Mikron, new supplier of automated Unifill of Unilife for assembly lines
January 13, 2010
Unilife Medical Solutions Limited (Unilife) has anuciado the appointment of the mikron group as a partner provider selected for the development and provision of automated assembly systems for the commercial production of the ready syringe to fill Unifill.
Mikron is a company based in leading Switzerland in the technology of manufacturing and automated Assembly. Employs about 1,000 people worldwide and specializes in the installation and test of high performance to the market of medical devices, pharmaceuticals and components of vehicles and electronic.
After a thorough selection process, Unilife has commissioned Mikron to develop and provide automated assembly lines for use in the production of the syringe Unifill. The first commercial Unifill assembly line have a production capacity of about 60 million units per year, representing 50% more than anticipated originally, when the programme started industrialization in July 2008.
Once you have installed both commercial lines, Unilife would have a total capacity of syringes Unifill of more than 200 million units per year. Subject to the development and supply successfully by Mikron of these lines of Assembly according to the contract specifications, Unilife expected to ask for more high-volume production lines to meet the continuous pharmaceutical demand for ready-to-fill syringes.
