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Hovione expands East Windsor facility, adds spay dryer unit EAST WINDSOR, NJ —Hovione added 30,600 square feet and a spray dryer to its 24,000-square-foot East Windsor, NJ, facility. The additions more than double its capacity to man- ufacture APIs. The company expects to hire 60 people over the next 3 years and to begin offering spray drying ser- vices in April 2017. It plans to offer, continuous manufacturing of pharma- ceuticals at the end of 2017. Rondo-Pak expands capacity at Puerto Rico facility SAN JUAN, PR—Rondo-Pak, a unit of Körber MediPak, added a Heidelberg packaging press to its facil- ity here to increase speed, expand capacity, and broaden the range of products it can manufacture. The com- pany supplies folding cartons, packag- ing components, and printed materials. Romaco establishes offices in France ESTILLAC, FRANCE—Romaco Group opened Romaco France, a sales and service center here that will tend to 150 manufacturers who are using people news PCI Pharma appointed Sue Ritchie and Fred Schulze to its US sales team. Ritchie previously worked at Delavau, Philadelphia, PA, and Schulze was vice president of sales and marketing at Coating Place, Verona, WI. Ashland, Wilmington, DE, pro- moted David Neuberger from vice president and general manager of North America industrial specialties to vice president of pharmaceutical, nutri- tion, and agriculture. Stephen Vanni joined Catalent Pharma Solutions as general manager of its Braeside facility in Melbourne, Australia, which manufactures softgels and other solid dose products. Camfil Air Pollution Control appointed John Poehler as director of reseller/representative sales. He will 500 of the company's machines. Michel Daunes was named managing director and will lead a six-person team that will operate from offices in Chartres, Paris, and Grenoble. oversee regional sales managers, net- work equipment distributors, and rep- resentatives in the USA and Canada. Camfil also promoted Matt Caulfield to director of mining/pharmaceuticals. Jochen Maier was promoted from team leader for technical sales support at Bosch Packaging Technology, Minneapolis, MN, to sales support supervisor at Bosch North America. He previously held positions at the company's German locations. Priscilla Zawislak, global regulatory affairs manager at Ashland became chair of IPEC-Americas after John Giannone stepped down. Janeen Skutnik-Wilkinson of Biogen was named chair-elect and will serve through the end of the year. Adents, which provides serialization and track-and-trace software, hired Chuck Sailer as a serialization solu- tions expert. Romaco Group appointed Dirk Bauernfeind as managing director of Romaco Pharmatechnik, Karlsruhe, Germany. He will oversee sales, project engineering, and product management. Carsten Strenger was named head of finance and operations. Tablets & Capsules September 2016 61 Dynamic Powder Compaction Analysis SCALABLE BENCHTOP MEASUREMENTS gamlentableting.com Compaction Ejection Detachment Tablet Tensile Strength Allendale, New Jersey Óä£ÈÓnÓääÊUÊÜÜÜ°À>iiÀÕðV `Ài°*iÌÀVJÀ>iiÀÕðV For 35 YEARS the pharmaceutical industry has relied upon ÀBiÀ to de-dust, de-burr and convey tablets with the highest efficiency. To learn more about how to *,"6 the EFFICIENCY of your tableting lines contact Kraemer U.S. Tablet de-dusting solutions from the Global Leader