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very common, and visual
inspection carried out by
operators is still the pre-
ferred working way.

PARTICULAR
SHAPE, DELICATE
OPERATIONS
The opening of the
finished ampoule tube is
not carried out with a
dedicated burner but is
realized through cutting
blade scoring the capillary
made through stretching
operation. Thanks to this
operation one of the tips
remains open to allow the
next filling operation.
Due to the particular shape of through 2017 is 20 per cent. MM30 forming machine,
this ampoule of course it must This is also fueled by the progres- developed in OCMI French fac-
be handled with the utmost care sive expansion of population and tory of Moderne Mecanique,
along the after-forming process growing possibility of access to is suitable to produce standard
in order to avoid any break- medicines across the country. This and double tip ampoules. Both
age. After-forming line is usu- trend is followed by Government machines can be connected with
ally equipped with double color policy so that National Health Moderne Mecanique processing
ring device with two parallel ink Insurance System that is expected line LA502, with different con-
tanks. Printing station is available to cover 90 per cent of Vietnamese figurations according to the type
in the standard version and also people within 2020. of container to be produced.
the annealing lehr keeps the same This is why OCMI is constant- Commercial support is offered
features of standard electrical ly monitoring this market and in a really timely way thanks to
oven for ISO ampoules. Scoring waiting for new actors to get into a local Representative linked to
section, that is an obsolete device the business of glass pharmaceu- OCMI by a long term trusted
for the production of standard tical packaging. relationship. Technical assistance
ampoules, it is used for double The two main ampoule man- could be provided from Europe
tip ampoules and usually installed ufacturers improved relevantly or from nearest OCMI subsidiary
before packing units.Packing is their production capacity in the in India.
a very delicate operation in case manufacturing of standard and OCMI India follows directly
of double tip ampoules since the double tip ampoules with OCMI Vietnam market offering spare
product can’t fall down into the machines supplied from Italy or parts and, if needed, recondi-
box like standard ampoules since France. tioning services to the customers
the tip capillary would get bro- under the direct supervision of
ken. In order to avoid such prob- THE OCMI GROUP Italian headquarters. O
lem, the ampoules are picked OCMI Group has 15 produc-
directly from the chain and col- tion lines installed in Vietnam.
lected in special boxes placed in FA36S, developed at OCMI’s
vertical position. Italian headquarters of Milan for
which OCMI India provides tech-
VIETNAM – A SMALL BUT FAST nical assistance to Vietnamese
GROWING MARKET customers, is composed by 36
Vietnam remains a small market stations. Six of these stations are OCMI OTG SPA
but the growth of ampoule busi- used to produce the first bottom
ness has been important in the last of each new glass tube in order Via Venezia Giulia 7
three years. It is one of the fastest to reduce the glass waste and 20157 Milano (MI) - Italy
Tel.: +39 - 02 - 3909181
growing pharmaceutical markets manufacture one more ampoule Fax: +39 - 02 - 3570944
in Asia and the expected growth per tube. E-mail: info@ocmigroup.com
www.ocmigroup.com

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