Large-scale projects don’t always have to exceed the deadline, the budget or stress limitations of the people involved. Egemin Automation and Laboratoria Smeets proved it in their joint project to build a new production plant, reassembling an existing process installation and increase its level of automation. Open communication and creative troubleshooting were the keys to success. “No doubt we would do this kind of projects together again.

Located close to Antwerp, Laboratoria Smeets is an innovational and ambitious contract manufacturer and packer of para-pharmaceutical products that is focused on powders.

Until recently, the company had two production plants in Belgium. Intelligent market analysis and the demand for a specific high-quality product by the market, inspired the company to buy an existing process installation of a large pharmaceutical company and blend it into their own plant.