutions completed the presentation of Bosch's pharmaceutical line competence.
