As Sri Lanka’s largest and leading pharmaceuticals manufacturing facility, SPMC has been known for its quality and reliability for over two decades. In its drive to strengthen its production capacity this iconic institution installed and commissioned its first high speed tablet press to achieve greater productivity
With over 90% of the country’s required pharmaceuticals imported annually, the government of Sri Lanka has a tough challenge to build the required local technical capacity.
In order to strengthen and improve the production capacity of SPMC, a high speed tablet press was acquired from a globally renowned German technology partner, Korsch AG – Germany.
Successful commissioning of a high speed tablet press and related instrumentation
A unit capacity of over 600 million added annually to the existing production volumes generating a 25% increase
Facilitating SPMC to successfully produce “caplets” for the first time, improving patient convenience and market acceptability for its molecules
Design and engineering works
Supply and commissioning of an integrated high speed tablet press unit and related instrumentation
Facilitating user training and technical maintenance
