Editorial: Quality without the Pain

Sep 29, 2010 | News

Peter Woods, programme manager at GB Innomech describes new automated approaches in pharmaceutical manufacturing. Pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers are constantly focused on guaranteeing product quality and patient safety. The highly regulated...

Press release: Innomech develops powerful ‘track and trace’ technology for healthcare markets

Aug 16, 2010 | Case Studies, News

GB Innomech (Innomech), which specialises in the development of advanced automation systems, is helping develop a powerful new low-cost approach to uniquely mark pharmaceutical and related healthcare products and therefore improve product traceability.  The technique...

Press release: Innomech teams up with biotechnology company for end-of-line test systems

Jun 28, 2010 | Case Studies, News

One of the world’s leading biotechnology groups has appointed GB Innomech (Innomech) to develop a sophisticated, automated end-of-line testing system for a new drug delivery pen.   Innomech was first asked to advise on the feasibility of automating an existing quality...

Editorial: Top tips for successful manufacturing development

Jan 11, 2010 | News

One of the toughest challenges in bringing innovative products to market is bridging the gap between ‘proof of principle’ and volume manufacture. And it’s a massive hurdle for early-stage businesses who are often integrating new materials, functions and technologies...

Editorial: Online inspection delivers picture perfect products every time

Nov 11, 2009 | Case Studies, News

An online vision system is at the heart of a new fully-automated production line for the volume manufacture of optical tiles that can be joined together to create video walls and advertising displays without visible joins or image variations. The new machine builds...

Editorial: The benefits of risk-based analyses during validated system development

Sep 11, 2009 | News

In this article, we discuss the value of a properly focussed analysis of engineering risk in the design of automated manufacture and test systems for pharmaceutical applications, and illustrate our case with real examples seen in the manufacture of medical devices and...