Lonza selected Rockwell Automation to digitalise nine former Capsugel capsule manufacturing sites.
Lonza needed to modernize nine capsule plants for high-volume, just-in-time production without disruption. Rockwell implemented PharmaSuite MES with FactoryTalk InnovationSuite, with SAP segregated so enterprise failures do not stop production. The page states coverage of nine sites, 1,500 employees equipped with new tools and traceability down to individual capsule cartons.
Rockwell Automation is an industrial automation company whose PharmaSuite MES and control systems are used by pharma manufacturers for electronic batch records and plant automation
This sits in the Ship stage of the AI use-case lifecycle: Named examples from the vendors pharma teams use to get an AI system live inside a real, regulated production workflow — validation, CRM, safety and clinical systems of record.
Published by Rockwell Automation on its own site — read the original case study on automationmagazine.co.uk ↗
Note: Page is a trade-magazine report on the Rockwell announcement.
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