Silicone and Fluorine
Coating

Improved functionality for pharmaceutical containers

Our coating technology optimizes the performance of your pharmaceutical glass vial or ampoule. Applying silicone coating or fluorine coating on the inner surface offers the following benefits:

For injectable solutions or syrups:

  • Improves the water repellency of your glass container
    • Enables your drug to be withdrawn to the last droplet;
    • Eliminates product waste;
    • Ensures patients receive the prescribed dosage.
  • Prevents the flaking of glass components, particularly, alkali
  • Prevents the interaction between glass and drug product
  • Has a lubricating effect that increases viscous flow

For lyophilized (freeze-dried) dosage forms:

  • Prevents bottle breakage during the freeze-drying process
  • Enhances the appearance and uniformity of the ‘cake’ by reducing dusting on the inner wall

Our Silicone Processing is registered with the US FDA (Silicone coating DMF No. 15330)

Our silicone coating process is as follows:

Manufacturing Control Department
When glass vials or ampoules are received at our manufacturing control department, they are assessed for size, appearance, and resistance to strain. The results of this inspection should agree with your specifications and our internal standards. We discard containers that don’t conform.

Fully automated System
In a highly clean environment and using a fully automated system, your containers are washed in purified water using a combination of repeated immersion in an ultrasound bath and exposure to shower jets. Washing and draining procedures are performed in controlled conditions.

Your containers then undergo silicone coating, external rinsing, leveling, and glazing.

We inspect the appearance and water-repellent quality of each container.

Finished products are packaged and labeled, and stored in our warehouse.

Before we deliver your products, we make a final inspection for consistency of size, appearance, snap break force and water repellence.

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Since its foundation in 1942, Namicos has played a major role in the pharmaceutical industry through the supply and manufacture of containers.

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