PHARMA ALLY VENDOR NEWS
WACKER opens logistics centre near Kolkata The high-bay warehouse has a capacity of 5000 pallet spaces and will be operated by WMC MUNICH-BASED chemical group WACKER has opened a new logistics facility at its production site in Amtala near Kolkata. The high-bay warehouse has a capacity of 5000 pallet spaces and will be operated by Wacker Metroark Chemicals (WMC), a joint venture between WACKER and Kolkata-based Metroark. The new logistics centre compliments WMC’s existing network of warehouses strategically located in Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai and Kolkata. At the opening ceremony, attended by Levi Cottington, Executive Director, WMC and Soumitra Mukherjee, Managing Director, WMC, Dr Christian Hartel, President, WACKER’s silicones business division, said the new facility will help maximise flexibilty of logistics, increase delivery speed, and minimise lead times for customers. “This investment will
(L-R) Levi Cottington, Wacker Metroark Chemicals Executive Director, Dr Christian Hartel, President, Wacker Silicones and Soumitra Mukherjee, Managing Director, WMC during the inauguration
strengthen our growth opportunities in India. Therefore, the
warehouse has more capacity than we will use currently,”
Hartel said. He emphasised that investing more than one
million euros for the facility will have an immediate effect on WMC’s ability to increase the efficiency of its logistics operations. “This will enhance the accuracy and traceability of our deliveries for our customers, and will ultimately help to keep the costs in line.” The high-bay warehouse has a capacity of about 5000 pallet spaces and utilises ten layer racking. It uses Very Narrow Aisle (VNA) forklifts that are wire guided to retrieve goods. The SAP warehouse management module ensures improved insight into the inventory and storage locations. Scanners will keep track of various transactions in the warehouse. Thus, the inventory information is made available to the operators in real time via a computer interface attached to the VNA. EP News Bureau - Mumbai
MEGGLE appoints Signet Chemical Corporation as business partner Signet will distribute the complete product portfolio of more than 20 products GERMANY-BASED MEGGLE, producer of pharmaceutical lactose has appointed Signet Chemical Corporation as their sole distribution partner in India for their entire range of pharma lactose and coprocessed lactose products. Under the new arrangement, Signet will distribute the complete product portfolio of more than 20 products viz. Tablettose, FlowLac, DuraLac, RetaLac, InhaLac, MicroceLac and Cellactose which covers all areas from solid dosage forms (including tablets, capsules, sa-
chets) to powder formulations and dry. “We very much look forward to this important new partnership with Meggle,” said Harish Shah, Managing Director, Signet. “Their product range compliments our current portfolio and further strengthens our speciality product offering,” he continued. Dr Egmont G Pfeifer, Director Business Group Excipients and Technology of Meggle in a statement said, “Signet has a long established and proven product management structure
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in India. Through their market focused networks, warehousing and logistics expertise supported by their dedicated technical and regulatory experts; they will effectively supplement Meggle’s market penetration in India.” Keeping in mind the growing needs of the pharma industry, with this strategic partnership Signet and Meggle will redefine their position as market leaders of excipients and global leaders of lactose respectively. Dr Chua Siang Meng, Pharma Group General Manager, Meggle Singapore said,
“We are confident that Signet will promote and rightly position Meggle excipients to meet the commercial and technical requirements of our customers in India.” Meggle is the leading producer and pioneer in developing and supplying innovative range of lactose and co-processed lactose products to the global pharma industry for more than 60 years. They do this through extensive expertise in R&D and then manufacture in round-theclock production using state-ofthe-art equipment.
Signet Chemical Corporation is India’s largest distributor of speciality excipients for the pharma and nutraceutical industry. Headquartered in Mumbai, it represents thirty globally renowned excipient producers from the US, Europe, the UK and Japan. With its highly qualified team of 85 professionals, Signet offers to the Indian formulators a spectrum of over 400 excipients for every formulation application and dosage forms. EP News Bureau – Mumbai
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