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56 September 2020 Tablets & Capsules review of raw material sources and manufacturing practices. Colorcon opens Australian technical center HARLEYSVILLE, PA—Colorcon, a film coating and excipient man- ufacturer, opened a technical cen- ter in Melbourne, Australia, provid- ing customers in the area with access to tablet formulation, coating, and other pharmaceutical development services. The facility will allow small and large businesses in Australia to conduct lab-scale compression and coating trials on site, saving develop- ment time and cost. Flow Sciences adds lab to North Carolina site LELAND, NC—Flow Sciences, a manufacturer of containment solu- tions, has expanded its Leland, NC, facility by adding a second labora- tory. This addition will allow the company to properly test large-scale equipment enclosures and take on more complex projects while cutting down on lead times. Berg Nutrition to distribute synthetic capsaicin ANN ARBOR, MI—Berg Nutri- tion, a specialty nutraceutical distrib- utor, has been named the exclusive US distributor of aXivite phenylcap- saicin, a synthetic form of capsaicin developed by aXichem, Malmo, Swe- den. Capsaicin is the active ingredi- ent found in chili peppers and can be used to alleviate pain, reduce blood pressure, control weight, and improve gut health. Synthetic capsaicin is four times more bioactive than natural cap- saicin and does not have the strong, hot flavor, which can make natural capsaicin difficult to consume. people news ACG Inspection, Mumbai, India, appointed Sucheel Pillai as the com- pany's CEO. In this role, Pillai will grow the inspection and track-and- trace systems business unit as well as introduce new technology, onboard A Ackley Machine ......................................... 21 B Biocaps Enterprise ......................................16 E Elizabeth...................................................... 35 Embocaps by Suheung .............................. 20 G Gamlen ........................................................ 55 I IMA ................................................................ 3 J JRS Pharma ..................................................17 K Kraemer US................................................. 39 L Lonza ............................................................. 5 M Molded Fiberglass Tray ............................. 32 N Natoli ............................... Cover tip, Cover 4 Q Qualicaps................................................11, 53 S Schaefer Technologies ............................... 47 SMI ............................................................... 33 Sotax ............................................................ 15 Syntegon .......................................................31 T Technophar ................................................. 32 omas Engineering ................................... 1 Tower Laboratories .................................... 41 Tri-Star Technologies .......................Cover 2 V Vac-U-Max .................................................... 7 advertiser index key talent, and extend the company's global footprint. He has worked at ACG for 16 years in various business units and most recently served as head of India operations and global sales head. Rainer Siepmann joined Lodige Process Technology, a manufacturer of mixers and other pharmaceutical process machinery, as a sales man- ager. He will be based in the compa- ny's Florence, KY, office. Bora Pharmaceuticals, a full- service CDMO specializing in imme- diate- and modified-release solid dosage forms and serialized packag- ing, Taipei, Taiwan, appointed four business development directors to head the company's US and Taiwan commercial teams. Mark Dawson will serve as senior director of busi- ness development. David Scheib will head US Southeast and Midwest sales, while Kalyan Potluri will be responsible for Northeast US and Eastern Canada sales. Wayne Hsiao has been appointed as the business development director of Asia. R o m a c o I n n o j e t a p p o i n t e d Michael Van den Bossche as man- aging director. In this role, he will be responsible for the sales, labora- tory, customer service, and product management departments. He will share the management of the com- pany with Bastian Käding, manag- ing director of project management, engineering, operations, and admin- istration departments. Natoli Engineering, St. Charles, MO, has hired two new sales rep- resentatives. Raffaele Romano joins the tooling supplier as Northeast US account executive and Jessica Yu joins the company's team as a sales repre- sentative for the West Coast region. Abzena, a biopharmaceutical part- ner research organization headquar- tered in Cambridge, UK, appointed Anu Bansal as senior director of manu- facturing at its Bristol, PA, facility. The company also appointed Matthew LeClair as senior vice president and site head of its San Diego, CA, site.