CDMO Rottendorf Pharma GmbH Adopts MES Software From Rockwell Automation

Rockwell Automation, Inc. (NYSE: ROK), the world’s largest company dedicated to industrial automation and digital transformation, today announced that as part of an ongoing company-wide digitalization program, Rottendorf Pharma GmbH is introducing the FactoryTalk PharmaSuite® manufacturing execution system from Rockwell Automation, a comprehensive electronic batch recording solution.

Based in Ennigerloh, Germany, Rottendorf Pharma is a global CDMO (contract development and manufacturing organization), with significant expertise in solid-dosage-form production. It operates under the philosophies of Total Process Ownership (TPO) and Total Technological Mastering (TTM), both of which combine to reduce customer management resource requirements and costs and improve supply chains and product quality.

The deployment of FactoryTalk PharmaSuite MES will not only see Rottendorf Pharma enjoying greater accuracy, quality, efficiency, and repeatability, but also the creation of a solid foundation for further digitalization activities. The introduction of the system to the central weighing operations provides consistent and easily accessible weigh-and-dispense data and presents the first step in end-to-end electronic batch recording across the entire Rottendorf pharma value chain.

Pierre Teszner, regional vice president for central and eastern Europe at Rockwell Automation said: “Rottendorf Pharma faces additional challenges in its role as a contract manufacturer, with multiple customer batches and formulations all in progress at any one time. By starting at the beginning of the process, the company will have a strong platform from which to expand its transformation; with the subsequent stages already in development and heavily supported by our pharmaceutical and software specialists.”

Arne Groneick, IT application manager at Rottendorf Pharma, explains: “We have a large global customer base, which means validation plays a huge role in our production activities. From our perspective, we needed a software platform that was not only pharma-industry specific, but also demonstrated full validation in the face of widespread, differing, and evolving global legislation. The efficiencies it will introduce will also allow us to deploy our highly trained operators in value-adding activities more suited to human interactions.”

About Rottendorf Pharma 

Rottendorf Pharma is one of the leading contract developers and manufacturers (CDMO) in the field of solid oral dosage forms and has been active in manufacturing and packaging as well as formulation and analytical process development for the international pharmaceutical industry for more than 95 years. The company produces a wide variety of original and generic drugs each year. Our workforce includes more than 1,300 experienced and skilled employees, including many formulation scientists and technicians. Customers choose Rottendorf Pharma for its broad-based expertise and technical knowledge, competence in international regulatory requirements, high quality standards, state-of-the-art facilities and exceptional customer service.

About Rockwell Automation

Rockwell Automation, Inc. (NYSE: ROK), is a global leader in industrial automation and digital transformation. We connect the imaginations of people with the potential of technology to expand what is humanly possible, making the world more productive and more sustainable. Headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Rockwell Automation employs approximately 29,000 problem solvers dedicated to our customers in more than 100 countries. To learn more about how we are bringing the Connected Enterprise to life across industrial enterprises, visit www.rockwellautomation.com.