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Pharmaron | January 10, 2022

On January 9, Pharmaron Beijing Co., Limited announced the acquisition of Aesica Pharmaceuticals Limited from Recipharm. The Cramlington Site in Newcastle, United Kingdom, has a long history of providing cGMP manufacturing services for various Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API), from pilot to commercial metric ton scale. The Cramlington Site has a commercial reactor capacity of more than 100 cubic meters and has been examined and certified by the MHRA, the FDA, and other regu...

Manufacturing Technology

Motif | April 13, 2022

Motif Labs is pleased to announce the successful launch of a new production line, servicing Canada’s growing Cannabinol (CBN) market. Employing a proprietary process to produce high purity CBN at scale, wholesale and brand partners of Motif can now develop unique and differentiated CBN products and bring them to market quickly, with a compelling value proposition. Initially overshadowed by market demand for THC and CBD products, minor cannabinoids including CBN are now gaini...

Augury | July 16, 2021

Augury, a global leader in AI-powered Machine Health, announced today that it has joined the World Economic Forum's Global Innovators Community. This exclusive community comprises the world's most promising start-ups and scale-ups with cutting-edge business models and technology. Augury's Machine Health technology and company vision, which seeks to build a future where people can rely on the machines that matter, were regarded as important additions to the community, which intends to...

Cutting Tool Engineering | January 30, 2020

Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology have developed a system for fully automated monitoring of ballscrew drives in machine tools. A camera integrated directly into the nut of the drive generates images that artificial intelligence continuously monitors for signs of wear, helping to reduce machine downtime. In mechanical engineering, maintaining and replacing defective components timely in machine tools is an important part of the manufacturing process. In the case of ballscrew dr...