Pharmalab, the Mumbai-based pharma engineering and machinery company, has undertaken prestigious projects which requires world-class standards in Bangladesh. The company, which has been involved in the manufacture of pharmaceutical machineries for almost four decades, has bagged these projects with its current international reputation for quality, workmanship and services.

Since the pharmaceutical industry all over the world including India are looking ahead and wanting to capture world market, the service as well as product oriented companies in the allied sector can thrive in the market only with world class technology, say sources.

As the trade barriers in various countries being removed by 2005 and the GATT Agreement in place, the Indian pharma industry has also started revamping its present facilities to international quality production facilities to meet the US FDA, UKMCA standards. "This process has prompted Pharmalab to meet the demand of user industry and we have gone into diversifying activities as well," the sources informed.

Since the company has back up from various international companies associated with and also with experienced workforce, it has now diversified its activities to offer turnkey solutions to pharmaceutical companies, which are planning for new facilities and also for upgradation of existing facilities. The company has by now undertaken various projects in Bangladesh, Syria, Iran and Malaysia.

Currently Pharmalab has enter into new ventures in the areas like electropolishing, ovens and sterilizers, isolators, magnetic stirrer with support from Derustit- Germany, Despatch- USA, Isotech, Canada and Ropalan Sterimixer of Sweden respectively.

While Isotech, the Canadian company, is well known for manufacturing Isolators. It is a well sought technology in Pharma field for sterile product to meet USFDA and UKMCA norms, Ropalan Sterimixer is a Swedish company in the field of magnetic stirrer.

Since Biotechnology is gaining momentum where sterility plays a vital role, Pharmalab offer a unique magnetic stirrer with this Swedish collaboration. This magnetic stirrer totally eliminates cross contamination since the motor and the impeller is totally in isolation and working on magnetic principle.