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people news Gregory E. Amidon, University of Michigan, was elected to serve as pres- ident-elect of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS), Arlington, VA. He will take office in November at the AAPS annual meeting in San Diego. The IPEC Foundation, Arlington, VA, selected its 2014 award recipients to be honored at the AAPS annual meeting. Henk de Jong of the International Phar- maceutical Federation will receive the Louis Blecher Outstanding Lifetime Achievement Award; Paolo Columbo of the University of Parma will receive the Ralph Shangraw Memorial Award; and Ali Rajabi-Siahboomi of Colorcon will receive the Industry Research Achievement in Excipient Technology Award. Andy Span was named western region sales manager for Uhlmann Packaging Systems, Towaco, NJ, and will cover the western US and Canadian territory. John Bournas was hired as president and CEO of the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering, Tampa, FL. Ray Spurgeon was named product manager-metal detection at Eriez, Erie, PA. John Klinge was promoted to mar- ket manager-sanitary. 46 October 2014 Tablets & Capsules to form Life Pack Labs, Vista, CA, which will offer pharmaceutical pack- age testing. Jet Pulverizer opens ISO 8 processing suite MOORESTOWN, NJ—Jet Pulverizer opened an ISO 8 processing suite for micronizing pharmaceuticals, nutraceu- ticals, and other materials. The suite offers cGMP jet milling, hammer mil - ling, and screening, as well as an analyt- ical lab for particle size characterization. Tablet presses meet R&D, medium-output needs NP-RD20 single-station, semi-auto- matic R&D tablet press produces tablets in small quantities and allows testing of tablet parameters. Press minimizes product loss during formulation devel- opment and speeds scale-up. Color touch-screen lets you program tablet- ting, including pre-compression para- meters and dwell time. Data acquisition system lets you collect and track test results, including compression curve and tablet elasticity. Changeover is fast; press accepts TSM and EU tooling in sizes B, D, and F in standard, core rod, or multi-tip configurations. NP-155 rotary press (photo) makes as many as 280,000 tablets per hour. It features hardened steel die-table, automatically lubricated turret, touch-screen control, and optional force feeders. Both presses are cGMP- and CE-compliant. Natoli Engineering, St. Charles, MO. Tel. 636 926 8900 Fax 636 926 8910 www.natoli.com product update Tablet counter verifies product using 3D imaging Data ICU 2-80 tablet counter fills as many as 80 60-count bottles per minute, triple that of standard counters with comparable footprint. Unit uses 3D imaging to count and verify all shapes and sizes of tablets and capsules with 100 percent accuracy. It is invulnerable to dust, and performance is unaffected by tablet or capsule length. Unit uses two bulk- and two fine-counting sections, coupled with two staged-count areas. It integrates with any bottling line and loads two bottles simultaneously. Mod- ular construction allows you to change over in 5 minutes or less without tools. Modular Packaging, Randolph, NJ. Tel. 973 970 9393 Fax 973 970 9388 www.modularpackaging.com www. tabletscapsules .com