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I Holland Present their Latest Tablet Tooling Developments to a Virtual Audience at ACHEMA Pulse

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Technology transfer moves more than manufacturing instructions. It moves process knowledge, supplier dependencies, labeling requirements, packaging specifications, and the evidence needed to demonstrate control. For medical device manufacturers, including those supporting drug-device combination products, these interfaces can become recurring sources of compliance gaps during site transitions, acquisitions, and remediation. The central problem is often not a missing procedure. It is a quality system that allows connected activities to change independently. A label revision may be approved while packaging artwork, supplier instructions, or production-system data still reflect an obsolete version. Staying inspection-ready requires manufacturers to manage these dependencies as one controlled system. Why Compliance Gaps Keep Recurring Findings are treated as documentation defects Revising a procedure can resolve an immediate discrepancy without changing the behavior that caused it. If unclear decision rights, weak escalation, or ineffective training remain, the same failure may surface elsewhere. Corrective and preventive action should distinguish the observed finding from its underlying cause and establish how effectiveness will be demonstrated. Ownership is divided across connected functions Quality, Regulatory Affairs, labeling, packaging engineering, operations, suppliers, and digital-system owners often maintain separate workflows. Each team may complete its assigned task while an interface remains uncontrolled. For example, changing an instruction for use can affect packaging configuration, translations, technical documentation, inventory disposition, and release controls. Transitions expose unresolved weaknesses Acquisitions and site transfers can introduce conflicting procedures, incomplete knowledge transfer, or different assumptions about validated processes. Regulatory changes add further demands. When these events coincide with CAPA or change-control backlogs, teams may prioritize administrative closure over risk reduction. Without a coordinated impact assessment, local fixes can create new gaps downstream. Establish the Regulatory Baseline Inspection readiness starts with knowing which requirements apply to the product, activity, and market. Pharmaceutical, device, and combination-product obligations are not interchangeable; transfer planning should identify the applicable requirements rather than assume one quality framework covers every operation. According to FDA’s Quality Management System Regulation overview and FAQs, the QMSR became effective on February 2, 2026, incorporates ISO 13485:2016 by reference, and introduced the updated device inspection process under Compliance Program 7382.850. ISO 13485 certification does not exempt a manufacturer from FDA inspection or guarantee compliance with FDA requirements. For devices marketed in the European Union, Regulation (EU) 2017/745, Annex I, Section 23, provides the primary requirements for information supplied with devices, including labels and instructions for use. Teams should assess the applicable provisions alongside relevant language, product-specific, and market requirements. A labeling review should therefore evaluate required content and consistency with the device’s intended purpose and supporting documentation—not merely artwork accuracy. How to Identify the Real Gaps Begin with a cross-functional assessment that follows actual product and information flows. Select representative transfers, label changes, supplier changes, and CAPAs, then trace each from initiation through implementation and effectiveness review. Map dependencies: Identify affected specifications, suppliers, packaging components, systems, validation activities, and training. Compare records with practice: Check whether approved procedures match what operators and reviewers actually do. Test traceability: Follow a requirement through technical documentation, labeling, production instructions, and release evidence. Examine recurrence: Look for repeated deviations, reopened actions, overdue changes, and findings shared across sites. Assess capacity: Determine whether qualified owners have enough time and authority to complete corrective work. Prioritize gaps by potential patient or user harm, regulatory impact, likelihood of recurrence, and detectability. Document the rationale; an old overdue item is not automatically more important than a newly identified high-risk weakness. Align Quality, Labeling, Packaging, and Change Control Create a coordinated remediation plan with one accountable owner for each action, named contributors, acceptance criteria, and required evidence. Separate immediate containment from systemic correction. Containment might prevent obsolete labels from being issued; correction might redesign approval and implementation controls so obsolete versions cannot return. Use change control as the integration point. Before approval, evaluate effects on regulatory submissions or notifications, technical documentation, supplier controls, packaging performance, validation, electronic master data, inventory, and training. Record both identified impacts and justified decisions that particular activities are unaffected. During technology transfer, define readiness gates before production or release responsibilities move. These should address the transfer of process knowledge, acceptance criteria, receiving-site capability, required qualification or validation, approved documents, and personnel competence. The appropriate evidence depends on the product and process; a generic checklist cannot replace a documented assessment. Finally, verify implementation where the work happens. Confirm that current instructions are available, suppliers received approved requirements, systems contain correct versions, and affected personnel can perform their tasks. A signed approval is not evidence that every downstream change took effect. Mistakes That Undermine Inspection Readiness Closing CAPAs on task completion alone: Effectiveness checks should test whether the underlying failure has been controlled. Updating labels in isolation: Assess packaging, supplier, system, documentation, and inventory consequences. Counting closures instead of evidence: Dashboards need defensible records behind their status indicators. ...
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I Holland, the world’s best-known manufacturer of tablet punches and dies for the pharmaceutical and nutraceutical industries, has announced it will be exhibiting some of it most innovative products at ACHEMA Pulse from 15-19 June, including the new die table segment cleaning equipment.

The interactive platform will showcase the company’s extensive portfolio of precision tablet tooling solutions and services which have been developed during its 75 year history.

With the Pandemic still affecting the event industry, ACHEMA Pulse has been created to connect exhibitors and participants from the chemical and pharmaceutical industries. The platform will allow companies to present their latest offerings and help to expand business networks and make new contacts.

Alex Bunting, I Holland Marketing Manager said: “ACHEMA is a staple event for I Holland and gives us the opportunity to present our latest products and engage with the audience. Of course Covid-19 has changed the way in which this takes place but we have every faith the online platform will be just as successful.

“Because ACHEMA Pulse is an interactive and flexible business platform, we have the opportunity to present our most recent innovations to a wide audience within the safety of their own home or office. One product that we will be introducing for the first time is I Holland Segment Cleaning. The ultrasonic cleaner is equipped with a specially designed fixture which holds the segment safely and securely within the tank and leave the bores unobstructed to ensure cleaning of the entire segment. It is also very effective at cleaning tablet punches and dies using a method that provides repeatable cleaning results.

“I Holland has also recently developed an e-learning program which offers professionals comprehensive and flexible courses in a wide variety of disciplines. What better way to highlight the importance of online learning than ACHEMA Pulse!

“Modules include a variety of subjects from an ’Introduction to tablet tooling’ and ‘Tooling maintenance’, to ‘Troubleshooting production problems’ and ‘Improving productivity’. Importantly, the  I Holland e-leaning platform is tailored to work to the skillset of the person undertaking the course and is designed with a hierarchical system giving training managers and supervisors a full audit, tracking and reporting of employee development and certification. The ideal training solution in today’s uncertain times.”

The new ACHEMA Pulse digital flagship event is a valuable addition to the physical ACHEMA exhibition planned to take place in Frankfurt April 2022. I Holland plan to attend the event next year and will develop new remote relationships at ACHEMA Pulse which they hope to develop further in person should the event go ahead.

About I Holland 

A true British manufacturing success, I Holland has been established for 75 years. We use these decades of experience, research and engineering know-how to provide precision tooling solutions to thousands of customers in over 100 countries around the globe.

Our commitment to the development of innovative materials and products, combined with state of the art Quality Assurance Technology and unmatched customer service, has seen our solutions being successfully adopted by customers in more than 90 countries worldwide.  Users of our punches and dies benefit from enhanced product quality and increased productivity. Our unwavering dedication to quality, innovation and the understanding of tableting science has established us as a leading manufacturer and supplier of punches and dies of the highest quality.

Pursuant to our belief that the best solutions come from working in partnership with our customers, I Holland is wholly committed to the provision of a comprehensive pre and after–sales support service, to ensure that each and every tablet compression tooling requirement receives focused and individual attention. So, no matter what tablet you produce and what tablet tooling you employ, our expertise and passion will assuredly help you to improve both your product and your productivity. I Holland also applies its Tableting Science to the manufacture of punches and dies for the production of Detergent, Cosmetic, Veterinary and Confectionary products.

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Why Compliance Gaps Keep Recurring Findings are treated as documentation defects Revising a procedure can resolve an immediate discrepancy without changing the behavior that caused it. If unclear decision rights, weak escalation, or ineffective training remain, the same failure may surface elsewhere. Corrective and preventive action should distinguish the observed finding from its underlying cause and establish how effectiveness will be demonstrated. Ownership is divided across connected functions Quality, Regulatory Affairs, labeling, packaging engineering, operations, suppliers, and digital-system owners often maintain separate workflows. Each team may complete its assigned task while an interface remains uncontrolled. For example, changing an instruction for use can affect packaging configuration, translations, technical documentation, inventory disposition, and release controls. 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According to FDA’s Quality Management System Regulation overview and FAQs, the QMSR became effective on February 2, 2026, incorporates ISO 13485:2016 by reference, and introduced the updated device inspection process under Compliance Program 7382.850. ISO 13485 certification does not exempt a manufacturer from FDA inspection or guarantee compliance with FDA requirements. For devices marketed in the European Union, Regulation (EU) 2017/745, Annex I, Section 23, provides the primary requirements for information supplied with devices, including labels and instructions for use. Teams should assess the applicable provisions alongside relevant language, product-specific, and market requirements. A labeling review should therefore evaluate required content and consistency with the device’s intended purpose and supporting documentation—not merely artwork accuracy. 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