Natoli Engineering’s president, Dale Natoli, recently received an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science, a distinction in the field of Industrial Pharmacy, at the commencement ceremonies for the Long Island University Pharmacy graduating class of 2016.
 
Natoli Engineering began operations in 1973 as global tablet compression tooling manufacturer. Mr. Natoli has made groundbreaking advances of pharmaceutical tablet manufacturing as well as the scientific study of tablet formulation research studies through the establishment of Natoli Scientific and the Natoli Institute at Long Island University.
 
LIU vice president, Gale Stevens Haynes, said, “Dale Natoli has distinguished himself not only through his business leadership, but through his commitment to advancing the pharmaceutical industry’s body of knowledge. His establishment of the innovative Natoli Institute of Advance Pharmacy Research and Development at Long Island University Pharmacy, has created key partnerships with leading industrial scientists and academia studies to conduct research that will impact the entire industry.”
 
The Natoli Institute provides an environment for students to learn industrial pharmacy unit operations for solid oral dosage forms, features dispensing, formulation, compression and coating suites, as well as traditional solid dosage formulation equipment and the advanced technology to measure the physical and chemical properties of tablets.