Many industries rely heavily on specialized equipment to maintain the quality of their products. When you’re dealing with things like pills or supplements, every single detail, especially getting the count right and packaging them perfectly, is a huge deal. Checking out the companies that actually put these advanced machines together shows you a key part of how things get made.

Cremer

Year Founded: 1949

Main Products:

• CF 1220 series – 12-channel and 24-channel linear tablet counters.
• CFS 622 series – Modular counting machines with up to 200 bottles per minute capacity.
• CFI 622 series – High-speed counting machines with in-motion bottle filling up to 400 bottles per minute.
• Vibratory feeding systems for product separation.
• Bottle unscramblers and conveyor systems.
• Complete turnkey pharmaceutical packaging lines.

Cremer Speciaalmachines B.V. is a company in Lisse, Netherlands. This town is famous for growing Dutch flower bulbs. Fred Cremer started the company in 1949. He invented the first machine that used electricity and mechanical parts to count flower bulbs. Before this, workers counted and packed flower bulbs by hand.

Fred Cremer’s invention changed the flower bulb industry a lot. Later, in 1963, the company made the world’s first electronic machine to count products. This let Cremer work with more than just farm items. They started making counters for things like candy and medicines.

Around the mid-1980s, Cremer began making machines to count medicine tablets. The company quickly became known for creating special counting and packaging systems. These systems were made to fit exactly what customers needed. Their tablet counters can handle many kinds of medicine products. These include regular tablets, coated ones, and different types of capsules and lozenges.

Cremer’s machines use smart infrared light to count. The sensors in these machines can adjust themselves to stay accurate. These important parts are kept in special boxes. The boxes have tools for communication and for sensing movement.

Since 2017, Cremer has been a part of the Uhlmann Group. The Uhlmann Group is a German family-owned company. It’s a big name in the worldwide medicine packaging market. This change helped Cremer become stronger. Cremer still keeps its Dutch background and its new ideas.

Over 150 skilled people work at Cremer. The company also has many sellers and agents all over the world. Cremer designs its tablet counters very carefully, which is important for medicines. They use special flaps controlled by motors for perfect counting.

The machines do not need to be stopped often for fixes. Workers can change them to handle different products in less than 15 minutes. They don’t even need tools to do this. The machines follow important quality rules, known as cGMP. They are also designed so that the filling and capping areas are separate. This stops any products from getting mixed up.

Countec

Year Founded: 1978

Main Products:

• DMC60S/DMC120 – Compact high-speed tablet counters.
• DMC200 & DMC300 – High-performance counters producing up to 300 bottles per minute.
• COVISS Vision System – Vision inspection for defect detection.
• INSPECSEAL – Thermal imaging system for seal inspection.
• Servo-driven rotary capper series.
• Integrated bottle packaging equipment.

Countec is a company based in Korea. It was one of the first companies in the world to create electronic systems for counting tablets. Countec started in 1978. At first, it was a shop for design and engineering work. It made precise parts for tablet presses and tools for drug companies. This early work helped Countec grow.

Later, Countec became a maker of many kinds of packaging machines. Countec was among the very first companies anywhere to offer electronic ways to count tablets. This made the company known as an innovator in how medicines are packaged.

In its 40 years of business, Countec has worked with over 600 customers. It has also set up more than 1,300 of its machines around the world. The company is very good at designing, making, and putting together the whole line of bottle packaging equipment. This equipment is for tablets and capsules. Not many companies in the world can do all of that.

Countec’s tablet counting machines have a special design. It’s a double rotating shutter for tablets. This design helps count accurately and handle containers quickly. It also does this without taking up too much floor space.

Countec cares a lot about new ideas. You can see this in its advanced vision systems. One system is called COVISS, which stands for Countec Vision System. COVISS can find problems with products. For example, it can spot tablets that are broken or chipped. It can also find tablets with black spots, or that are the wrong color, size, or shape.

Another technology is called INSPECSEAL. It uses heat imaging to check seals right after packaging. This method does not damage the product. It can find seals that are too hot or not hot enough. It also spots damaged foil or caps that are loose or crooked.

The engineers at Countec are always working on new technology. They have created things like 100% vision counting systems. These systems use smart designs. They don’t need vibrators or cylinders to work.

Countec builds its machines with stainless steel that is safe for making medicines. The machines also have features like automatic bottle height adjustment. They have nozzles that dive up and down at different speeds. They also have touch screen controls. Countec offers good prices and good quality. It does this by planning and controlling its production very well. They learned how to do this from over 40 years in the medicine industry.

DATA Detection Technologies

Year Founded: 2002

Main Products:

• ICU 1-40 – Single channel tablet counter with vision-based system.
• ICU 2-80 – Dual channel counter with up to 90 bottles per minute capacity.
• ICU 3-120 – Triple channel high-speed counting machine.
• ICQ 60 – All-in-one tablet counter with inspection capabilities.
• ICI counting systems for bulk counting applications.
• Vision-based detection and rejection systems.

DATA Detection Technologies is a company in Israel. It changed how tablet counting technology works. A team of experts started the company in 2002. These experts came from fields like electronics, optics, mechanics, and computer science. DATA did not use old mechanical ways to count. Instead, it created advanced image processing technology. This tech works in real time and counts items in groups with amazing accuracy.

The company calls its technology ICU, which means Image Counting Unit. This is different from usual counting systems. ICU doesn’t need to separate products into lines. It also doesn’t need to feed them one by one at set times. Instead, products are counted all together. They fall straight down through a detection unit at a steady speed.

This new method lets DATA’s machines count up to 25,000 items a minute. They are still 100% accurate. The machines use smart math formulas. These formulas look at the falling items from many angles.

DATA has over 2,000 customers all over the world. It has put in more than 1,500 machines. These machines are used in many industries. These include drug companies, food makers, health supplement companies, farming, and small factories. This success shows that DATA’s vision-based method works very well.

The tablet counting machines have some great abilities. They can spot broken pieces as tiny as 0.5mm. They can also set themselves up for new products automatically using a special tool. Workers can change the machines to handle new products in just 5 minutes. They don’t even need tools.

The counting part of the machine is separate from the tracks. This helps reduce dust build-up. The system also tells you when it needs cleaning. Customers say these machines can handle products that were impossible to count before. This includes very small soft gels and tough powdered or uncoated tablets. DATA’s focus on tech solutions has made it a world leader in advanced counting technology.

IMA Group

Year Founded: 1961

Main Products:

• SWIFTPHARM series – Electronic tablet counters with optical sensors.
• I-SCAN – Tablet counter with product inspection and single tablet rejection.
• TruCount® – High-speed tablet scanning system.
• F.S. (Electrostatic Field Sensor) counting technology.
• Complete packaging lines with unscramblers, cottoners, and cappers.
• Vision inspection systems with AI technology.

IMA S.p.A. has its main office in Bologna, Italy. It is a very large international company in the medicine machine industry. IMA started in 1961. Its first name was Industria Macchine Automatiche. IMA grew from its Italian start to become a global leader.

The company has over 6,000 workers. It runs 45 factories all over the world. IMA works in about 80 countries. It does this through its 29 branches and over 50 agencies. So, it is a very widespread company.

IMA’s tablet counting technology comes from many years of new ideas in medicine packaging. Their counting systems use several advanced technologies. One is optical sensors that can scan 16 times every millisecond. They also use dust-resistant Electrostatic Field Sensors, or E.F.S. These are good for products that make a lot of dust.

IMA also uses groundbreaking TruCount® systems. These systems scan products almost 2,000 times a second. You can see the company’s focus on new tech in its AI-powered vision inspection systems. These systems are much better at finding defects. This is especially true for products and foils that are hard to see clearly.

The IMA Safe part of the company makes full lines of packaging equipment. This includes their well-known tablet counting machines. These machines can have Camera Vision Systems. These systems check for any mixed-up products and make sure the product quality is good.

Their SWIFTPHARM series offers medicine-grade electronic tablet counters. These counters move bottles smoothly. They come in different setups. Some have single counting heads. Others have many heads for when you need to produce a lot. The machines have built-in guards for good containment. They also meet all standards for the medicine industry. IMA’s global presence and wide range of packaging solutions make their machines a trusted option.

Marchesini Group

Year Founded: 1974

Main Products:

• FTC Series – Electronic counters with 12 or 24 channels.
• COMPACT-12 VALIDA – Counting and capping machines.
• ELECTRA – Electronic counting and filling machines.
• Twin flap and twin funnel systems for enhanced performance.
• Volumetric filling systems with electronic control.
• Camera vision systems for product integrity checking.

Marchesini Group is in Pianoro, Italy, near Bologna. Massimo Marchesini started the company in 1974. It began as a small business. Now, it’s a global company that makes and sells equipment for medicine production. Even though it’s big, Marchesini still focuses on handcrafted quality and Italian style. The company keeps the same passion and care it had when it first started.

The company designs and makes tablet counting machines. These machines can handle tablets. They can also handle different kinds of capsules, like operculated or soft-gel ones. Marchesini makes machines that only count. It also makes complete units, called monoblocs. These units also include systems for putting caps on bottles.

Marchesini’s counting technology has advanced inspection systems. These systems meet the toughest rules for medicine packaging. For example, they can check 100% of the net weight. They also use cameras to check products and counts. They can even reject single bad products. Some models can check the active ingredients inside capsules or tablets while they are on the line.

Marchesini’s FTC Series is their main counting technology. It has electronic counters that can stand alone. These counters have 12 or 24 channels. The machines can be set up with twin flap or twin funnel systems. This helps them work best when counting medium to low numbers of items.

The counting heads use vibrating trays set up in three stages. Photocells do the actual counting as tablets fall into containers. All machines follow important quality rules called cGMP. They also have color touch screens, which makes them easy to use.

The company works hard to be flexible. It can manage many different products and counts. It also tries to keep costs down. And it makes it quick to change machine formats. Their machines have great systems for recovering dust and keeping it contained. They also have optical sensors that can adjust themselves.

The machines are built with strong stainless steel structures. The parts that touch the product are made from a special stainless steel or materials approved by the FDA. Marchesini has put thousands of machines in factories worldwide. It keeps improving its technology and custom solutions for medicine packaging.

ACG

Year Founded: 1961

Main Products:

• Capsule filling equipment for pharmaceutical applications.
• Automatic 100% capsule check-weighers.
• PRO-CHECK checkweighers with precision weighing.
• Bin washing systems for IBCs.
• Vision inspection systems for tablets and capsules.
• Carton serialization and traceability systems.

ACG’s main office is in Mumbai, India. Two brothers, Ajit Singh and Jagjit Singh, started the company in 1961. At first, ACG made empty hard capsules. These capsules were for local drug companies. Since then, ACG has grown a lot. It is now the world’s biggest single provider of manufacturing solutions for the medicine industry.

ACG works in 138 countries on six continents. This means the company has a very large global presence in its field. ACG is mostly known for making capsules and medicine machinery. But it also offers complete solutions. These solutions include tablet counting features as part of its packaging lines.

ACG looks at tablet counting as part of making medicines taken by mouth. For these medicines, accurate counting is very important for correct packaging and sending products out. ACG’s equipment has advanced features. For example, it uses vision inspection systems with AI technology. These systems find manufacturing flaws and make sure the product quality is high.

The company has excellent engineering. This is thanks to a global team of designers and developers. Experts from Germany, France, Italy, the USA, India, and Croatia are all part of this team. In 2021, ACG opened a special lab in Shirwal, India. It’s called a Process Development Laboratory. This lab is for working together on new ideas.

At this lab, customers can team up with ACG experts. They can work on all parts of process development. The lab has top-notch equipment. It shows ACG’s dedication to creating new things through partnerships.

ACG believes that customers are not just buying machines. They are investing in long-term relationships. The company has a technology called ACG Smart Connected. This tech allows for tracking equipment from far away. It gives real-time updates and monitoring. This helps to find and fix problems efficiently. It also improves how well the equipment works overall.

ACG has over 60 years of experience. Its motto is “making it better.” ACG keeps supporting medicine companies around the world. It helps them in their goal to give people access to quality medicine.

Romaco

Year Founded: 1989

Main Products:

• Bosspak RTC series – Electronic tablet and capsule counters.
• QuadCount matrix counter technology.
• Rotary continuous motion container filling systems.
• Vibration-free stream filling equipment.
• Semi-automatic and fully automatic counting machines.
• Complete turnkey packaging solutions.

Romaco is based in Germany. It has become a top global maker of machines for processing and packaging since it started in 1989. Romaco is a group made of seven brands. It has six places where it makes products. It also has nine sales and service centers around the world. This structure gives Romaco a big international impact in the medicine packaging industry.

The company has over 850 experts. These experts help customers in more than 160 countries. Romaco has sold over 12,000 machines globally. Romaco’s skill in tablet counting is shown through its Bosspak brand. Bosspak offers proven technology for electronic counting. This technology works well for making both large and small amounts of products. It is also good for clinical trials, which are tests for new medicines.

The Bosspak RTC series has new QuadCount matrix counter technology. This makes sure counting is very accurate. It does this by separating tablets or capsules before counting them. These machines use a rotary system. They fill containers with a single stream of products. This means they operate without vibrations. So, products fall one by one into bottles without getting damaged.

The company really cares about flexibility. You can see this in its tool-free changeover design. This means you don’t need tools to change parts. It also has settings you can program. These let you quickly switch between different products. Their counting machines can handle different speeds. Some count 15 pieces a minute, others up to 600. This depends on the model. So, they are good for businesses of all sizes.

In December 2021, Romaco grew its global presence. It opened a production plant in Bologna, Italy. This plant adds to its existing sites in Germany and Changsha, China.

Romaco makes over 165.3 million USD in sales each year. It also focuses strongly on being eco-friendly. Romaco designs machines that use less energy. They also cut down on material waste. Their complete approach covers everything from powder to the packed tablet. They offer full production line solutions.

Romaco’s long history actually goes back to 1886. A previous company first offered tablet pressing solutions then. This gives Romaco over 160 years of experience in medicine manufacturing technology.

Accutek Packaging Equipment

Year Founded: 1989

Main Products:

• Auto AccuCounter – Automatic pill counting machines.
• AccuCounter BT – Tablet/capsule counter for semi-automatic operation.
• Three-stage 16-channel vibratory plate systems.
• Computer-controlled dynamic scan counting systems.
• Tablet counter filling machines with semi-automatic and inline automatic options.
• Complete turnkey packaging solutions.

Accutek Packaging Equipment Companies Inc. is in the United States. It has buildings in Irving, Texas, and Fort Myers, Florida. Accutek started in 1989. It has grown to be one of the biggest privately owned makers of packaging machines in the U.S. The company is an expert in creating and making complete packaging solutions from start to finish. Tablet counting machines are an important part of the wide range of equipment it offers.

Accutek’s tablet counting technology is made to handle different kinds of capsules, caplets, and tablets. These are for medicine and health supplement products. Its main product is the Auto AccuCounter. This machine uses three-step, 16-channel vibrating plates. These plates can put out up to 3,000 pieces a minute. The error rate is less than 1%.

The machines have computer-controlled dynamic scan counting for each channel feeder. This lets operators watch the output of each channel. They can quickly find any problems. Self-checking sensors help spot operating mistakes. This reduces the time machines are not working.

The company’s focus on being versatile is clear. Its machines can handle different shapes and sizes well. They do this while still being accurate and reliable. The tablet counters can be set to fill containers with just 20 pieces. Or they can fill them with up to 999 pieces. These machines can run at top speeds of up to 60 containers a minute.

Accutek offers different setups. There are semi-automatic setups for when you’re making smaller amounts. There are also inline automatic systems for when you need to produce more. This makes sure there are solutions for all kinds of operations.

Accutek’s customer service is more than just selling equipment. They offer full support. This includes help with technical problems, spare parts, and training. This support makes sure their machines work their best. The company has also started using solar energy for its operations. It wants to be more sustainable.

With over 30 years of experience, Accutek has a name for making high-quality, easy-to-use equipment. Accutek keeps serving industries like medicine and health supplements. It also serves others that need precise tablet counting.

Pharma Packaging Systems

Year Founded: 2002

Main Products:

• Electronic tablet and capsule counting machinery.
• Multi-channel counting systems with variable speeds.
• Vision inspection systems for quality control.
• Complete turnkey packaging lines.
• Custom pharmaceutical packaging solutions.
• cGMP compliant counting equipment.

Pharma Packaging Systems Ltd started in 2002. Its goal was to be the world leader in designing and making electronic counting systems. The company has been in the medicine packaging industry for over twenty years. It has earned a name for creative solutions. These solutions are often for special medicine-related uses.

Their specialty is tablet and capsule counting machines. These machines fit a wide range of speed needs and budgets. All machines include the newest electronic controls. They also follow cGMP design, which are important quality standards in the medicine field.

The company has developed special skills. It can handle unique tasks that go beyond regular tablet counting. For example, they have made counters for complicated needs. One such need is counting multipack vitamins. These packs can have up to 8 different products counted at the same time.

This kind of custom work shows how flexible they are. They can meet customer needs well. It also shows how skilled their engineers are. They can solve tough counting jobs. All of their equipment has modern electronic controls. It is designed to meet the highest standards for making medicines.

In 2022, Pharma Packaging Systems got a major honor. It received the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the International Trade Category. This award showed its success in markets around the world. This happened as the company was celebrating its 20th anniversary. This marked two decades of new ideas and growth in medicine packaging.

Their success comes from strong relationships with customers. Customers have praised their excellent support and advice. They also noted the big increases in how much they can produce with the equipment.

Pharma Packaging Systems does more than just make tablet counting machines. It also puts together entire packaging lines. They supply complete solutions and manage the whole project. They team up with important suppliers across Europe. Together, they find technical solutions for both solid and liquid medicine products.

The company takes full responsibility for how the products work together. It also handles customer care after the sale. All equipment meets the latest cGMP rules. It is fully checked and validated. This includes 21CFR Part 11 compliance when needed. It comes with complete paperwork, like detailed machine manuals, certificates, and setup guides.

SaintyCo

Year Founded: 1999

Main Products:

• TC-100 Tabletop tablet/capsule counter with PLC control.
• TC-1 Tabletop counter and filler.
• TM-100 Twin-channel counting machine.
• Eight different types of tablet and capsule counters.
• Complete bottle packaging systems.
• Automatic counting lines with vision inspection.

SaintyCo is part of Sainty International Group. It is in Wenzhou City, China. SaintyCo has become a top supplier of medicine equipment. It has over 20 years of experience in this area. The company is an expert in providing equipment for processing and packaging. This equipment is for industries like medicine, cosmetics, and food.

SaintyCo mixes European technology with the benefits of Chinese manufacturing. This lets them offer premium machines that do not cost too much. These machines can also produce a lot. SaintyCo makes eight different kinds of tablet and capsule counting machines. All of them are designed and made following cGMP rules. These are important quality standards.

Their counting technology includes everything from simple machines that sit on a tabletop to fully automatic systems that work at high speeds. For instance, the TC-100 model has PLC control, which is a type of computer control. It has a touchscreen. It uses high-accuracy fiber sensors made by Keyence in Japan. It can count 600-1000 pieces a minute.

The machines have advanced features. One is a device to collect dust. This helps make counting more accurate. They also have flap nozzles for continuous counting. And they have adjustments that do not need tools. This makes it easy to handle all types of tablets and capsules.

SaintyCo is a CE and ISO certified company. This means it meets certain international standards. SaintyCo keeps high manufacturing standards for all its products. The tablet counting machines are built with strong metal. The parts that touch the products meet FDA standards. They are made of a special stainless steel.

The equipment is designed with efficient HMI systems, which are user interfaces, and control panels. It also has fully working anti-dust systems. And it has many safety features to make sure they operate reliably. You can see the company’s dedication to quality. They inspect 100% of their products before delivery. They also provide complete documents, including important setup and operational guides in English.

SaintyCo has more than 18 member factories. It also has 7 product brands under the Sainty International Group. Because of this, SaintyCo offers wide-ranging solutions. These go beyond single machines. They include entire production lines and complete projects. Their global presence includes local after-sales service systems. These offer quick help for fixing problems and guidance for maintenance.

The company’s main goal is to keep innovating. It also wants to make customers happy. And it aims to stay a leader in making equipment for the medicine industry. Cadmach, a related company, has won multiple export awards. Cadmach also opened an office in Princeton, New Jersey, USA. This office helps serve international markets with after-sales services.

Conclusion

Figuring out who to go with for these super precise machines takes a bit of homework, no doubt about it. You really want to see what different makers offer, because that’s how you find something that clicks with exactly what your setup needs. And speaking of looking, if you’re actually needing pharmaceutical machines, Finetech in China is worth a look; they might just have what you’re after.