中文Romaco India — the Sales and Service Centre of the Romaco Group — hosted a three-day open house at its Experience Centre in Hyderabad from July 9 to 11, 2026, bringing together 86 senior leaders and operational specialists from 24 pharmaceutical companies for technical discussions and equipment demonstrations focused on blister packaging and tableting capabilities. The event featured live demonstrations of the Kilian S 710 Prime tablet press and more than 30 runs of the Noack NBL 400 blister line, showcasing capabilities that address the Indian pharmaceutical industry’s growing need for production equipment meeting international standards.
The Hyderabad Experience Centre
Romaco India’s Hyderabad centre houses a spare parts warehouse, an equipment showroom, and a process technology laboratory covering granulation, tableting, and coating of solid pharmaceutical products. Beyond serving as a demonstration venue, the centre operates as an ongoing point of contact for Indian pharmaceutical companies seeking technologies and technical expertise — a local resource that reduces the dependence on overseas support for equipment qualification, process development, and troubleshooting.
The centre also manufactures format parts locally for blister packaging machines and cartoners, a capability launched last autumn that shortens delivery times and reduces costs for Indian pharma companies customising packaging lines for specific product configurations. Local format part production represents a strategic commitment to the Indian market that goes beyond equipment sales, positioning Romaco as a manufacturing partner rather than simply an import channel.
Kilian S 710 Prime: High-Output Tablet Compression
The Kilian S 710 Prime tablet press demonstrated during the open house offers up to 85 press stations and a maximum output of 1,020,000 tablets per hour — a production rate that addresses the scale requirements of Indian pharmaceutical manufacturers producing for both domestic and international markets. High-output tablet compression is critical for companies supplying generic medicines at volumes that demand maximum press utilisation, where downtime and low throughput directly affect unit cost competitiveness.
Romaco’s positioning of the Kilian S 710 Prime at an Indian open house reflects the market reality that pharmaceutical production in India is expanding rapidly, driven by domestic healthcare demand, export growth, and the global shift toward generic drug manufacturing. Indian companies supplying regulated markets in the US and Europe must meet production standards that older, lower-output equipment cannot sustain at required batch sizes and documentation levels.
Noack NBL 400 Blister Line: Versatility and Speed
The Noack NBL 400 blister packaging line demonstrated its capabilities through more than 30 live runs over the three-day event, allowing visitors to observe machine operation, product flow, format changeover, line integration, and performance features in real production conditions. The line produces up to 400 blisters and 200 cartons per minute, operating in lengthwise mode across up to five tracks for medium batch sizes.
The blister machine uses rotary sealing and integrates with a continuous motion cartoner, packing tablets and capsules of various specifications through dedicated feeding or a brush-box feeder. Romaco emphasised that the machine is easy to operate and does not require specialised technical knowledge for product or format changes — a practical advantage for Indian pharmaceutical companies where workforce training resources may be limited and production scheduling demands frequent format switches between product types.
The Indian Pharma Industry’s Manufacturing Challenge
The Indian pharmaceutical industry is working to establish and expand its international competitiveness, and access to global markets requires more than production capacity. Expertise, operational capabilities, and equipment meeting international standards — available locally with responsive support — are necessary factors that have traditionally required Indian companies to rely on distant European or American suppliers with long response times and expensive service contracts.
Sanjeev Nimkar, managing director of Romaco India, framed the open house as an opportunity to address these actual needs. “We combine access to high-performance technology — for example, in blister packaging — with local support, training, and service. This not only makes Indian pharmaceutical companies competitive, but also enables a rapid return on investment,” Nimkar said. The emphasis on ROI reflects the practical calculus of Indian pharma executives evaluating equipment investments: technology performance matters, but the speed at which that technology becomes productive — through installation, training, and ongoing support — determines whether the investment generates returns on schedule.
Local Manufacturing as Market Commitment
The launch of local format part production last autumn signals a deeper commitment than equipment sales alone. Format parts — the customised tooling that adapts standard packaging machines to specific product shapes and sizes — are essential for production operation but have traditionally been manufactured in Europe, creating delivery delays of weeks or months for Indian customers. By producing these parts locally, Romaco India reduces the time from order to production, lowers costs, and establishes a manufacturing capability that can respond to urgent requests — building the kind of local infrastructure that international competitors cannot replicate without similar investment.
The 86 attendees from 24 companies — representing operations, production, engineering, project management, quality assurance, supply chain, procurement, and commercial management — demonstrate the breadth of interest in integrated packaging and tableting solutions. The mix of decision-makers and technical professionals gave discussions depth, and many visitors arrived with specific production requirements that the Romaco team addressed on site, converting a demonstration event into a practical problem-solving engagement.
Source: The Packman, “Romaco India showcases blister packaging and tableting expertise at Hyderabad open house,” July 22, 2026.
