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Member’s Corner
The IMA Group has about
2700 employees, of whom
more than 1100 are overseas,
and had a consolidated turnover
of 398.8 million Euro for the fiscal
year 2005, with more than 90%
earned on international
markets. The pharmaceutical
sector accounts
for about 83% of the
group’s sales.
The IMA Group has
an extensive sales network
consisting of nine
branches that provide
sales and service in
Germany, Austria,
France, Spain, Portugal,
the United Kingdom,
the United States
(IMA North America
Inc. is the subsidiary
for the USA, Canada,
and Puerto Rico markets),
China, and Thailand;
representative
offices in Central and
East European countries;
and more than 50
agencies covering a
total of more than 70 countries.
IMA is also participating in two
joint ventures in China for production
and service. The group’s
manufacturing facilities currently
include six production plants in
Italy, one in Germany (IMA Kilian),
one in Spain (IMA-Telstar),
one in the United Kingdom (Swiftpack
Automation), one in the
United States (Nova Packaging
Systems), two in India (Precision
Gears), and three in China.
In 2005, IMA concluded a joint
IMA: More Than 40 Years
of Innovation
Established in 1961, IMA is the world leader in the manufacture
of automatic machines for the processing and packaging of
pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, tea, and coffee.
venture agreement with the Telstar
Group (Spain) in the field of
freeze-drying machinery for the
pharmaceutical industry. In 2006,
IMA acquired the entire share
capital of VIMA Impianti S.r.l., a
IMA manufactures a complete range of blister machines,
from low- to extremely high-speed (up to 1300 blisters/
minute), with or without cartoning.
company that manufactures
machines for powder handling of
pharmaceuticals.
The following companies in the
pharmaceutical and cosmetics sectors
are part of the IMA Group:
Co.ma.di.s. S.p.A., IMA Kilian
GmbH & Co. KG, IMA Libra
S.r.l., Nova Packaging Systems
Inc., Precision Gears Pvt Ltd., and
Swiftpack Automation Ltd.
The IMA Group manufactures
a wide range of processing and
packaging machines: machines for
all solid-dose processing requirements,
blister machines, counting
machines, machines for washing
and sterilization of ampules and
vials, aseptic liquid-filling and
closing machines (barrier technology),
freeze-drying
machinery for the pharmaceutical
industry,
multifunction
liquid-filling and closing
machines, unit-dose
filling machines, aseptic
powder-filling
machines, macrodosing
powder-filling
machines, tube-filling
machines, cartoning
machines, labeling
machines, end-of-line
machines, and integrated
packaging lines.
IMA offers the widest
range of machines and
technical solutions for
solid-dose processing
requirements: highshear
mixer granulators,
fluid-bed equipment,
tablet-press
machines, capsule-filling
machines, coating equipment,
and checkweighing machines
for capsules and tablets. Additionally,
thanks to the acquisition
of VIMA Impianti, a complete
range for powder handling,
washing systems, and dedusting
equipment is also available.
Several machines have been
recently launched on the market
to fully respond to the most
sophisticated production requirements
worldwide.
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