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PHARMA FOCUS: TABLETTING & ENCAPSULATION
Hersol’s newest area of focus is CBD oil
decades of unmatched
quality and customer service
With its 40th anniversary celebration in April, the opening an additional warehouse in June, increased capacity and a future manufacturing plant, Hersol Manufacturing Laboratories continues to grow at an unprecedented rate. P&C Review Africa reveals the latest developments at this leading contract manufacturing company.
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ersol Manufacturing
people. This department is flexible to
Laboratories (Hersol) occupies
customers’ needs and offers a variety of
over 12 000m2 of production
services, including container, bottle, unit
and warehousing space as well
carton, shrink wrapping, blistering and
as testing laboratories in Johannesburg,
combo packing.
South Africa. The company employs
DID YOU KNOW?
Hersol, a registered manufacturer in South Africa of pharmaceutical products and complementary medicines, is celebrating its 40th anniversary in April. The company was founded in 1980 by Laurence Solomons and Sam Hertzekowitz.
Hersol now has more capacity for additional machinery and production.
well over 400 qualified people at
FIVE-YEAR GROWTH PLAN
various levels and is run by a competent
Hersol’s management is in the process of
a new high speed, fully automated
management team, which oversees
acquiring a new building in Jeppestown
encapsulation machine. This new machine
all aspects of production. The team’s
which is located in close proximity to
not only increases the manufacturing
mantra is ‘built-in quality, customer
its existing facility. The new building will
capacity at Hersol but also increases its
service, delivery, and price’, for which it’s
give the company room to expand its
scope for new business.
become renowned in the industry.
existing operations while increasing its
The goal of production at Hersol is
As a result, the company has installed
capabilities. This forms part of Hersol’s
DIVERSIFYING INTO CBD
to ensure quality as well as to gain the
five-year plan, which includes the
Over the past four decades, Hersol has
ability to repeat the production of a new
acquisition of new machinery and will
become a speciality manufacturing
product in order to attain efficiency.
give the business additional scope for
company. In the early ’90s the directors
Within its manufacturing plant, Hersol
new product development.
and management team built up the
produces various products and dosage
The company has always operated
company and it has grown exponentially
forms, including powders, granules,
in a highly energy efficient manner
solutions, suspensions, syrups, extracts,
and was among the first manufacturers
ointments, creams and cosmetics.
in Johannesburg to operate on gas
important contributor of new ideas and
The company’s tabletting capabilities
since then. Hersol’s R&D department is an
power supplied by Egoli Gas, a supplier
concepts that add value to its customers’
include coated and uncoated tablets,
in the region operating Joburg’s only
businesses. The R&D team assists
sugar and film coating, effervescent,
piped natural gas infrastructure. More
customers to be innovative and helps
granules, veterinary medication,
recently, Hersol has installed a new
improve their products in the market.
delayed/modified release tablets and
generator, bringing this total to three
The team’s latest area of focus is
speciality tablets, while its encapsulation
and allowing it to move completely off
CBD oil, for which Hersol has planned to
offering spans gelatine, vegetarian and
the grid. This provides Hersol with the
acquire machinery to fill small bottles up
soft gelatine capsules.
electricity capacity that is stipulated
to 50mℓ. Highly specialised machinery is
by HVAC requirements.
required to fill CBD oil and Hersol is
Hersol’s packing department consists of 13 lines employing over 100
With the increased power generation,
proud to let the industry know that it has included this development as part of its strategic planning. In order to meet market demands for the growing categories of health supplements, Hersol also plans to diversify into homeopathy. This is an exciting time for the future of the complementary medicines industry and Hersol is looking forward to many more years ahead. •
Hersol’s new high speed, fully automated encapsulation machine
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The new generator installed at Hersol Manufacturing Laboratories
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