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With more than 500 patents and more than 30,000 machines supplied worldwide, the German manufacturer Lödige is one of the leading suppliers of machines and systems for industrial mixing technology and associated processes. As a partner of the pharmaceutical industry, Lödige has been manufacturing innovative mixing, drying, granulating and coating systems for more than 60 years. Of course, Lödige designs the machines and systems taking into account the customer’s specific requirements, as well as conforming to GMP and FDA regulations. In close cooperation with well-known producers of pharmaceutical products, Lödige’s competence has been proven to be successful over decades with more than 1,000 systems implemented according to special, pharmaceutical requirements.
The invention of the Ploughshare Mixer in 1949 is the basis for the success story of the Lödige company. The universal use of mixers with the patented Ploughshare® Shovels enables a wide range of industrial applications in all branches. The practice-proven principle of the Ploughshare Mixer, confirmed by many patents, has been successfully used for pharmaceutical applications at an early stage. Since then, Lödige has constantly extended its portfolio for the pharmaceutical industry.
Global market leaders in the field of pharmaceutical research, as well as producers of generics, contract manufacturers or smaller producers specialised in a target market rely on the technology of Lödige experts. Indeed, Lödige provides a comprehensive range of machines, not only the high-quality mixing systems for which it is well-known. The Lödige mixing granulators, fluid bed systems and coating systems are also an essential part for the production of solid dosage forms of established German and international pharmaceutical companies. All systems are available in production and laboratory sizes.
Research and development is a top priority. Lödige has a Pharma Test Centre enabling process development and for reliable scale-up to production in compliance with GMP conditions. This Pharma Test Centre is equipped with machines for mixing, wet granulating, sieving, drying and coating for both continuous and batch processes. In this way, Lödige provides trial capacity for a wide range of systems and machines in accordance with process specific requirements, thus ensuring the defined quality criteria of the mainly sensitive products.