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Pressure to cut jobs feeds demand for more efficient equipment

By Guy Montague-Jones, 29-Jun-2009

Related topics: Materials & Formulation

Equipment that enables cosmetics and pharmaceutical companies to reduce headcount and save floor space is in high demand as pressure to cut costs mounts.

Manufacturers of machines for the pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries are seeing increased demand for more automated and robotic processes.

“Do more with less”

The new mantra is “do more with less”, said Barnaby Keller from Keller Technology, a manufacturer of machinery for the cosmetics said pharmaceutical industries.

Keller said pressure to reduce headcount and overheads is driving demand for more automated processes that require less manpower.

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