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Facility PharmaCarolina Site Overview

The 25,000 SF Carolina manufacturing facility is located approximately 2 miles southeast of San Juan and is situated on 1.2 acres. Biovail purchased the site from Galephar P.R. in 1995 and has invested over $6 million in capital upgrades over the past few years. The facility is ideal for manufacturing medium volume capsule products. The Carolina site has
produced in excess of 300 million capsules per year.



Area
Square Footage
Total Main Building
25,391 SF
Manufacturing       
9,124 SF
Warehouse
1,559 SF
Offices
3,949 SF
Engineering Offices
1,013 SF
Site Support
9,746 SF



The facility contains the following solid dosage manufacturing equipment:

Equipment Manufacturer Model Remarks
Encapsulator (1)
MG America
MG-120
120,000 capsules/hr
Fluid Bed Dryers (2)
Niro
CU-4
Aeromatic model
Niro
MP- 4/5
Planetary Mixers (2)
GeaCollette
IMH 450
450 Liter low shear
V-Blender (1)
A&M
ATS 400
40 cubic feet
Spheronizers (3)
Caleva
700

Two units with 5 to 20 Kg capacity

Caleva
27
5 to 20 Kg capacity
Extruders (3)
Fuji Paudal
EXD-100
Ovens (12)
Gruenberg
N/A
100 Kg capacity (each)
Sievers (3)
Sweco
24”
High Shear Mixers (2)
Silverson
BX
Low Shear Mixers (2)
Lighting
Metal Checks (3)
Safeline
480003
Lifters (2)
Metolift
50 Kg




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Highlights of the site’s infrastructure and utility systems include:

Equipment Manufacturer Capacity Remarks
Power
Primary Voltage
N/A
3,800 volts
Emergency Generator
Caterpillar
300 KW
Emergency Generator
Cummins
175 KW
Compressed Air
Air Compressor
Atlas Copco
250 – 543 CFM
Variable Speed Drive with integrated air dryer
Air Compressor
Ingersoll Rand
266 CFM
Rented Backup Unit
Air Dryer
Deltech
180 CFM
For Rented Air Compressor
Air Receiver Tanks (2)
N/A
240 Gal
Chillers
Chillers 1 & 2
Trane
20 TON (each)
Steam
Steam Boilers (3)
Fulton
30 HP(each)
Air Conditioning (Manufacturing Area)
AHU-G
Carrier
25 TON
AHU-1
Trane
20 TON



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