Harro Höfliger Pharmaceutical Production Machines

Harro Höfliger is a German maker of Modu-C capsule filling machines, inhaler and MSP blister lines, aseptic, assembly, web processing and cartoning machines, based in Allmersbach im Tal.

Modu-C capsule filling machines

Harro Höfliger hard capsule filling machines are built around a rotary system that groups feeding, separating, dosing, closing and checking. Up to three media go into one capsule: powder, pellets, tablets or liquids. The Modu-C CS fills up to 43,500 capsules per hour with OEB 5 containment.

Modu-C CS: up to 43,500 capsules/h
Containment: up to OEB 5
Up to 3 media per capsule
Inline tare and gross weighing

Dosing units and dosing trolleys

Harro Höfliger dosing stations sit on interchangeable trolleys, up to three stations each. The trolley system switches quickly between powders, pellets, tablets and mini-tablets. Powders are dosed by screw dosers, disc, drum or membrane fillers; the drum filler partially fills blister cavities.

Up to 3 stations per trolley
Partial cavity fill: below 50%
Powders: screw dosers
Media change: swap the trolley

Inhaler lines and MSP blister machines

Harro Höfliger builds dosing and assembly lines for dry powder inhalers, soft mist inhalers, pressurized metered dose inhalers and nasal applicators. The MSP forms, fills and seals up to 2,400 blister cavities per minute, with a multi-lane powder filling module.

MSP: up to 2,400 cavities/min
Multi-lane filling module
DPI, SMI and pMDI inhalers
MDI process: Dry-Filling

Aseptic filling of vials, syringes and IV bags

Vials and syringes arrive in nested tubs or as bulk goods; liquids are dosed by rotary piston or peristaltic pumps and powders by screw dosers or disc fillers. The baXeptic platform fills pre-sterilized IV bags with nitrogen flushing, vacuum and high-frequency sealing.

oRABS, cRABS or isolators
OEL below 0.05 µg/m³
IV bags: nitrogen flushing
High-frequency bag sealing

MOD Flex and Assembly Lab 4.0 assembly machines

MOD Flex combines the MOT oval system with shuttles on a magnetic linear drive and assembles injectors and nasal applicators on one platform. The semi-automatic Assembly Lab 4.0 assembles autoinjectors, pens and needle safety devices at three to four products per minute.

Assembly Lab 4.0: 3–4 products/min
Magnetic linear drive shuttles
Force, displacement, torque checks
MOD Flex based on MOT

Web processing machines for TTS, films and dressings

Harro Höfliger web processing machines produce transdermal systems, wound dressings and ODF films. Dancers and web-edge controls guide the web, API layers are coated and dried, and contours are punched with solid tools and presses. Layers are joined by plate, impulse, roller or ultrasonic sealing.

Impulse and ultrasonic sealing
Solid tools and punching presses
ODF coating and drying
PVOH water sealing

MKT and MKL cartoners and MCP packer

Harro Höfliger began with cartoning and has over 50 years of packaging experience. In the cyclic MKT a cycloid system erects blanks into the cup chain and a cobot can refill the magazine; the MKL is horizontal. The MCP side-loads stacks into shipping boxes, and the MQS handles serialization and UDI.

Over 50 years of packaging
MKT: cobot magazine refill
MKL: horizontal cartoner
MQS: serialization and UDI

Quality control: AMV sensor, X-ray, cameras

The capacitive AMV sensor measures dose mass non-destructively at full machine speed and, with X-ray, gives 100% fill weight control. Vision checks use optical sensors, line scan cameras and 3D laser profilers plus deep learning. A patented rotary star sorts capsules.

100% fill weight control
Capacitive AMV sensor
Line scan and 3D cameras
Rotary star capsule sorting

Selecting a Harro Höfliger machine

Harro Höfliger builds production and packaging machines for pharmaceutical and medical products: Modu-C hard capsule filling machines, dosing and assembly lines for inhalers and MSP blister strips, aseptic filling machines for vials, syringes and baXeptic IV bags, MOD Flex and Assembly Lab 4.0 assembly platforms, web processing machines for patches and ODF films, and MKT and MKL cartoners.

The dosing method is chosen by lab analysis of particle size distribution, geometry and flow properties, then by filling tests: screw dosers, disc, drum or membrane fillers for powders, thixotropic dosers for gels.

The Modu-C CS fills up to 43,500 capsules per hour, the MSP up to 2,400 blister cavities per minute.

Format parts, dosing trolleys and spare parts

Dosing systems sit on interchangeable trolleys with up to three stations each, and format parts are changed when switching to a new format.

Components and assemblies are identified in the digital 3D spare parts catalog, discontinued parts show up early in the machine parts list, and spare and wear part stocks are planned for the production mode.

Harro Höfliger manufacturing

Harro Höfliger Verpackungsmaschinen GmbH started in 1975 and is based in Allmersbach im Tal, Germany. It employs more than 2,500 people, had operating revenue of 420 million euros in 2024 and an export share above 80 percent.

Sites include Backnang, Aspach, Satteldorf and the Schlierbach technology center.

Harro Höfliger and model names are trademarks of their respective owners and are used only to identify the equipment for which we source parts. SpareX is not an official dealer, distributor or representative of Harro Höfliger and is not affiliated with the trademark owner. Origin, documents and warranty are stated for each item in the quotation.