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When It Comes to Your Cold Chain, Are You Part of the 44.6%?
Every year, sales of temperature-controlled drugs, like vaccines, make up a larger part of overall pharma industry growth. In 2016, cold-chain drugs and biologics accounted for about one-quarter of global biopharma sales. In 2022, they’re expected to increase to...
You’re Not Supposed to Walk on It, But…
In our several decades of visiting manufacturing plants, one thing we’ve learned is that the way equipment is used in the real world can be much different from what we expect when we’re designing it. Call it “off-label use.” For example, has an operator or maintenance...
Why Vaccine Makers Need to Improve Their Part of the Cold Chain
The vaccine cold chain is a complex system with many moving parts and multiple levels of accountability, including manufacturers, distributors, and providers. Every link in this chain is vulnerable to improper temperatures, which can render vaccines ineffective. Most...
With Throughputs Increasing, Processors Focus on Efficiency
Earlier this year, we examined the results of Food Engineering’s State of Food Manufacturing Survey from 2014 to 2018. It will probably come as no surprise that automation was the top trend in each of the five years. Facing the need to expand production while dealing...
Garvey Bi-Flo Accumulation Tables Keep Production Lines Running with No Jamming, No Dead Plate, and Easy Changeover
Nearly four decades after inventing the Bi-Flo, Garvey continues to reduce manufacturing downtime with industry-leading accumulation equipment BLUE ANCHOR, N.J. (PRWEB) SEPTEMBER 17, 2019 Faced with growing margin pressure, nutraceutical, pharmaceutical, and food and...
Eliminating the Risk of Glass Particulate Contamination on High-Speed Pharma Processing Lines
No one in the pharma industry wants a recall. Not only are they expensive and potentially reputation-damaging, but they mean that patients may have been put at risk. Foreign matter contamination is a leading cause of recalls for injectables. In fact, the presence of...
When to Use an Infinity Vs a Bi-Flo Accumulation System
If you’re considering adding accumulation to your production lines, congratulations! You’ve taken the first step toward maximizing your throughput. Now, the big question is…”What type of accumulation?” At Garvey, we offer two main lines of accumulation systems,...
Is Waiting Killing Your Throughput…and Your Bottom Line?
When you think about your production lines, do you have a vague sense that you could be producing more / better / faster, but aren’t sure exactly what’s standing in your way? This is common. We talk to many plant managers who know they should be getting more out of...
3 Ways Vaccine Makers Can Help Ensure the Effectiveness of Their Products
In case you missed them, here are a few recent headlines that made the rounds: Ventura County administered thousands of vaccines that may not have worked Temperature mishap at clinic means children will need second vaccination shots Tetanus vaccine delivered in Leduc...