Steriline, a highly specialized manufacturer of complete lines for the aseptic processing of injectable drugs, has successfully delivered a new line to bess pro gmbh, a Berlin located company part of the bess group, manufacturing and distributing high-quality devices and medical products “Made in Germany.”
 
bess pro works on a range of packaging and R&D processes, including sterilization, sterile packaging, secondary packaging and also on innovations and further developments of products in the fields of head & neck surgery, pneumology and gastroenterology, working on about 1,000 different types of medical devices and pharmaceutical products with very small batch sizes.
 
The request for Steriline included the substitution of manual and laboratory machines with more reliable automatic solutions with an extremely small footprint. They specifically needed a new complete line including a new Powder Filling, Stoppering and Capping Machine (PVFCM50) under Laminar Flow but also a Rotary Washing Machine (RA-V4) and a Depyrogenation Tunnel (ST0).
 
Steriline provided a turnkey line, fully operating and ready to perform at full capacity, including training and validation assistance in approximatively 10 months, from the order to the line installation, starting with technical discussions, pre-testing, and trials until the order placement phase.
 
The entire line cycle can now run automatically, without any human interfering. Furthermore, the process has been demonstrated as secure according to GMP and the output, in terms of production, has been significantly increased.
 
“The area of R&D is very challenging with clients asking for support when there are new drugs to develop,” commented Mirko Ebeling, managing director at Ebetech GmbH, Steriline Sales and Service Organisation for German territory. “We usually work to customize our standard solutions or to develop new ones following specific requirements and this was exactly the case with bess pro.”
 
“The collaboration with the Steriline project team was incredibly motivating, always responsive and solution oriented,” added Martin Gördes, chief technology officer at bess pro gmbh, “and it is therefore hardly surprising that this project was completed without any significant delay despite the pandemic.”