Kek Airless Mill Installed At Servier, Ireland

Servier (Ireland) Industries Ltd (Servier) are delighted with their new model 4H KEK Universal Mill and also with the back-up service from manufacturer Kemutec Group. Servier are part of the French headquartered international Groupe De Recherche Servier organisation. As part of the company's sympathetic approach to the environment, the design of the Irish factory is more akin-to a French country chateau than a pharmaceutical production plant. In Ireland, Servier specialise in the manufacture of three of the Group's most renowned products - Natrilix and Coversyl, both of which are treatments for hypertension, and Diamicron an oral treatment for diabetes.

The size and layout of the chateau-like factory belies its considerable annual output of approximately 40 million boxes of healthcare products. Production space is at a premium and this was a major consideration for Chemical Plant Manager, Liam Cullen, when he considered how best to boost the production of Gliclazide (the active ingredient of Diamicron) from 5 to 40 or 50 tonnes a year. The solution chosen was an additional size reduction mill that could be dedicated to this product. Noise and space considerations were key requirements in defining the mills specification because the mill would have to be installed on the first floor of the Chemical Plant building.