The GEA Pharma Solids Test Centers in Belgium
Test, develop and optimize your products and processes with cutting-edge batch and continuous technologies.
The GEA Pharma Solids Test Centers represent our continued commitment to and our ongoing support for the current and future pharmaceutical industry. With a total footprint of over 1500 m2, including 200 m2 of technical space, the Test Centers epitomize the state-of-the-art in oral solid dosage (OSD) form testing, development and optimization, and offers a full range of batch and continuous manufacturing technologies. From process enhancement to real-life simulations and test and loan machines, we provide a unique range of services that are designed to improve
production and enhance the quality of your product.
The Test Centers offer a wealth of opportunity for GEA’s clients, including customer demonstrations and trials, training sessions and hands-on lab experience, as well as CQA evaluation and updates on what can be achieved with our equipment.
By delivering everything from technical know-how and process insight to project management and the service you need to meet your objectives and bring your plans to fruition, we supply the added value and the deep-rooted knowledge that counts.
Whatever the scale of your operation or application, we have the capability to make your concept a reality, enhance your process, improve your production efficiency and deliver the ongoing support to make your business a success.
Take a Simply Better approach to reaching your goals and staying ahead of the competition.
A well-established expert in the pharmaceutical processing and manufacturing industry with a long history of experience, GEA has developed a deep and thorough understanding of the challenges you face, the hurdles you need to overcome and the goals you want to achieve.
In our Test Centers, we combine advanced in-house technology with a thorough understanding of the processing industries to help customers maximize their development results, gain more know-how and discover additional opportunities for their applications.
The Test Centers support the development of new technologies and increase the fundamental understanding of existing pharmaceutical processes and technologies.
Furthermore, we can help with new installations by providing unit-specific operator training. This on-site hands-on guidance is critical to understanding the functionality of the equipment and provides
a solid foundation in terms of operation and maintaining optimum manufacturing conditions.
Additionally, we provide a unique range of services that are designed to enhance production and expedite time-to-market, such as testing new concepts (equipment/advanced controls), developing and refining new procedures to increase both our understanding and the capabilities of our equipment.
We can help with process development of
- tablets
- pellets
- effervescents
- MUPS
- inhalable fine powders
- granules, dragées and crystals.
This level of understanding and competence is applied by the specialist teams in our pharmaceutical test centers around the world to assist our customers in oral solid dosage (OSD) form testing, development and optimization.
Our test facilities offer a full range of both batch and continuous manufacturing technologies to produce pharmaceutical solid dosage forms and represent our continued commitment to and ongoing support for the current and future pharmaceutical industry.
The test centers offer a wealth of opportunity for our clients, including customer demonstrations and trials on our state-of-the-art batch and continuous equipment, training sessions and hands-on lab experience, product development assistance, CQA evaluation support and updates on what can be achieved with GEA equipment. Active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) can be tested in a GMP-like environment, based on a safety and OEL risk assessment.
Additionally, we provide a unique range of services that are designed to enhance production and expedite time-to-market, such as testing new concepts (equipment/advanced controls), developing and refining new procedures to increase both our understanding and the capabilities of our equipment, as well as equipment and operator training.
GEA’s centers of excellence in Belgium and the US provide access to a full range of test facilities and teams of experts, all of whom work closely with the company’s customers to optimize procedures and evaluate their products, enabling them to achieve their process and production goals.
No other supplier offers such a comprehensive portfolio of tableting technologies, from powder handling to granulating, pelletizing, drying, compression and coating, including ConsiGma®, the first ever continuous high shear granulation, drying and tableting system, which is set to revolutionize OSD processing.
Your needs are critical and individual. Our worldwide test centers have been created to meet those needs. From solid dosage applications in the Wommelgem GPSC and US PTC, to the largest and most advanced spray drying facility in the world in Copenhagen, Denmark, and separation technologies in Oelde, Germany, we can help you to build quality into your processes, adjust key parameters to drive your critical quality attributes to the required target levels and bring new products to market in a quick and efficient way.
To discover more or organize a test, demonstration or training session, contact our dedicated, passionate and experienced team (infoGPSC@gea.com). With a long history of solid dosage form expertise, including hundreds of formulations, everyone at the GPSC and PTC is committed to going the extra mile to meet customer expectations. Wherever you are in the world, whatever your application, we’ll take you further, faster.
Batch Processing Capabilities
From powder to coated tablet and from R&D to full-scale manufacturing, no other supplier offers such a wide range of batch technologies for oral solid dosage from production.
Continuous Processing Capabilities
At GEA, we believe that continuous processing improves the quality of pharmaceutical end products by focusing on quality during the whole product lifecycle - not just "tested in" quality - and by understanding the capability of your processes, managing sources of variability and decreasing any associated risks.
Tablet Compression
The innovation that GEA has developed include a unique technology that independently and simultaneously measures and controls both tablet weight and hardness, and a weight control system that provides increased sensitivity at lower forces.
Other Test Locations
Apart from our main test facilities in Wommelgem, Halle and Columbia, MD, GEA has collaborations with a number of universities and private research institutes to offer trial opportunities in other regions worldwide.
Training & Process Support
GEA recognizes the important role that training plays in the proper use of its equipment. Whether the need is theory, general operational instruction or specific process-related guidance, GEA is focused on helping you learn to use our technology to the fullest.
