The Right Transfer Solutions for Media and Buffer Powders

The pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical industries are facing new challenges with powder handling on a scale that has never seen before. In recent years, production facilities across the globe have been required to handle an ever-increasing amount of powder, creating bottlenecks and inefficiencies throughout the entire product pipeline. ILC Dover is a worldwide leader in developing effective solutions […]

Dry Flood Protection for Single and Double Doorways: Flex-Cover® Door

In a current webinar series, the experts and innovators at ILC Dover are providing an in-depth look at several flexible protective solutions and their applications. The first installment of this series focuses on one of our flood protection solutions, the Flex-Cover® Door. In this blog, we are reviewing highlights from the webinar, including an overview of […]

What Is Bulk Packaging?

When we hear the word packaging, our minds immediately connect to the products we buy as a consumer. We think about the box of cereal we ate for breakfast, the bottle of shampoo we used this morning, or the bag of dog food we have sitting in the pantry. The packaging we use every day […]

Flexible Isolator Technology: The Containment Solution for Pharmaceutical Processing

Watch the full webinar > Over the past few decades, the pharmaceutical industry has been challenged with the introduction of hormones, steroids, and other cytotoxic materials that are all potentially hazardous to operators and the environment. The main concern is how we can safely process these highly potent materials as they become more common in production […]

A Comprehensive Look at DoverPac® High Containment FIBC System

DoverPac® High Containment FIBC System DoverPac® Containment Systems are the global standard for disposable process and powder containment systems. In 1997, ILC Dover worked in collaboration with Eli Lilly to develop a flexible intermediate bulk container (FIBC) that provides high levels of reliable containment during both charging and offloading activities during solid oral dosage production and API manufacturing operations. DoverPac® is the only single use […]

High Containment for Lyophilization Processes

Download ILC Dovers Whitepaper on High Containment for Lyophilization The growth of lyophilization and its complicated processes has challenged manufacturers to maintain safety for operators working with highly potent ingredients, which has created a demand to assure product quality and protection from contamination. Ranging from small lyophilization systems used for R&D to larger production systems, […]

The Importance of Portable Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is like the air bag in your vehicle– you might not always think about it, but after your life is saved, you’re glad you had one that worked. Gas leaks and chemical spills are only some of the dangers those working in industrial, factory or warehouse settings potentially face every day. […]

Flexible Containment Solutions for Safe Handling of HPAPI Chemical Synthesis

By Scott Patterson, VP of Commercial Sales, ILC Dover Myriad considerations, spanning the full complement of pharmaceutical manufacturing stakeholders, influence the containment solution decision-making process in pharmaceutical manufacturing. Plant managers are tasked with the efficient use of floor space and managing capital and consumable expenses. Process engineers worry about the system’s impact on the integrity […]

Helping biopharma produce life-changing and life-saving drugs

ILC Dover applies insight and experience to reduce contamination in biopharma production The circumstances that gave birth to the biopharmaceutical industry are the same circumstances that present one of its key challenges – contamination. Most of us recall the story from our school days: In 1928, scientist and physician Dr. Alexander Fleming accidentally left a petri dish […]

Managing the Risks that Accompany Innovation

ILC Dover executives discuss how success depends on calculating the balance between innovation and risk. If successful innovation were easy and risk-free, every company would be doing it. To help our customers in the pharmaceutical, packaging and processing, personal protection, flood protection and aerospace industries improve safety and productivity, we at ILC Dover take chances […]