Triple German Design Award Win for NextGen L.B. Bohle Process Machines

Ennigerloh, Germany: – L.B. Bohle’s new generation pharma process machines have achieved a triple win in the latest German Design Awards.

L.B. Bohle entered three machines for the 2024 Awards: the BFC 400 Tablet Coater, the BRC 100 Dry Granulator and the QbCon® 1, a continuous manufacturing granulator and dryer for research and development. All three have now been confirmed as Award winners.

Groundbreaking designs

The ‘new line’ L.B. Bohle machinery range was officially launched at the Interpack pharma machinery expo in Düsseldorf in May 2023 to considerable industry acclaim. The new generation process machines feature advanced technology combined with a new look. With the use of new materials, including foils and glass, the design has been transformed into forms and functionality that distinguish these machines from their competitors.

“Our machines have not only been technically optimized, but they have also been redesigned in a groundbreaking industrial design,” commented Executive Director Technology, Thorsten Wesselmann, who led the New Generation Project.

Team effort

On the advice of the external consultants CAE Innovative Design, who were part of the project team, L.B. Bohle management decided to enter all three machines for the 2024 Design Awards, which are open to companies, agencies, service providers and marketing experts as well as non-profit and governmental organizations from all sectors worldwide. The independent jury of the German Design Council decides on admission to the competition and the subsequent winners.

Following the judging process during October 2023, L.B. Bohle received Gold Awards for the BRC and QbCon®, while the BFC tablet coater received a Special Mention award.

“After the consistently positive reactions to our new machines, we were secretly hoping for an award and now we are absolutely delighted to receive three of them,” says Wesselmann.

Further success

Overall, L.B. Bohle officials see the award as confirmation that they took the right step with the bold new design.

L.B. Bohle Managing Director Tim Remmert sees further positive effects from the awards in terms of further sales success.

“Thanks to an outstanding team effort within the company, together with external designers, we have succeeded in developing a completely new design line for our systems that ensures identification with the L.B. Bohle company. Winning the German Design Award will also help us attract even more attention and visibility in the market,” said Mr. Remmert.

German Design Award winners and highlighted entries will be formally honored at the Awards Ceremony in Frankfurt am Main on January 26, 2024.

About L.B. Bohle

Founded in 1981, L.B. Bohle Maschinen und Verfahren GmbH (L.B. Bohle) has established a worldwide reputation as a producer and supplier of advanced systems for pharmaceutical manufacturing, based on a track record of technological innovation and continuous improvement.

Based at Ennigerloh in Northwest Germany, L.B. Bohle operates worldwide, offering advanced solutions for every aspect of oral solid dose (OSD) and nutraceutical tablet production, including weighing & dosing, grinding & sieving, blending, tablet coating, sorting, handling systems, cleaning and containment, process monitoring and continuous manufacturing.

The company’s guiding vision is one of technological innovation in the production of pharmaceutical solids. This supports a core mission to deliver maximum product efficiency increases for its customers, through continuous development and product innovations that not only increase quality and efficiency, but also strengthen competitive edge and sustainability.

To these ends, L.B. Bohle offers both complete production lines and solutions for individual production steps, focusing on rapid development and production of sophisticated, pragmatic, and customized applications.

The company operates development and manufacturing facilities at its home base at Ennigerloh and at Sassenberg, both in North Rhine-Westphalia. Additionally, it has sales and service subsidiaries in the USA (Warminster, PA) in India (Ahmedabad), in Singapore and in Switzerland (Reiden). It is also represented by more than 40 qualified sales partners worldwide, having become a globally recognized brand.

Further information at: www.lbbohle.com  www.continuous-manufacturing.com  www.coating-tablets.com

About German Design Award

Founded in 2012 under the auspices of the German Design Council, the German Design Award has become an international and renowned benchmark for design excellence.

During the autumn of each year a large jury of acknowledged international design experts deliberate over several thousand submissions in three categories: Excellent Product Design, Excellent Communications Design, and Excellent Architecture.

This multi-stage process leads to the annual German Design Award Ceremony the following January. These are presented at the Museum Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt am Main, accompanied by a special exhibition of featured entries.

Commencing with the 2023 ceremony, the German Design Award jury also honors “Personality of the Year”, “German Design Award – Newcomer” and “Public Choice Award”.

Learn more at: https://www.german-design-award.com/en/

Resources

Click on Tablet Coater BFC 400 to see German Design Special Mention citation.
Click on Dry Granulator BRC 100 to see German Design Gold Award citation.
Click on QbCon® 1 to see German Design Gold Award citation.
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