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INFRASTRUCTURE / FACILITIES

Akums six independent State-of-the- art manufacturing facilities are having modern & sophisticated manufacturing facilities of international standards which include ultra-modern plant, machineries & equipments, R&D, F&D, in house testing facilities - instrumentation and microbiology laboratories.

Akums has Ultra-modern & sophisticated machineries including 60 packaging lines, 5 ALU-ALU, 2 AF150,RMGs, 4 Fluid Bed Processors, Auto-Coaters, 2 FFS, 6 Tunnels, Sophisticated R & D, F & D and microbiology laboratories equipped with latest instruments, 13 HPLCs, 2 FTIRs, GC,TOC, DG Sets, 5,000 KVA water systems, SCADA, Hot & Cold Loop, 450- AHU's etc.

After setting up of the manufacturing units, machines were added from year to year. As per advice of the internal auditors, the installed capacities of the units were revised based on the additions made from time to time.

The installed capacities have been certified by Chartered Engineers, Secretariat of Industrial Approvals / District Industrial Centres, Excise Dept. & Drugs Department of Uttrakhand.

Brief description of critical areas:

R.M. Store: The store is divided into different areas as follows

1. Receiving Bay: This area is meant for unloading & preliminary inspection of the incoming material.
2. Sampling Unit & Dispensing Unit: These areas are developed for sampling for incoming raw material & for dispensing of raw material to the production areas. Each area has reverse laminar air flow having 5 micron filter at delivery point and a prefilter of 10 micron at the entry from where fresh air is drawn.
3. Under test raw material store: Developed to retain the received raw material till its analysis from Q.C. Department.
4. Approved R.M. Store: The area is meant for storage of approved R.M. after analysis by Q.C. It has one air conditioned sub store for storage of thermoliable items.
5. Rejected R.M. Store: A separate area for the raw material found rejected by Q.C. as per the laid down specification is developed for storage and further preceding there after.

Carton /Lable Store:

The area is meant for the storage of packing material only. This has been provided with racks for proper storage. The labels storage area is provided with separate lock & key arrangements.

Finished Goods Store:

Sufficient area for storage of finished goods has been provided. Air conditioned area is also there for storing goods under controlled environment.

Production Area:

It consists of Tablets, Capsule, Dry Powder, Liquid Orals & Packaging areas. Manufacturing area are provided with separate AHU's to minimize the chances of contamination. Dehumidifiers are also provided wherever required.

Packing area is divided into strip, blister and loose packing areas. Separate AHU's are provided for each strip/blister Machine to maintain temperature & humidity for the product & to reduce the chances of contamination.

A finished goods quarantine is also provided from where material is transferred to finished goods after approval by Q.A.

Q.C. Department:

It is the heart of the whole plant. It is divided into different sections as:

1. Chemical Section
2. Instrument Section
3. Microbiological Section
4. A library & chemist room for recording the data

Utility Block:

The block comprises of following:

U-I	U-II	U-III
D.G. sets	Purified water generation plant	Air compressors with drier
Boiler
Workshop Area
Control Panels