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| ACG participates in Pharmtech Moscow. |
 ACG worldwide had a prominent presence at the Pharmtech 2007 show in Moscow during 20-23rd November ,07 with temperatures dipping to minus 10 degrees, outside, it was the enthusiasm of the ACG team that kept the atmosphere at the stall warm. The response to the show was very good and there were fruitful business meetings with customers and agents who had come in from Russia, Ukraine and other neighboring countries.
The capsules display was a hit with visitors and many of them lined up the take photographs of the display. From the engineering companies of ACG, the Legacy 6100 tablet press, the AF 40 capsule filling machine and the Hi Cart automatic cartoning machine were on display.
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| Pam welcomes German delegates. |
 A German delegation visit to Pam was organised by VDMA in the month of November 2007.
The VDMA (Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau - German Engineering Federation) is one of the key association service providers in Europe and offers the largest engineering industry network in Europe.
The team comprised of senior management persons from some reputed German companies. The visit was presided over by Mr. Ajit Singh. The team went back with an excellent opinion about Pam and the progress India has made in precision technology.
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| Some of their comments are mentioned below. |
"All the members of this company can be proud to work here. It is an extremely nice set up and production facilities. We would be proud to have ACG as a partner."
"Very good assembly and manufacturing facility. Lean manufacturing principles are well applied. Products havea good finish."
"Interesting presentation, well organised tour, great hospitality."
"I am very impressed about your company. It is meeting absolutely international standards."
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| ProPak Asia |
 ProPak Asia is the leading professional exhibition for all processing and packaging machinery, materials and related technology.
ProPak Asia which held during June 13-16, 2007 was the 15th international processing and packaging technology event for Asia & staged at the Bangkok International Trade & Exhibition Centre (BITEC) in three halls comprising 16000m.
Pam participated in this exhibition with its agent whereas Pam-Pac, Associated Capsules & Packshield participated the show with a separate stall.Pam exhibited automatic capsule filling machine AF-40T. Pam - Pac introduced a cartoning machine “A -T pac” along with the blister packing machine “BP-102”. ACPL & Packshield exhibited their products as well.
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| Pharmintech, European trade show |
Pharmintech, European trade show devoted to the pharmaceutical industry, made its debut in Bologna, Italy, June 12-14,2007. The show was sponsored by Ipack-Ima srl, an organizer of processing and packaging trade exhibitions throughout Europe.
Pharmintech was held in Bologna Exhibition Complex, one of Europe's most active and prestigious exhibiting locations.
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| Pak Pharma Expo |
 PAM Pharmaceuticals Pvt Ltd and PAM-PAC Machines Pvt Ltd participated in Pak
Pharma Expo- an exhibition at Karachi, Pakistan, from 24th - 27th April 2007
with their agent in Pakistan. A team of 5 members displayed Capsule Filling
and Blister packing machine.
The participation was a grand success as machines created a lot of
enthusiasm amongst the visitors.
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| Honeywell – ACG Worldwide Technical Seminar |
ACG Worldwide in partnership with Honeywell and in association with its group companies, Packshield and Pam – Pac had organized a Seminar on “ Packaging with Aclar – Trends, Technology and Innovation ” at Scitech Centre on Friday, March 23, 2007.
Major and leading pharma companies represented by about 60 delegates had participated in the event.
Mrs. Pratibha Pilgaonkar of Rubicon Research was the Keynote speaker and she presented a paper on opportunities and trends in Indian Pharma Industry with respect to its foray into regulated markets and the opportunities for using Aclar as a barrier blister packaging material for certain novel drugs.
Mr. Steve Ervin , Head of Sales from Honeywell U.S.A. and Dr. Anjan Ray , Director Business Development from Honeywell India presented an overview of Honeywell’s global and India’s business and product initiatives.
Mr. Walter Grupp was the technical speaker from Honeywell and he presented various technical aspects of Aclar films, their usage for pharma blister packaging & packaging development tools likeBarrier Calculator & Value Calculator.
ACG has been partnering Honeywell since last four years as convertor for Aclar film and has developed Aclar business in India from a nascent stage to a point where all the major pharma companies have become users of Aclar laminates. This initiative has been in – line with ACG policy as a trusted and long term partner to its valued customers for bringing innovative products to the Indian Pharma Industry.
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| Pam
Glatt 10 years celebration |
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 Pam
Glatt a joint venture initiative of ACG Worldwide
and Glatt International, GmbH was founded in 1996.
In 2007, even after a decade, Pam Glatt continues
to provide technological excellence to Indian
pharmaceutical business.
A ceremony to commemorate Ten Years of Partnership
and Growth was held on Saturday, 10th Feb
2007 at the Pam Glatt factory, Mira Rd, Mumbai.
Mr Werner Glatt, founder director of Glatt Corporation
along with the other directors of Pam Glatt and
ACG Worldwide joined in for the celebrations.
The celebration was preceded by the inauguration
of the new expanded wing of Pam Glatt that will
house the manufacturing of the Pam Glatt coaters.
The inauguration of the new factory building was
followed by a seminar on 'containment systems'
at SciTech Centre of advanced learning. The seminar
was well received by over a 100 delegates from
the pharma industry who attended the session.
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| Pam
Plot 100 inauguration |
The
new manufacturing site of Pam located at plot 100
in Kandivili, Mumbai was inaugurated on Monday,
February 26th by Mr D Wilson and Mr J Gordon. The
Pam Legacy 6100 was commissioned by Mr Gordon in
the demo room on the factory shop floor on this
occasion.
These ceremonies were followed by speeches by the
guests, the directors of ACG Worldwide and the Nandadevi
team members. This Pam team and the ACG group company
heads were present to celebrate this great milestone
in Pam's growth path.
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| TROPAC
wins the PACMACHINE 2006 award |
 Tropical
Blister Packing machine – TROPAC, from Pampac
Machines Pvt. Ltd. won the PACMACHINE 2006 award.
The award function organized by the Indian Institute
of packaging in the Leela Kempenski Hotel, Mumbai
on 13th December 2006. The eminent jury for judging
the entries consisted of Dr. S. D. Awale –
Director NITIE, Mr. K. Murari – Addl. Director
ERTL, Dr. K. G. Narayankhedkar – Director,
VJTI & Mr. Rajeev Dhar – Director IIP.
Mr. Sandeep Kulkarni, VP - Pampac is seen receiving
the award.
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| ACG
Worldwide participates in Pharmtech 2006 |
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ACG Worldwide participated in Pharmtech
Moscow, an exhibition held in Moscow, Russia from
20 – 23rd November 2006.
A range of engineering & consumable products that
included Blister packing, capsule filling machines
and different types of Capsules and Packaging films
was displayed in this exhibition.
Legacy 6100 – the futuristic tabletting machine
from Pam was inaugurated in grand style. The exhibition
was a grand success.
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| ACG
Technotrip is a smashing success during IPC Mumbai
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ACG Worldwide had organized a Techno
trip to its R & D Centre for the visitors in the
IPC 2006 exhibition held in Mumbai, India from 1
– 3rd December 2006. The visitors were taken on
the trip to experience the latest technology in
Solid Dosage System. It was a great success with
people coming in large numbers.
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| ACG
Worldwide participates in Indiapack 2006 |
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ACG Worldwide now caters to many sectors
and businesses other than Pharmaceuticals. It participated
in a non-pharma exhibition for the first time in
Indiapack 2006. The exhibition was held in Mumbai,
India from 11 – 14th December 2006.
On the display were the various barrier and flexible
packaging films, online check weigher, special purpose
cartooning machine “AT – Pac” and various samples
of ranging from blisters & cartons to pouches showing
our capability.
It won the second prize for “Technology in Packaging”
at the Indiapack show for the machines exhibited
in the stall.
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| Ajit
Singh get the “Distinguished Service Award" |
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Mr Ajit Singh, Chairman - ACG Worldwide
(formerly Associated Capsules Group) was conferred
upon the IPA Distinguished Services Award at a felicitation
dinner function held on Dec 1st, 2006. Mr Subodh
Priolkar, President IPA presented the award. This
award is bestowed on Mr. Ajit Singh for his meritorious
contribution to the Indian Pharmaceutical Association,
the pharma industry and the profession of pharmacy
in India.
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| ASSOCIATED
CAPSULES WINS OPPI BEST VENDOR AWARD |
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A testimony to the excellence of this
Company is that it has been a market leader in India
for over four decades, and is a second time winner
of this award. Associated Capsules Pvt. Ltd. is
part of ACG Worldwide, a well integrated group with
a special focus on supplying pharma industry requirements
in solid dosage forms – capsules, capsule filling
machinery and tablet presses, packaging machinery
as well as moisture barrier and flexible packaging
films.
Associated Capsules Pvt. Ltd. works in partnership
with world leaders in several of its machinery and
packaging films enterprises. It is amongst the world
leaders in hard gelatin capsules and capsule filling
machinery – its products having found ready
acceptance in the highly developed world as much
as in other countries. It was the first Capsule
Company in India to receive ISO 9002 Certification
and the only Capsule Company in Asia that has been
inspected by the US FDA. The Company is a model
of reliability and stability. It regards all its
stakeholders, particularly, its employees as partners
in its progress.
The President of India and the Government of Maharashtra
have recognized its efforts in social welfare and
community development. Through advanced indigenous
research carried out in-house and through its affiliates,
the Company has a tradition of meeting its customers’
expectations and has both, saved and earned much
foreign exchange for the nation.
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| ISPE
SYMPOSIUM |
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ISPE conducted Q7A SYMPOSIUM on 28th
& 29th April '06 in Hyderabad. Mr. Ajit Singh addressed
the welcome note. Mr. Satish Reddy, M.D. & C.O.O.,
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, was the keynote speaker
who spoke on the General Scenario of Pharma Industry-
today and in future. Various eminent speakers addressed
over 200 delegates on topics like- steriles, WHO
philosophy, regulatory approach, chemicals, etc.
ACG had promoted ISPE & Mr. Ajit Singh is its Chairman.
The learning from ISPE is our contribution to the
industry.
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| ACG
participates in ACHEMA 06 |
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ACG Worldwide's participation in ACHEMA
- an exhibition held in Frankfurt, Germany from
15-19th May was a grand success. A range of engineering
& consumable products that included Blister packing,
capsule filling machines and different types of
Capsules and Packaging films was displayed in this
exhibition. The launch of Liquid in hard gelatin
capsules technology - Fluidocap featured in ACHEMA
Times. Mr. Ajit Singh spoke on the Indian Pharma
industry on the India Day forum.
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| Mr.
Ajit Singh elected as President of CRS |
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The Control Release Society (CRS)
is a worldwide organization to educate scientists,
technologists and marketing personnel in the pharmaceutical
industry interested in newer delivery systems. This
includes solid dosage forms like tablets, capsules,
pellets, etc. The Indian chapter of CRS has elected
Mr. Ajit Singh as its President for the 2006-08
period.
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| India
- CIS Pharma Summit 2006 |
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ACG Worldwide participated in the
India - CIS Pharma summit 2006 held on March 3-5,
2006 at Hotel Leela - Mumbai. The event was organized
by Pharmexcil and Ministry of Commerce & Industry.
The Indian Regulatory Authorities and CIS countries
Regulatory Authorities spoke on regulatory requirements
in India and CIS and also current scenario in India
and CIS countries. The event was attended by around
200 delegates, which included importers, buyers,
government & regulatory authorities from India &
abroad.
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| Participation
in Pharmtech 2005 Russia |
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ACG Worldwide, along with its distributor
in Russia, participated in PharmTech 2005, an exhibition
held in Moscow, Russia, held during Nov 28 - Dec
2, 2005. A team of 6 ACG members displayed the various
Pam, Pam-Pac & ACPL products.
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| Brimrose
Seminar in Scitech Centre |
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A seminar on Brimrose AOTF NIR Reality
for Process Control was held at Scitech Centre on
February 10, 2006. Mr. Igor Nazarov, Head - Spectrometer
Division, Brimrose, USA and Mr. Sabyasachi Goswami,
Manager - Sales, Asia, CAMO Software India Pvt.
Ltd were the speakers. From ACG Worldwide Mr. Shabbir
Badami spoke about the various R & D machines developed
by Pam. On display were the capsules and the R &
D machines from Pam & Pam-Glatt.
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| Ajit
Singh Nominated the Fellow of American Association
of Indian Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAIPS) |
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| Mr. Ajit Singh, the Chairman of Associated
Capsules Group was nominated Fellow of the American
Association of Indian Pharamaceutical Scientists,
being the first person resident outside the United
States to be honoured. |
He was also
bestowed with the DIWA Award - 2002, instituted
by Drug Inspector's Welfare Association (Food &
Drug Administration, Mumbai), in recognition of
his enthusiastic, valuable and resolute efforts
to develop the Pharmacy profession in India.
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| "I
am passionate about quality" |
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| Jasjit Singh, Group Managing Director,
Associated Capsules Group (ACG) in Bombay Times
on April 4, 2001. |
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Jasjit Singh recounts how he and his
brother Ajit Singh had to take over a non-commissioned
capsule factory on the untimely death of their father,
four decades ago. They haven't looked back since
then. Associated Capsules Group is one of the largest
manufacturers of hard gelatin capsules in the world
and is the most integrated partner to the pharmaceutical
industry, offering solutions from formulation processing
to cartoning.
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| Forthcoming Exhibitions |
Korea Pack 2008/Cophex 2008/Korea Foodma 2008
(Pam Participating) |
IISA, Korea |
27 - 30 May, 2008 |
| FCE Pharma |
Sao Paulo, Brazil |
27 - 29 May, 2008 |
| Propak Asia 2008 |
Bangkok, Thailand |
11 - 14 June, 2008 |
| South Pack |
Chennai, India |
27 - 29 June, 2008 |
| India Packaging Show |
New Delhi, India |
7 - 10 August, 2008 |
Saigon Medipharm
Expo 2008 |
Saigon, Vietnam |
21 - 24 August, 2008 |
| P-Mec South America |
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil |
19 - 21 August, 2008 |
| Interpack Indonesia |
Jakarta, Indonesia |
20 - 23 August, 2008 |
| India Pack 2008 |
Mumbai, India |
18 - 21 Sept. 2008 |
| P-Mec Europe |
Frankfurt, Germany |
30th Sept. - 2nd Oct. 2008 |
| CPHI Worldwide 2008 |
Frankfurt, Germany |
30th Sept. - 2nd Oct. 2008 |
| ETIF |
Buenos Aires, Argentina |
21 - 24 Oct. 2008 |
| Supply Side West 2008 |
Las Vegas, USA |
22 - 24 Oct. 2008 |
| XpoPharm 2008 |
Seoul, South Korea |
5 -6 Nov. 2008 |
| Pack Expo |
Chicago, USA |
9 - 13 Nov. 2008 |
AAPS Annual meeting
& convention |
Atlanta, Georgia, USA |
16 - 20 Nov. 2008 |
| Emballage 2008 (Packaging International) |
Paris Nord, France |
17 – 21 Nov. 2008 |
| Pharmtech 2008 |
Moscow, Russia |
25 - 28 Nov. 2008 |
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| Exhibitions
Participated : |
| Interphex Mexico |
Mexico City,
Mexico |
9 - 11 April, 2008 |
| Interpack Dussel |
Dusseldorf,
Germany |
24 - 30 April, 2008
Stall No. 6A44 |
| Interphex Philadelphia 2008 |
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia |
26 - 28 March, 2008 |
| Nepal Pharma Expo 2008 |
BICC, Kathmandu, Nepal |
16 - 17 Feb, 2008 |
| Packing & Printing Machinery Exhibition |
Tehran, Iran |
29 Jan – 1 Feb, 2008
Stall No. A 302 |
| Pharmtech 2007 Russia |
Crocus Exhibition Centre, Pavillion 2, Hall 7, Moscow |
20 - 23 Nov. 2007
Stall No. A 302 |
| P-Mec India Exhibition |
Hall No. 1,Bombay Exhibition Centre, Mumbai, India |
24 - 27 Nov. 2007, Stall No. B3A |
| Supply Side West |
Las Vegas, USA |
7 - 8 Nov, 2007
Stall No: 11081, 11083, 110850 |
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