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32F January 2019 Tablets & Capsules Nutraceutical calcium carbonate Omyanutra functional calcium carbonate excipient offers high loading capacity for nutraceutical actives. Excipient's high-porosity and lamellar structure enables fast disintegration and excellent compactibility, features that make it ideal for manufac- turing orally disintegrating tablets (ODTs). Excipient produces tablets with excel- lent porosity and hardness that do not require special packaging, reducing costs and simplifying the conditioning process. Omya, Cincinnati, OH 513 387 4600 www.omya-na.com Rice-based binder Nu-Bind excipient provides a natural alternative to synthetic and plasticized binders such as HPC, PVP, HPMC, PEG, pregelatinized starch, and gelatin. Binder makes the production of certified organic tablets possible and allows natural and organic supplement companies to produce clean solid oral dosage products. Binder is made from guar gum, gum arabic, agave fiber, rice hulls, and agave syrup. Company offers this and other certified organic excipients that are free of GMOs and gluten. RIbus, St. Louis, MO 314 727 4287 www.ribus.com Tablet press Compacta II tablet press features an interchangeable turret with 21 B stations, 17 D stations, or a combination of eight B and eight D stations. Instrumented press and Director software simplify development and increase production. Custom force sensors measure pre- and main compression as well as ejection and take-off forces, which can be used to resolve formulation issues. Press enables the operator to gen- erate compaction profiles and conduct strain rate studies, scope trace analysis studies (which provide details of an individual compression event), and lubrication studies. Top speed produces 151,200 tablets per hour, making the press suitable for pilot production runs. Changeover takes as little as 30 minutes. SMI, Lebanon, NJ 908 534 1500 www.smitmc.com Solid dosage training Company specializes in solving nutraceutical tablet manufacturing challenges to improve quality, reduce defects, and increase productivity by providing companies with training, troubleshooting, and equipment. Solid dosage training—available at the company's lab, the client's manufacturing site, and online—and troubleshooting sessions focus on ingredient performance, equipment usage, and team training to optimize processes. Other offerings include risk assessment of a facility's equipment, process, and formulation to help minimize problems and maximize performance. Techceuticals, Cleveland, OH 216 658 8038 www.techceuticals.com