Newsletter 1 – February 2016
MG2: the leading Company in capsule
filling blows out fifty candles
In 2016 MG2, an industrial group specialized in the design, manufacturing and
marketing of packaging machines for pharmaceuticals and cosmetics, turns fifty: a
goal achieved in a very dynamic time for the Company which, in view of its
leadership in the field of capsule fillers, keeps expanding its portfolio of solutions
dedicated to pharmaceutical process and packaging.
«Starting from its foundation – says
Manuela Gamberini, Sales Manager MG2 has always pursued a policy of
improvement
of
its
productive
processes, seeking for cutting edge
solutions and showing a strong
vocation to export. At the same time,
we are deeply connected to our native
background, that Packaging Valley
well known in the world as a
technological district of excellence,
where we sink our roots and we have
established the only productive
headquarter. The bond with our Dr. Manuela Gamberini, MG2 Sales & Marketing Manager
territory, the constantly increasing
know-how and the development of flexible and technologically advanced solutions: these
are the factors which have been the base of our success for fifty
years, and which make us stand out as a world excellence leader.
2016 is an essential landmark in our path which, in spite of many
difficulties, has been full of success and satisfaction and is expected
to be still long». A path started in March 1966, which now sees the
Company moving in the global context, on the strength of its market
approach and a unique portfolio of solutions.
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MG2 world: Process and Packaging Divisions and reference markets
MG2 production is organized in two
divisions: Process and Packaging.
The first is specialized in the design
and manufacture of capsule fillers
(machines suitable to dose powders,
pellets and other pharmaceutical
forms which can be distributed into
hard shell capsules), as well as
complementary production quality
control machines, weight control
systems, weighing/counting/sorting
machines for tablets and capsules.
In this field, MG2 is the manufacturer
which boasts the widest range in
world, being able to offer continuous
or intermittent motion machines,
featuring
different
production
speeds, dosing options, control and PLANETA 200 capsule filler, one of the Process Division
containment
systems.
MG2’s leading models
portfolio is completed by the offer of
the Packaging Division, specialized in secondary packaging and end-of-line equipments:
cartoners, case packers, forming/filling machines for boxes and trays, palletizers, plunger
rod inserting machines and Track & Trace systems. MG2 works with the main world
institutions of the pharmaceutical field: from “Big Pharma” to contract manufacturers, as
well as small companies and R&D laboratories. MG2 can also meet the requirements of
generic
drugs
manufacturers, which
must handle huge
production
batches,
offering them a range
of suitable machines,
with
the
highest
performances as for
speed and options for
24h productions, even
without the supervision
of operators. As for the
markets, MG2 has a
worldwide approach;
GTL30 vertical case packer
more than 90% of its
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turnover comes from foreign countries, especially Europe, Canada, United States and
India. At the same time, the Company follows with interest the evolution of emerging
markets, such as the African area.
From dosage to weight control: certified state-of-art systems
MG2 machines are not only top of technology, but they are also complying to the main
world regulations, and this is a key factor in a strongly regulated field such as the
pharmaceutical’s.
Technologies such as capacitive sensors applied to qualitative control of production into
capsules, which have been an MG2’s exclusive for a long time, are patented and
validated by organizations such as the US Food and Drugs Administration. Moreover,
MG2 machines feature high-performance weight control systems, which are more and
more requested by the pharmaceutical market. The Bolognese Company can provide
different solutions: from statistical systems to MultiNETT, the most advanced system on
the market, suitable to check
in process the net weight of
each capsule, thus enabling
the automatic adjustment of
machine parameters in order
to obtain the best production
quality.
MG2 can also offer a wide
range of dosing systems; as
well as traditional solutions
based on dosators, MG2
capsule fillers can also be
equipped with tamping pin
systems or with specific
units for low and micro
dosages
(very
few
milligrams)
or
for
“progressive”
dosages,
where it is necessary to stop MG2 is a leader in innovative and cutting edge solutions
the dosing process when
specific parameters are achieved. Last but not least, MG2 machines are designed and
built keeping in mind their sustainability, as for packaging materials and energetic
consumption.
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Present and future technologies
Technological research is a leitmotiv for MG2, which invests on more and more advanced
productive tools. Today, the Company can rely on automated work centres, for
continuous production of light alloy parts, numerical control processing equipment and 3D
printers for both production and rapid prototyping. The Company also features a fully
automated warehouse, with a capacity of 2200 pallets, which performs on average 500
picking and filling operations per day, working in coordination with a LGV (laser guided
vehicle) which moves components and materials. MG2 is developing its products to
enable its customers to comply with the new continuous manufacturing methods, adopted
by the most innovative pharmaceutical companies, aiming to replace the classic
“batches” production, made by a sequence of activities, with an integrated and automated
continuous cycle. Moreover,
the Company will invest in
setting up three pharmaceutical
clean
rooms:
controlled
atmosphere chambers which
emulate the typical production
environment, for machine and
product testing. But in spite of
the constant changes in
technological evolution, what is
not going to change is MG2
attention to the customer, in
order to offer prompt answers
to the most different enquiries,
with an open-minded approach
which is essential to study and
Meticulous tests are carried out on MG2 machines, to guarantee their develop new and innovative
absolute reliability
solutions.
Cooperation and flexibility as a driver for innovation
Flexibility, which has always marked MG2 design activities, allows the Company to codesign innovative projects with the customer, studying and carrying out original
applications. To maintain its technological leadership, widening its know-how at the same
time, the Company will strengthen the existing partnership with academic research
laboratories and knowledge centres, very important drivers to innovation. Moreover, MG2
will reinforce its relations with Big Pharma companies, which are at the forefront of
research, seeking for competence sharing. MG2 dimensions are ideal to move in such a
highly technological environment, keeping a confidential relation with the customer. The
Bolognese firm pursues a policy of cooperation with other manufacturing companies, with
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a network of collaboration to meet special requirements for other equipment, for instance
to improve complete productive lines, in order to supply the best solution available.
MG2 will be at Pharmintech, Bologna, pavilion 19, stand C31
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