Manufacturing
Our Manufacturing Facility
We have recently constructed a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility for external preparations at Baddi, Himachal Pradesh located 30 km from Chandigarh. This modern plant is set over an area of 7500 sqm with a built up area of 7000 sqm. We have provided a separate manufacturing facility of external preparations for pharmaceutical formulations and cosmetics. It conforms to revised Schedule M and W.H.O. GMP standards and the facility can be upgraded to US FDA norms in the future. This new plant is equipped to manufacture topicals such as ointments, creams, gels, and lotions for Drugs and Cosmetics.
Pharmaceutical Block
- Two automatic ointment manufacturing lines of 1000kg and 2000kg (for toothpaste)
- Two high speed tube filling lines (150 and 120 tubes per min) and one lotion filling line (40 bottles per min).
Cosmetic Block
- Two automatic ointment manufacturing line of 500kg and 1000kg and one planetary mixer of 300kg.
- Two high speed tube filling line (120 tubes per min) and one lotion filling line (40 bottles per min) and one sachet filling machine (4-side sealing)
Capacities
| Dosage Form | Capacity per annum |
|---|---|
| Pharma Ointments, Creams, Gels | 48 million |
| Pharma Lotions | 12 million |
| Cosmetic Creams, Gels | 24 million |
| Cosmetic Lotions, Solutions, Serum | 12 million |
Other features
- We have provided PharmaCloudTM material management software for unified production planning.
- Sufficient warehouse for raw materials and packaging materials with segregation.
- We have provided Criscon™ material management software for unified production planning.
- Biometric access control in core areas to restrict unauthorized personnel entry.
- HVAC system with separate AHU’s for each processing area to maintain Class 100,000.
- Double pass RO with EDI water system is provided to generate purified water.
- Utilities include compressed air system, boiler, diesel generators, and effluent treatment plant.
Our Team
Production
60
Quality Assurance
30
Quality Control
40
Shop floor workforce
250
Engineering & Maintenance
10
Admin
10
Stores
20
Quality Control and Quality Assurance
We have a well-equipped Quality Control and Quality Assurance department with sophisticated analytical instruments. Documentation such as SOPs, calibration, and validation records are maintained assiduously and all documented procedures are strictly followed at all levels. An excellent Formulation and Development laboratory is utilized to optimize our existing formulations, improve processes, and develop new products.
- A well-equipped lab with instruments such as UV-Vis spectrophotometer, HPLCs (3) with auto-samplers, Gas Chromatography, Karl Fisher titrator, viscometer, and walk-instability chambers (4) are provided for in house testing of all products.
- We have a dedicated microbiology lab.
- We are currently using LIMS to regulate quality control activities as per 21 CFR Part 11
Major Manufacturing, Quality Control, Utility Equipment
| Equipment | Make |
|---|---|
| Automatic Ointment Manufacturing Line 2000 kg | Propack |
| Automatic Ointment Manufacturing Line 1000 kg (2 nos.) | Propack |
| Automatic Ointment Manufacturing Line 500 kg (2 nos.) | Propack |
| Planetary Mixer 300 kg and 10 kg R&D Oint. Mfg. Line | Create, Prism |
| Tube Filling Machine GAB 120 (3 nos.) 120 tubes/min | Wimco |
| Tube Filling Machine GAB 150 150 tubes/min | Wimco |
| Lotion Filling Machine (2 nos.) | Konark |
| Ink Jet Coding Machine | Hitachi |
| Carton Coding Machine | Nimech |
| RLAF for Dispensing and Sampling (5 nos.) | GM Pharma |
| HPLC Prominence – I (4 nos.) with Auto Samplers | Shimadzu |
| Gas Chromatography | Shimadzu |
| UV-Vis Spectrophotometer | Lab-India |
| Automatic Potentiometric Titrator + KF | Lab-India |
| Viscometer | Lab-India |
| Flame Photometer (Digital) | Indosati |
| Polarimeter (Digital), Refractometer (digital) | |
| Analytical balance | Sartorius |
| Stability Chamber (8000 ltr) (3 nos.) | Allyone |
| Bacteriological Incubator (2 nos.) | Indosati |
| B.O.D Incubator | Indosati |
| Boiler 600 kg | Thermax |
| Air Compressor 100 cfm, 142 cfm, 190 cfm with drier | Kaeser |
| Diesel Generator 400 kva and 200 kva | Cumins |
| HVAC system | Clean Air |
| Purified RO Water System with EDI 2000 lit/hr | TSA |