contract packaging Akpharma

AkPharma Inc. is a manufacturer of dietary food supplements as well as a contract packaging facility located in South Jersey.  We are conveniently located approximately five miles from Atlantic City International Airport, 50 miles from Philadelphia International Airport and within 1 mile of the Garden State Parkway and Atlantic City Expressway interchanges.  AkPharma Inc. is a privately-owned small company with a staff of approximately thirty employees.  We are a non-union facility and have Kosher packaging capability.  We have complete Incoming Inspection, quality and testing capabilities.

AkPharma Inc. employs Good Manufacturing Practices and can perform the following packaging services:

            -           Tablet compression

            -           Tablet bottle-fill/cap/labeling

            -           Liquid bottle-fill/cap/labeling

            -           Packet (tablet) packaging (1-1/2" x 2")

            -           5th panel carton packaging

            -                 Stretch card packaging (bottle product and/or non-toxic items)

            -                 B 350 semi-automatic auger filler – powder (shakers)

AkPharma Inc. has a fully-staffed administrative office that can manage your projects in the manner of your preference upon request as well as other services as follows:

            -           Quality Assurance and R & D Laboratory

            -           Graphic Services

            -           Purchasing

            -           Inventory Control

            -           Traffic Coordination

AkPharma Inc. has cool-storage (55 degrees F) and ample warehouse space to accommodate most product requirements.  AkPharma Inc. maintains a computerized inventory system (Macola) and has bar code labeling capability.  We can offer quality tablet manufacturing and various packaging services and we are equipped to handle small to moderately large quantity as well as specialty items or one-time runs.

Please refer to our Equipment List for further detail relative to our capabilities and facilities.  We welcome all inquiries.  Our normal business hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.  You are welcome to visit our facility; please call or write for an appointment.

AkPHARMA INC. - PRODUCTION EQUIPMENT

Blending	1	Patterson-Kelley V-Blender (Cross-Flow)
Capacity: 5 CF
Tablet Bottle Fill Lines	2	Kalish bottle lines with slat counters, cottoners, cappers, labelers, and induction sealing (23, 30, 40, 70cc – round bottles)	24,000 Bottles/Shift
Liquid Bottle Fill Lines	2	Monoblock (Nat’l Instrument) Liquid Fillers w/ dropper tip/capper and labeler (15mm and _ oz. size bottles)	11,000 Bottles/Shift
Tablet Packet Filling	1	WrapAde Machine set to fill foil and/or paper packets at
1-1/2” x 2” size	100,000 Packets/Shift
Stretch Pack Machines	3	Sun Industries, RF Heat Seal Stretch (card) pack units with slitters, variable configuration	12,000 2-up/Shift
20,000 4-up/Shift
Semi-automated Cartoner	1	Kalix Semi-Automatic Cartoner Unit for 5th Panel cartons (header boxes) – flap closure (no glue-sealing unit – tamper tape if needed)	22,000/Shift
Auger Filler B 350	1	Set to fill powder into rigid containers	133 grams @ 1.5 sec

Our stretch pack lines are equipped with slitters, conveyor systems and automatic carton sealing units.

Services available:

                        -           Microbial Testing

                        -           Preparation of Standard Operating Procedures

                        -           Document Control/Batch Folder/Traceability

                        -           Chemical Analysis/Methodology

                        -           Component/Package Analysis

                        -           R & D/Formulations

                        -           Packaging Line Inspection

                        -           Final Release of Finished Goods

                        -                 Label Control

                        -                 Statistical Analysis

                        -                 Literature Research

                        -                 Product Stability Testing

           

Equipment available:

                        -           Hewlett Packard Spectrophotometer and software

                        -           Hewlett Packard High Pressure Liquid Chromatograph

                                                with electrochemical detector (sugar analysis)

                        -           Orion pH Meter/Sodium Electrode

                        -           Polarimeter

                        -           A&D Analytical Balance

                        -           Incubators, ovens, waterbaths

                        -           Tablet Testing (hardness, thickness, friability, disintegration)

                        -           Miele Lab Dishwasher

                        -           Autoclave

                        -           Barnstead Mega Pure Water System/ RO Mate 4 Purified Water

                        -           Gravimetric Analysis

                        -           Benchtop "V"  Blender

-                 Computers/Integrators

-                 Vector #3CS-F Automatic Tablet Tester

-                 Labconco Exhaust Hood

-                 Nikon Eclipse E200 Microscope

-                 OHAUS Heavy Duty Solution Balance

           

GRAPHICS DEPARTMENT

AkPharma Inc. Graphic Designers can assist in package and brochure design, logo development, print ad design and exhibition design.  Additionally, this department can provide prepress preparation of digital files for final printing, digital image enhancement, alteration, color correction, and digital barcode production.

           

Hardware:

            -           MacIntosh Layout and Design System

             -           Two (2) Power Macs with Laserprinter Output

             -                 Xerox Phaser 7700 Series

             -           Epson Perfection 1660 Photo Scanner

Software:

                                    -           Adobe Acrobat

                                    -           Adobe Image Ready

                                    -           Adobe Dimensions

                                    -           Adobe Illustrator

                                    -           Adobe Photoshop

                                    -           Adobe TextureMaker

                                    -           Stuffit Deluxe

                                    -           QuarkXPress

                                    -           Barcode Pro

EQUIPMENT

Incoming/Shipping/Receiving

                        -           Fairbanks Drum Scale

                        -           Hand Trucks

                        -           Forklifts

                        -           Scissor Lift Tables

                        -           Shipping Manifest System-Automated

                        -           Sato Bar Coding Printer/Program

                        -           Automatic Banding Machine

                        -           Inventory Control System (Macola)

AkPharma Inc. has additional warehouse storage in different locations, both regular warehousing and cool storage (45 degrees Fahrenheit) temperature.