Very little is obvious in the transformation of the glass tube, and all too often we tend to take quality for granted. For the production of just one type of vial, nine possible suppliers come into play, and we perform thirty-two separate processes, with five stages of control and the possibility of creating up to 146 different types of flaws. The same applies to our bottle production.

In 2004 alone we tested nine different suppliers of lubricating fluid for cooling the punches in the bottle shapers. This is just one of the many aspects to consider when it comes to improving the quality, optimizing the output of production and reducing rejects (fewer internal residues=lower costs for the client). In the production cycle of a bottle, lubrication of the punches is oone of the twenty-eight processes that are carried out and, by itself, it could be the cause of as many of six different families of defects. For this reason, when one of our experts tests a lubricant with the viscometer, he is guaranteeing the quality of a bottle.

We prefer to devote our energy to improvement, development, to guaranteeing and increasing the concept of "injection" in a glass tube. Today, producing a vial or bottle involves a considerable effort from the point of view of technology and human resources, just because the container of a pharmaceutical product is such a serious thing. That is why are energy has been applied, for many years, to control of the details.

We now produce seven different types of vials, eight different types of bottles and very shortly we will begin production of syringes.