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Brooklyn plant excels at botlling, blister packaging: new technologies and process improvements answer ergonomic and efficiency goals.

Publication: Food & Drug Packaging
Publication Date: 01-DEC-03
Format: Online - approximately 643 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Brooklyn plant excels at botlling, blister packaging: new technologies and process improvements answer ergonomic and efficiency goals.(Special: Pfizer Inc. plant operations)

Article Excerpt
Pfizer began operations in 1849 in Brooklyn, N.Y. Today, Pfizer's Brooklyn facility is still one of the company's largest manufacturing sites, with approximately 1,150 employees. In addition to manufacturing, the plant houses 14 packaging lines: three tablet filling; two liquid filling; two powder filling; four blister packaging; and three blister card sealing. The packaging operations run three shifts, five days a week.

The plant processes liquid, powder and solid oral drugs for the company's pharmaceutical business. Annual volumes exceed 2 billion tablets and capsules, which translates to more than 50 million blisters and 50 million...

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