The Mumbai based largest capsule manufacturer ACG Worldwide has acquired Lukaps, Croatia, the largest manufacturer of hard gelatine capsule in Europe. This takeover will strengthen the presence of ACG Worldwide in Europe, and also add their production capacity.
Speaking to Pharmabiz, Ajit Singh, chairman said, "Bringing the Lukaps family into the ACG umbrella is in keeping with our vision to cater to the global markets and interact with our customers more frequently to meet their expectations on delivery through manufacturing bases in two continents. With the increasing customer base especially in Europe and Russia, ACG Worldwide presence in Croatia will help give quick deliveries of world class hard gelatine capsules".
The executive director of Lukaps, Brazen Pros said, "We are delighted to be a part of ACG Worldwide. This highly professional group with decades of capsule manufacturing experience will strengthen our production and distribution, offering a bright future for all our employees and stake holders".
ACG Worldwide is focused on partnering with customers for providing world-class solutions in solid dosage systems. The company has organized under two business groups - the consumable products divisions comprising of hard gelatine and HPMC capsules and barrier packaging films and the engineering divisions comprising companies manufacturing high tech pharmaceutical machinery. The company's all capsule plants are ISO certified with DMF registration. The manufacturing units of Associated Capsules are the only ones that have passed inspection by the US FDA.
The packaging films division, Packshield, caters to the market needs of PVdC duplex and triplex packaging films required for blister packing of tablets and capsules. Rigid barrier packaging is amongst the fastest growing packaging segment. Packshield has partnered with world leaders like Alcan Packaging of Germany and Honeywell of the US to bring Formpack flexible aluminium films and Aclar transparent barrier films to customers in India.
The engineering group companies Pam, Pam Pac and Pam Glatt offer the latest technologies to the pharmaceutical Industry. The product range includes high speed capsule filling and tablet compression systems from Pam, sophisticated blister packing and cartooning machines from Pam Pac and high tech Fluid Bed Systems from Pam Glatt, a joint venture between Pam India and Glatt Germany.
PAM, the first engineering company of ACG Worldwide offers solutions in solid dosage systems, from high-speed capsule filling machines with outputs of up to 150,000 capsules per hour, to unique capsule fillers capable of filling powders, pellets, tablets, microtablets and liquids in hard capsules. Pam has an installation base of over 16,000 installations in over 60 countries. The new high tech tablet compression systems from Pam with features like interchangeable turret and virtual zero clearance feeding system meets global standards for quality and efficiency. Pam also offers sophisticated tablet tooling in many shapes manufactured with superlative metallurgy. The latest introduction from Pam is its end-of-the-line range of case-packers and palletizers.
Pam Pac is a comprehensive packaging solution provider, manufacturing high speed blister packing and cartooning systems. It has successfully installed over 1000 machines across a wide spectrum of customers globally. Pam-Pac provides customized engineering and design expertise to meet a wide spectrum of highly customized packaging needs.
ACG Worldwide has partnered with global leaders like Alcan, Brimrose, Honeywell, Proditec, Sarong, Theegarten pactec, and Volpak.