IMA Life S.r.l (previously known as IMA Edwards, Libra and BOC Edwards Pharmaceutical Systems) is one of the few companies which are prominent in the manufacturing of freeze dryers especially for the pharmaceutical and biotechnological companies, aseptic processing and filling solutions. It was previously owned by the BOC Group and then the Linde Group until recently when it was bought by the IMA Group based in Italy. 
Products.
IMA Life's production range includes machines for vial washing and sterilising, filling and stoppering machines for aseptic environments, filling and closing machines for pharmaceuticals, microdosing machines for aseptic powder filling, labellers, blowing machines, depackers and tray loaders.
IMA Life also offers freeze-drying technology: industrial, pilot and laboratory freeze dryers.
IMA Life designs, manufactures, installs and services integrated systems predominantly for the pharmaceutical primary packaging market. It has been in the market of freeze dryer manufacturing for more than 50 years. It specializes in the production of industrial freeze dryers (lyophilizers)and fully automated loading &amp; unloading systems.
Organization.
IMA Life is one of the four main divisions of the IMA group. IMA has 4 divisions dedicated to business areas in the main packaging and processing sectors: IMA Flavour (Tea &amp; Coffee Packaging Solutions), IMA Active Division (Solid Dose Solutions), IMA Life (Aseptic Processing &amp; Freeze Drying Solutions) and IMA Safe (Packaging Solutions). The last three business areas also manage companies operating in their respective sectors. 
The parent company, IMA is a multinational Italian company based in Bologna, Italy with a consolidated turnover of 505.8 million Euros.
IMA Life has 4 divisions:
Production Sites.
IMA Life has four production sites, one located in the outskirts of Bologna, one in Calenzano near Florence, one in Tonawanda, NY (USA) and one in Beijing (China). Apart from its manufacturing plants, it has sales and service centers at Puerto Rico, Brazil, France, Italy, Ireland, China and Japan.
Clients / Customers.
Most of the clients are pharmaceutical and biotechnological companies which include ;br ;
Pfizer, GlaxoSmithKline, AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Novartis, Johnson &amp; Johnson,
Aventis, Eli Lilly, Roche, Abbott, Kaketsuken, Schering-Plough, Bayer, Pathéon, Takeda, Amgen,
Schering-Plough AG, Wyeth, Baxter, Hemofarm, Genentech, Genzyme, DSM-Catalytica and Merck &amp; Co.
See also.
IMA
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