Bilcare Laminating Pharma Films on New Bötzingen, Germany Line

Bilcare Solutions, a manufacturer of mono- and multi-layer barrier films for the pharmaceutical industry, is debuting its new off-line laminating line. Through its Pharma Packaging Innovations (PPI) business, Bilcare is now laminating barrier films at its facilities in Bötzingen, Germany.

FDA-compliant multi-layer barrier films will be produced under GMP conditions with the new "DIN EN ISO 15378 validated laminating line," Bilcare reported in a press release. "This makes Bilcare Solutions the sole provider of high-barrier films in Europe, offering in house production of barrier films from the actual manufacturing over lamination to coating, all under one umbrella," the release reads.

“With the investment in this new laminating line, we consequently continue to implement our growth strategy and strengthen our leading position as integrated system provider for mono-, duplex- and triplex films for the pharmaceutical industry,” comments Thorsten Kühn, CEO Bilcare Research AG, Switzerland, in the statement.

Bilcare Solutions (www.bilcaresolutions.com), Bilcare Global Clinical Supplies, and Bilcare Technologies are part of the Bilcare Research Group (www.bilcare.com), which operates 13 sites with 2,300 employees worldwide. Bilcare Solutions globally produces rigid films such as rigid PVC and PVC-PE films and offers coating, stentering, laminating, and metallizing. It also extrudes PET films.