Manufacturer of test instruments for solid dosage forms: dissolution, disintegration time and hardness testers as well as R&D laboratory equipment.
ERWEKA GmbH
63225 Langen (headquarters, 4,700 m²)New on Amplifa
About ERWEKA
ERWEKA is an internationally active manufacturer of test instruments for the pharmaceutical industry, headquartered in Langen (Hesse). The company manufactures and assembles instruments for the development and quality control of solid dosage forms, including dissolution testers (USP 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7), disintegration testers, tablet hardness testers, friability and granulate flow testers as well as automated dissolution systems such as RoboDis. For research and small-scale production, the AR 403 all-purpose equipment line with numerous attachments (mixing, granulating, crushing, filling) and the benchtop tablet press EP-1 are offered; production is predominantly in stainless steel (AISI 304, 1.4401, 1.4571). Customers include pharmaceutical and life science companies, development and contract laboratories, universities as well as the chemical, cosmetics and food industries. On the market since 1951 and part of Verder Scientific since 2023, ERWEKA supplies customers through a worldwide network of subsidiaries and sales partners; in addition to manufacturing, the company offers maintenance, calibration, qualification (IQ/OQ/PQ) and training.
- Site
- Langen
- Processes
- Technical Service (maintenance, repair, calibration), Qualification/Validation (IQ, OQ, PQ), Training & Installation, 360° Service Contracts, Remote Support (TeamViewer), Software Support
- Materials
- Stainless steel 1.4401 (AISI 316), Stainless steel 1.4571 (316Ti), Stainless steel AISI 304, Steel 1.0332 StW22 (bright chrome-plated), Acrylic glass (PMMA)
- Certificates
- ISO 9001:2015, ISO 9001:2015 (Kiwa, K-0212788)
- Founded
- 1951
- Industries
- Pharmaceutical / Biotech / MedTech, Chemical Industry, Cosmetics, Food Industry, Universities and Research Laboratories, Development and Contract Laboratories
- 01
Development & Engineering
- 02
Manufacturing
- 03
Assembly
- 04
Quality Inspection & Certificates of Conformity
- 05
Distribution via Worldwide Network
- 06
Service, Maintenance & Calibration
Materials & Processes
Stainless steel 1.4401 (AISI 316)
Used for sieves and product-contact components such as test baskets per USP/EP.
Stainless steel 1.4571 (316Ti)
Material for retaining plates and test baskets of the disintegration testers.
Stainless steel AISI 304
Housing and product-contact parts of the EP-1 tablet press and all-purpose equipment.
Steel 1.0332 StW22 (bright chrome-plated)
Frame plates of the EP-1 tablet press, executed in bright chrome plating.
Acrylic glass (PMMA)
Used for viewing doors and mixing containers, e.g. cube mixer KB 15/20.
Locations
Langen
DECentral site: administration, R&D, manufacturing and assembly
- Materials
- Stainless steel AISI 304, 1.4401, 1.4571, chrome-plated steel
- Manufacturing and assembly
- IoT machines
- Exhibition and training area
- Block-type thermal power station
Industries
2 Anlagen & Maschinen
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Additional services
Reference customers
Quality & Certification
ERWEKA manufactures under a certified quality management system (ISO 9001:2015, group certificate Verder Scientific, Kiwa) and issues certificates of conformity for basket-related components per USP/EP; the technical service covers maintenance, calibration with certificate as well as IQ/OQ/PQ qualification.
| Evidence | Langen |
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| ISO 9001:2015 (Kiwa, K-0212788) |
History
- 1951
Founded by Erwin, Werner and Karl; first all-purpose devices for pharmacies in Germany.
- 1958
Introduction of the first disintegration tester (late 1950s).
- 1968
Introduction of the first dissolution tester in collaboration with USP and FDA.
- 1990
First fully automatic tablet hardness tester MultiCheck.
- 2008
First fully automatic dissolution system RoboDis I, developed in cooperation with Bayer Healthcare.
- 2012
Introduction of RoboDis II: software-controlled, 10–40 batches per run, optionally with UV-Vis and HPLC integration.
- 2015
MultiCheck 6 hardness tester with patented Oblong Navigator™.
- 2019
Move into the new company headquarters at Pittlerstraße 45 in Langen (4,700 m²).
- 2023
ERWEKA becomes part of Verder Scientific.