Masthead Welcome to Technikon Laboratories - an independent South African based Pharmaceutical Contract Manufacturer, Packer and Distributor. .....................Welcome to Technikon Laboratories - an independent South African based Pharmaceutical Contract Manufacturer, Packer and Distributor.

Manufacture and Packing

Technikon offers the following contract manufacturing services:


  • Encapsulation of size 1, 0 and 00 hard gelatin and vegi capsules on 3 automatic lines capable of producing 2 000 000 capsules / day.
  • Tableting by direct compression on a 20 station press capable of producing 400 000 tablets / day
  • Blistering of tablets / capsules, soft gels in PVC & Aluminum Foil blisters, on one of 6 blister lines. 5 of the lines are automated high speed lines capable of producing 100 blisters / minute. One of the lines is capable of print registration and multi tablet blistering (eg. race-track oral contraceptives).
  • Cartoning on 4 semi-automatic and 2 automatic cartoners
  • Blending of powders in a 1 ton Nautamix conical blender or a 1 ton cube blender
  • Liquid sachets
  • Towlette liquid sachets
  • Flow-wrapping and shrink-wrapping
  • Form-fill-seal sachets
  • Aerosol manufacture (topical pharmaceutical grade)
  • Creams, ointments, liquids – mixed in tanks and filled on 4 head gear pump lines
  • Tablet counting into containers and sachets
  • Manufacturing and filling of Zip lock bags
  • Liquid filling

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