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Tablets & Capsules September 2019 47 Catalent expands softgel capabilities at German facility EBERBACH, Germany—Catalent will spend $14 million to expand the softgel capabilities at its facility in Eberbach. The expansion is antici- pated to be completed by mid-2020 and will include two softgel encap- sulation lines, dedicated to produc- ing the company's Vegicaps, as well as new printing machinery, a vision inspection system, softgel coaters, and increased packaging capacity. ACG acquires Xertecs, installs 1,000 th track-and-trace line Piscataway, NJ—ACG Engineer- ing acquired Xertecs, Muellheim, Germany, a pharma processing equip- ment supplier. The acquisition will expand ACG's capabilities, and the Muellheim-site will serve as the com- pany's European innovation center. In other news, ACG Inspection supplied, installed, and validated its 1,000 th track-and-trace line for batch coding, serialization, aggregation, data management, and reporting. people news Michael Purcell joined USP, Rockville, MD, as vice president of chemical medicines, leading USP's strategic marketing and program operations for chemical medicines reference standards. Before joining USP, Purcell was the vice president of strategy and corporate develop- ment at healthcare and technology provider J M Smith, Spartanburg, SC. MG America, Fairfield, NJ, hired Janice Wortham as a regional sales manager in the company's process- ing division. Wortham will over- see sales of capsule fillers, tablet presses, material handling machin- ery, checkweighers, vision systems, and other related technologies. Her territory includes New Jersey, New York, Quebec, all of New England, and the entire West Coast of the US and Canada. supplier news Permira acquires Quotient Sciences, Cambrex L O N D O N , U K — P e r m i r a , a private equity firm, acquired small-molecule CDMO Cambrex, East Rutherford, NJ, and CRO and CDMO service provider Quotient Sciences, Nottingham, UK. This acquisition comes on the heels of Cambrex's acquisition of Halo Pharma and Avista Pharma Solutions. Chief executive officer Mark Egerton and the current management team will continue to lead Quotient. Colorcon collaborates with TruTag on coating with microtags HARLEYSVILLE, PA— Colorcon and TruTag Technologies, Emeryville, CA, agreed to combine Colorcon's coatings with TruTag's edible, sil- ica-based microtags for on-dose product verification. The microtags consist of SiO 2 particles coded with an optical signature that can be read using a smart phone application or TruTag's proprietary reader. Add- ing the taggants to coating allows for instant product authentication, minimizing the risk of counterfeiting and product diversion and aiding in returns monitoring, quality control, and product recalls in pharmaceutical and nutraceutical products. Vac-U-Max celebrates 65 years of business BELLEVILLE, NJ—Vac-U-Max celebrated 65 years in business as a provider of bulk material han- dling and industrial vacuum clean- ers. The company was founded by Frank Pendleton, who designed the first compressed-air industrial vac- uum cleaner for cleaning the highly combustible textile mills in New Jersey. In 1965, the company man- ufactured the first venturi-powered vacuum-generator with noise sup- p r e s s i o n a n d , i n 1 9 7 7 , i n t r o - duced its vertical-wall tube hop- per material receiver designed for difficult-to-convey materials. advertiser index A Ackley Machine 35 B Biocaps 37 C Camfil APC 9 Caps Canada 15 K Kikusui USA 1 Kraemer US 34 L Lonza-Capsugel 5 Lorenz 29 M Mendel 12 Molded Fiberglass Tray 29 N Natoli Cover 4 Nilfisk-Advance 43 Q Qualicaps 6, 42 R R.W. Hartnett 13 S Schaefer Technologies 40 SMI 8 Sotax 19 Suheung Capsule 26 T Techceuticals 34 Technophar 18 Thomas Engineering 3 Tower Laboratories 41 Tri-Star Technologies Cover 2 V Vac-U-Max 45 W Wilson Tool 7 Visit us at tabletscapsules.com