Customised aerosol packaging
Pharmaceutical manufacturers are increasingly using aerosol packaging components to enhance their brand identity and differentiation. Many have come to rely on the Coster Group for the design and manufacturing of customised components.
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The Coster index filler machine for
metered dose inhalers. |
The Coster Group is a
leading multinational
provider of aerosol
packaging components and
filling machines. All segments
of the market are served by its
complete range of standard
aerosol valves and actuators,
spray caps, spray pumps
and dispensers, which offer
substantial manufacturing
and distribution capabilities.
Group parent company
Coster Tecnologie Speciali is
based in Milan and heads 14
sister companies located in
Argentina, France, Germany,
Holland, India, Italy,
Malaysia, Singapore, Spain,
UK and US. A significant
portion of the Group’s global
production capacity is located
near Trento, in northern Italy,
and includes R&D, custom
design and production
machinery capabilities.
Aerosol filling lines are
designed and manufactured
in Milan.
Coster has demonstrated
an ability to meet the
requirements of large
multinationals as well as
medium and small local
companies. In addition, its
designers and production
engineers wor
k with clients to
develop ad-hoc components.
Pharmaceutical products
The pharmaceutical
industry’s regulatory
environment is continuously
changing and the already
stringent quality standards
are becoming increasingly
challenging. Specifically
designed to cover the
industry’s high standards,
Coster provides a wide range
of solutions including:
- standard actuators
for nasal oral, dental,
inhaled, topical and
other applications
- pressurised metered
dose inhalers suitable for
HFA or CFC-propelled
formulations, which are
also available from
proprietary R&D
- metering valves for
asthma inhalers
- pharmaceutical valves
for upright, inverted
and 360° use
- spray pumps for nasal
and oral applications,
creams and skin care.
Coster also provides
components and aerosol
filling lines for applications
including metered dose
inhalers, oral, nasal, topical
and BOV. The components
and materials used in
orally inhaled and nasal
products are critical for the
best medication performance:
in-process controls and
validation processes
ensure that products
are delivered with the
required quality standards.
Filling machines
Coster’s filling and ancillary
pharmaceutical machines
range from semi-automatic
units to high-performance
automatic machines with a
production capacity from 10
to 250cpm. Easy to operate,
highly flexible, reliable, secure,
long-lasting and with lowmaintenance,
these machines
are based on a modular
design and make use of
the same operating heads
(product fillers, crimpers
and propellant fillers) to
guarantee continuity between
laboratory testing and fullscale
production, therefore
minimising re-verification.
These machines allow safe
handling of a wide range of
products and propellants:
they can be used to fill glass,
plastic and aluminium
containers in a range of
0.15ml to 1,000ml and to
handle 20mm and 1in valves,
as well as various pump
configurations. Coster
machines can meter products
ranging from unpressurised
water-based solutions to
aggressive products, from
alcoholic emulsions to
aerosol suspensions,
and are equipped to fill
all types of propellants.
Coster works closely
with customers assuring
complete support from early
development to full-scale
production, installation
and training.
