Clariant has commenced construction of a new desiccant canister production facility in Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu, a state in India.
Scheduled to commence production by the second semester of 2017, the plant is expected to contribute to Clariant's global desiccant canister production.
The facility is intended to manufacture desiccant canisters, the primary desiccant platform for high-speed, high-volume packaging lines.
The company said that the facility will also offer Clariant protective packaging systems and components and link customers to its global packaging design capabilities.
Clariant Healthcare Packaging head Matthias Brommer said: "The new site will serve the Indian pharmaceutical industry with state-of-the-art desiccant products produced under the strictest quality and compliance standards, and within a secure, truly global manufacturing network.
"The production capabilities at this new facility will add significantly to our global dessicant canister production capacity during 2017."
The products produced at the Cuddalore facility will be USP compliant and also meet the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and European Union (EU) standards for use in pharmaceutical applications.
Meanwhile, Clariant is considering plans to boost production by adding high-capacity multi-lane production of versatile Continu-Strip desiccant packets.
The packets can be inserted with numerous types of standard dessicant insertion machinery.
Clariant Healthcare Packaging India head Ketan Premani said: "The facility and the other Healthcare Packaging facilities around the globe ensure available back-up capacity to meet the Business Continuity Planning (BCP) requirements of our global customers."
