INNOVATIV 2 2019 Company founder celebrates 80th birthday New lifting column HS SL BTS with RFID equipment - LB BOHLE Maschinen + Verfahren GmbH
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INNOVATIV 2 2019
Company founder celebrates 80th birthday
New lifting column HS SL
BTS with RFID equipment
Dear readers, Lorenz Bohle Celebrates 80th Birthday
More than half of the year has already
passed, and we can look back on eventful
Courageous Entrepreneur Founded the Globally Successful
and dynamic months. Pharmaceutical Special Machine Building Company in 1981
In the first half of 2019, we manufactured
an impressive number of process machines On 12 August 2019, the company founder
again. Among them were numerous large- Lorenz Bohle celebrated his 80th birthday.
scale projects with granulation, blending
and coating systems. Many of these systems Lorenz Bohle, who was born in the Sauer-
have already been delivered to our custo- land region of Germany, completed an
mers all over the world. They are in daily apprenticeship as a machine fitter after
production use. We would like to take this graduating from high school in Brilon and
opportunity to thank you for your confidence then studied engineering in Kassel, where
and are eager to reciprocate this with his passion for the still new science of pro-
reliability, high quality and adherence to cess engineering was sparked. In 1972, he
delivery dates. The second half of the year joined Rottendorf Pharma GmbH in Enniger-
also promises to be an extremely intensive loh as Technical Manager, where he gained
time for the entire Bohle team. Various in- important experience in the production of
dividual and system solutions are designed pharmaceuticals. Lorenz Bohle: Even at the age of 80, Lorenz
and being built for you. Bohle is still full of zest for action. Many
More than 40 patented machines and years of process experience and visions
Over the past few months, we have seen an processes regularly bring about new patents.
increase in demand for ever more complex In 1981, Lorenz Bohle started his own
solutions, accompanied by a greater need are at your disposal at our headquarters were pleased to reach even more cus- development and design office with a small
for us to act as a total solution provider. in Ennigerloh for trials or for optimizing tomers and potential buyers. The PMEC in workshop. The first successful product was which is still on the market. Over the years, more than 40 patented machines and pro-
your processes. The Service Center houses India in November will be the next big trade the tablet checker KA, a modern form of Lorenz Bohle and his team have developed cesses for pharmaceutical manufacturing.
As executive directors of L.B. Bohle a complete pharmaceutical solids pro- fair at which we will jointly present. We look The blenders and coaters became internatio-
Maschinen + Verfahren GmbH, we can duction facility with modern machinery. forward to your visit at our booth 11. A21. nal bestsellers.
rightfully point to our first-class and, Our Technology Center is dedicated ex-
above all, extensive product range. From clusively to continuous manufactu- Our aim is to be a competent partner not Over the past few years, Lorenz Bohle con-
weighing, via wet and dry granulation, ring. The modular QbCon® pilot system only at trade fairs. Due to our worldwide centrated his efforts on the research and
milling and screening machines, blending enables continuous manufacturing of presence with more than 40 subsidiaries development of continuous processes and
processes and film coating applications, powder, direct compression, wet or dry and sales partners, we always make sure advanced the further development of the
to extensive applications for tablet hand- granulation and coated tablets. We invite that our sales, service and spare parts QbCon® series until it successfully entered
ling, we offer machines and processes for you to visit us and test our machines and departments are close by in order to the market.
your solids production or the manufacture processes to optimize your success with achieve optimum results for you.
of food-related products. our support. Future secured
Dear readers, we are looking forward to At the beginning of 2017 Lorenz Bohle
The list clearly shows that we are able to At the leading trade fair Interphex in further trustful cooperation in numerous handed over the daily operations of the
design and successfully install the system New York in April, we presented our port- projects so that we can continue to con- business to Managing Directors Tim
required for your application. And this not folio for the first time together with our tribute to your success with our machines, Remmert (Sales) and Thorsten Wesselmann
only holds true for batch processes, but partner Korsch AG under the slogan "Your processes and innovations. (Technology). The founder and owner be-
also for continuous manufacturing. Process in Mind". As in previous years at The KA Tablet Checker has been a bestseller came Chairman of the Advisory Board but
Interpack or Achema, the presentation Best regards since the 1980s. Even in 2019, Bohle still continues to actively support the company‘s
Two test and development centers, the was a great success. The joint exhibition Tim Remmert, Thorsten Wesselmann manufactures the KA in a new design. development.
Service Center and the Technology Center, booth attracted greater attention and we Executive Directors
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Agent Meeting in Spring
MORE THAN
270 40 EMPLOYEES
Experts from All Over the World Gather Information
EMPLOYEES
WORLDWIDE 80%
EXPORTQUOTE
EXPORT RATE
IN OUR SERVICE DEPARTMENT
40,000 SQM
OF OPERATING AREA
This year, the two-day meeting focused on years. On all continents, customers will 20,000 SQM
practical presentations and lectures on the find competent contacts who will provide
extensive product range for batch and con- information about the product portfolio and OF PRODUCTION AREA
tinuous processes. "Our high-tech products support them during the project phase. TURNOVER:
require extensive review. Our agents can only "I still remember the first few years when we
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100%
communicate the USP if they understand the welcomed ten agents here. Now there are
technology," Tim Remmert continued. "The
mutual exchange of experiences among the
agents is always very important, too."
more than sixty," said Lorenz Bohle, Chair-
man of the Advisory Board, proud of the
company‘s development. "This clearly shows
that we have evolved from a special machine
50 m.
EUROS IN 2018 MADE IN GERMANY
Sales growth through larger network
40
manufacturer operating in a niche to a glo-
In the course of globalization and the world- bally recognized brand serving the world‘s
wide interdependence on economic and
production processes, L.B. Bohle‘s global
major pharmaceutical companies." The larger
network lays the foundation for further sales
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agent network has also grown in recent growth in the coming years. SALES PARTNERS
WORLDWIDE
HEADQUARTER
DISTRIBUTION AND SERVICE OFFICES
PRODUCTION
The Manager Scientific Operations Dr. Robin
Meier and his team informed the agents More than 60 participants followed the trials
about the latest developments and trends and presentations very attentively on both
for batch and continuous technologies. days.
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New Lifting Column with Small Footprint
Bohle Developers Optimize Lifting Column for Automated Processes
In the pharmaceutical solids industry, lifting the wish for a new design
devices in the form of lifting columns have of the lifting column. Pro-
been an indispensable aid in performing duction systems with their
a great variety of tasks for many years. For auxiliary units often take up
example, lifting columns are used to feed a lot of space, making the
tablet presses or coaters or in complex integration of a lifting co-
manufacturing lines. lumn difficult. For this reason,
L.B. Bohle developed a new
In contrast to competitors who use hydraulic SL lifting column, which was
lifting technology, L.B. Bohle has been relying presented for the first time
very successfully on robust and electrically at Achema 2018. The HS SL
operated chain drives for years. "These chain impresses with its robust
drives require less maintenance than hydrau- design and electromechanical
lic drives and do not pose hygiene problems lifting drive. In addition, it
in cleanrooms," said Thorsten Wesselmann features a touch control based
(Executive Director), explaining the advan- on a microcontroller. The Easy operation due to a touch control based
tages of Bohle technology which has had a lifting column is controlled on a microcontroller.
presence in the market for more than 30 automatically by an intuitive
years. Several thousand HS type lifting user interface. For Thorsten
columns are reliably used every day for a Wesselmann, it is a unique selling point gration of containment valves, drum adap-
variety of applications. that "the new lifting column, with already tors or other devices. Operation via a remote
integrated control cabinet, requires only a touch panel enables operation outside the
Slimmer HS SL lifting column expands footprint of 0.3 m² and can therefore also danger zone. Of course, the HS SL also
portfolio be used in very limited spaces". The HS SL offers a wide range of options, such as a
As the capacity in production rooms is often guarantees gentle lifting, precise docking, load handling device, which can be imple-
limited, customers increasingly expressed swivelling and turning as well as the inte- mented at the customer‘s request.
remote
Visitor magnet at Achema 2018: At the last Achema, visitors were informed
about the optimized, space-saving lifting column. In the meantime, several
lifting columns of the HS SL series have already been installed.
Low-Maintenance Chain Drive Remote Touch Control Precise Turning Precise Swivelling
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Conical Mill BTS with RFID Equipment Steve Chahidi Strengthens Sales Team
Permanent Control in the Sieving Process New Area Sales Manager for France, Spain and the Maghreb Region
Dipl.-Ing. Steve Chahidi, age 50, took over even closer to the customer in cooperation
The size reduction of pharmaceutical solids the area sales management for Spain and with the Medelpharm agency. "Our goal is
is a crucial step in the process of tablet pro- France, the French-speaking part of Belgi- to regain better penetration of the French
duction and has a significant influence on um and the entire Maghreb region at the market. By increasing our local presence, we
the quality of the final product. The required beginning of 2019. This important position want to achieve greater sales success there as
particle size distribution correlates with de- had to be filled following the promotion of quickly as possible," said Burkhard Schmidt,
sired release characteristics. Therefore, the Dipl.-Ing. Burkhard Schmidt to Sales outlining the goals for the French market.
choice of the correct machine setup for the Director of L.B. Bohle Maschinen + Verfah-
crushing process is critical for product qua- ren GmbH. "With Steve Chahidi, we have Spain and the Maghreb with great
lity. This means that the correct sieve insert been able to recruit an expert for the sale potential
must be selected and installed for a sieving Higher level of process reliability: RFID tech- of capital goods in mechanical enginee- The Spanish market is traditionally one of the
machine. nology ensures permanent control of the ring," said Executive Director Tim Remmert. largest pharmaceutical markets in the Euro-
screening process. For example, a stored His language skills and experience make him pean Union and has been a successful sales
For years now, the Bohle Turbo Sieve BTS screening process can only be started with an asset to our company," Tim Remmert market for L.B. Bohle for many years with a Language talent Steve Chahidi joined the
200 has been meeting the highest stan- the screen insert stored in the recipe. continued. large number of implemented systems. Bohle-team in February.
dards of process reliability thanks to its
modern control system with recipe and user Greater proximity to the customer Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia have expe-
management. The sieving process can only "In order to achieve a significantly higher process reliability and documents the sieve Steve Chahidi, who holds a Master‘s degree rienced an economic upswing in the phar- handling machines. This positive develop-
be started by authorized operators. How- level of process reliability and to avoid insert used in the batch report. in electrical engineering, will manage his maceutical sector in recent years, enabling ment will be continued and strengthened by
ever, the operator is still solely responsible errors to the greatest extent possible, the sales area mainly from France in order to be L.B. Bohle to install numerous process and Steve Chahidi.
for installing the appropriate sieve insert. BTS 200 can now be equipped with RFID
The following data is stored on the
(Radio Frequency Identification) technology,"
sieve transponder:
explained Remmert. The sieve inserts are
equipped with unobtrusive transponders Serial number The compact system with the BFS 240 fluid
(data carriers) that clearly identify the sieve Sieve design (Round hole sieve, bed granulator and the GMA 600 high-
insert. Thus, a stored sieving process can friction sieve, square hole sieve) shear granulator was successfully installed in
only be started with the sieve insert stored Hole size Algeria. Especially in recent years, the de-
in the recipe. Article number mand for process machines from L.B. Bohle
Date of manufacture has increased in the Maghreb states.
Simple mounting of the antenna for reading The antenna for reading the data is plugged First and last use
the data. into the feed hopper, ensuring easy clea- Operating hours
ning of the BTS.
Sieve insert determines product Enhanced process monitoring and
result safety
"The sieve insert has a decisive influence The use of RFID technology has further ad-
on the product result and must therefore vantages for users: Storing the operating
be regarded as process-critical. For this times makes it easy to draw conclusions
reason, it must be carefully selected," said about possible wear and extended process
Executive Director Tim Remmert, high- times. The integration of RFID technology
lighting the priority of the work process. into the BTS control system thus increases
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Bohle and Korsch Together at Interphex APV Seminars at the Service Center
Trade Fair Cooperation Successfully Expanded Wet and Dry Granulation Workshops November
At Interphex in New York, L.B. Bohle and For many years, APV (Arbeitsgemeinschaft
Seminar Dry Granulation Seminar Wet Granulation
Korsch AG, two globally renowned pharma- Further joint exhibitions 2019 für Pharmazeutische Verfahrenstechnik e.V.)
November 12th and 13th, 2019 November 14th and 15th, 2019
ceutical machine manufacturers, made their has been very successfully organizing semi-
first joint appearance in the USA. Having nars at L.B. Bohle´s Service Center. Basics Technological introduction
very successfully exhibited in Germany at
Demonstration of the compactors Processes for wet granulation
Interpack 2017 and Achema 2018, as well In November, the series of seminars on wet
as last year at Pharmtech in Moscow, the Pharmtech Andina Pack PMEC and dry granulation, aimed at employees Formulation aspects in dry granulation Continuous granulation
decision to exhibit together at Interphex November 19th – 22th November 19th – 22th November 26th – 28th from the development, production and qua- Practical training Group work in theory and practice
was easy. Moscow, Russia Bogotá, Colombia Delhi NCR, India lity control departments, will continue. The PAT methods for compacting (fluid bed and single pot
goal of the seminars is to gain a deeper granulation)
Cleaning and dismantling of the
"The larger booth area has attracted more understanding of processes, formulations granulator
attention. The higher number of visitors Focus on process machines Compactor BRC 25. The dry granulators and their interactions.
and the positive feedback at the trade fair A total of four machines for different pro- of the BRC series can be flexibly integrated
clearly show that it was the right decision to duction steps drew numerous customers into various production scenarios and can Both workshops are characterized by a nars in the Service Center are distinguished
exhibit together", summarized Martin Hack, and potential buyers to the booth. Out of be used both in batch production and in successful mix of theory and practice. The by their high practical content. By using the Further information:
Vice President & General Manager L.B. Bohle the extensive range for granulation pro- continuous manufacturing. Visitors to the seminars will be led by experts from uni- Bohle machine park, the participants always www.lbbohle.com
LLC. cesses, L.B. Bohle presented the Roller BTM 150 hammer mill and BTS 200 turbo versities, research and industry. The semi- have access to ultra-modern equipment.
sieve had the opportunity to find out about
the latest innovations in milling and sieving
machines. Both systems feature a touch
screen for convenient operation. A further
highlight at the joint booth was the BTC 100
coater. The tablet coater not only impresses
with its fast and uniform tablet coating, but
above all with its efficiency.
The joint exhibition with Korsch AG has "Your Process in Mind" a complete
increased the size of the booth making it one success
of the largest in the entire hall. At the end of the day, both Korsch and Bohle
drew very positive conclusions from the
joint trade fair. "We agree that the joint
presentation brings only advantages. Our
appearance under the slogan "Your Process
in Mind" was very well received by custo-
mers and visitors. We received nothing but
positive feedback", said Tim Remmert (Exe-
cutive Director) summing up the trade fair.
The next big joint presentation of the two
tablet production experts will be at the
PMEC India from 26 to 28 November 2019.
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Start of Construction Work
A perfect blend with the park: the new
company canteen features large windows
and an outdoor seating area to enjoy a break
for New Canteen outdoors.
Completion in 2019
As you would expect from L.B. Bohle, the Modern ambience for a feel-good
decision was made quickly and easily: climate
"We‘re building a new canteen!" This "We attached great importance to a bright
decision was announced by Dipl.-Ing. and modern ambience when planning
Lorenz B. Bohle, Chairman of the Advisory the building," said Lorenz Bohle regar-
Board of L.B. Bohle Maschinen + Verfah- ding the detailed planning. The result is
ren GmbH at a staff meeting in November a building that blends in perfectly with
2018: "Now that we have taken the first the park and offers a large outdoor sitting
step in the right direction in our compa- area for eating or taking a break. "Our
ny canteen by switching to a full caterer, goal is to make our customers‘ stay here
it is time to drive development forward", in Ennigerloh as comfortable as possible a family business with a close relationship
Lorenz Bohle continued. during trials or at the FAT. The new company to our employees, we are very keen to
restaurant will add to this," explained create a feel-good atmosphere." The new
Under the supervision of Lorenz Bohle, a Lorenz Bohle. canteen will further improve the frame-
canteen of approx. 300 m² will be built work. "Our employees will come together
in the park at the headquarters in Enni- More communication thanks to joint in the company restaurant, talk to each
gerloh, which will not only be a place for breaks other, get to know each other better. This
employees to feel at ease, but also for Thorsten Wesselmann (Executive Director) also improves the working atmosphere,"
customers and guests. is also pleased with the new building. "As Thorsten Wesselmann continued.
Lorenz Bohle, Chairman of the Advisory Board
The inauguration of the canteen complex is (left) at the official ground-breaking ceremony
scheduled for 2019, provided construction with Oliver Spiekermann and Laurence Bell
progresses according to plan. (Architects Spiekermann).
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Thomas Altefrohne Wins Young Welders Christel Wienker with L.B. Bohle for 35 years
Competition Celebration marks anniversary
Top Results in Regional Competition
In the hopes of good results It‘s hard to believe how quickly time passes.
and being highly motiva- On April 15th, Christel Wienker celebrated her
ted, Bohle‘s two journey- 35th anniversary as Executive Secretary to the
men Thomas Altefrohne and Management and the Advisory Board.
Patrick Vossmann made the
trip to Beckum to take part Trusting cooperation for more than
in the competition of the three decades
German Welding Associa- Company founder and Chairman of the
tion. A total of 26 young Advisory Board, Lorenz B. Bohle, looks back
welders between the ages of on their years together with joyful gratitude.
16 and 21 competed against "Christel Wienker has accompanied the de-
each other in the various velopment of our company almost from the Harmonic atmosphere at the anniversary
welding processes. very beginning. Thanks to her determination dinner. Of course, all participants looked
and reliability, I could always rest assured back to former times.
Competition between that Mrs. Wienker’s excellent support would
the different welding keep things running smoothly," says Bohle
techniques with great satisfaction after the decades they Long retention time of the employees "It is always a great pleasure for me to see
"Having our own trainees compete with cluded welding fillet welds and butt welds inert gas welding. Also, from L.B. Bohle, spent working together in the company. in the company how many employees have been working
others in the various welding processes on sheet metal in different positions. Patrick Vossmann finished with the excellent Robert Stauvermann has been a mainstay with me for so many years. This continuity
is always a great opportunity to prove result of 3rd place. The small ceremony was also attended by at L.B. Bohle since the first day of the com- in cooperation speaks volumes about the
their specialist skills and to assess their From L.B. Bohle, Thomas Altefrohne Executive Director Thorsten Wesselmann, pany‘s foundation, while Markus Splietker great trust we have in each other and the
abilities," said Klaus Emmerlich, Head of achieved the highest score of 100 points Results confirm high educational level Global Plant Manager Robert Stauvermann, was the first apprentice and now with the satisfaction the job brings," Bohle reports
Industrial Technical Training. The tasks in- and was the winner in the field of tungsten After the competition, Emmerlich stated and Markus Splietker, Manager of Plant 3. company since 1982. with pride.
with great satisfaction: "The top positions
confirm that we are a very good training
company. Of course, the diligence and
talent of the trainees are important as well".
L.B. Bohle offers training for industrial
mechanics specializing in mechanical and
plant engineering, and for electronics tech-
nicians specializing in industrial enginee-
ring. In addition, Bohle will also be training
machining mechanics specializing in turning
technology starting in September 2020.
Very satisfied with the results of the com- Further information on our job ad-
petition. Klaus Emmerlich, Patrick Vossmann vertisements and apprenticeships at: They are happy about the long-standing employees: Lorenz Bohle (left) and Thorsten Wesselmann
and Thomas Altefrohne (from left to right). www.lbbohle.com (center) together with Christel Wienker, Markus Splietker and Robert Stauvermann (from left to right).
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