no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . february 2014 glatt type limited liability company gesellschaft mit beschr nkter haftung industry machine and plant manufacturing process engineering founded 1954 headquarters binzen deutschland key people reinhard nowak president products fluid bed units pan coaters high shear mixers product handling engineering and other services revenue 318 2 mio . 2010 number of employees 1 400 2011 website www.glatt.com the glatt group is active internationally as an equipment manufacturer system supplier and engineering service provider in the field of processing and refinement of solid compounds for the food feed pharmaceutical and fine chemical industry . contents 1 history 2 technologies 3 products and services 4 companies 4.1 partnership 5 external links history edit founded in 1954 by werner glatt and initially dealing with oven flues and venting systems the company experienced a rapid boom thanks to good connections and the nearby pharmaceutical industry in switzerland . in 1959 werner glatt and a dozen employees designed and installed the very first fluid bed dryer used in the pharmaceutical industry worldwide . further developments evolved ; after drying technology came granulation technology then coating and finally pelletizing technology . in the following years the company compounded and strengthened its business operations in 1971 glatt ag was founded in switzerland followed in 1973 by glatt air techniques gat in ramsey usa ; glatt ag was instrumental in launching a second glatt product family onto the market the tablet pan coater . within the course of just a few years additional sales companies were established in other countries glatt pharmatech in france glatt protech in the uk glatt ireland and glatt norden in denmark . in 1989 reinhard nowak took over as chief executive from company founder werner glatt . 1991 saw the foundation of glatt ingenieurtechnik git in weimar germany . almost simultaneously glatt systemtechnik gst was also founded in dresden germany . both companies added major new product lines and services thereby complementing the existing glatt portfolio . today the glatt corporation is a global group of companies and employs a workforce of over 1400 at its various locations . technologies edit the core technology of the glatt group of companies is the fluid bed technology for the drying granulating pelletizing see also spheronization and the coating of solid compounds . glatt has shaped and constantly further developed this technology . initially used solely as a dryer the fluid bed unit has by using suitable spraying systems become a granulator and then with the relevant developments a particle coater . today fluid bed units are available for batch as well as for continuous production . further technologies include wet granulation as well as film and sugar coating . these technologies are applied in the pharmaceutical industry for production of granules tablets and drag es pellets capsules ointments creams suppositories blood plasma products vaccines infusions and injection solutions drops juices in the food feed industry for production of flavours enzymes feed and feed additives baker s yeast and feed yeast instant products foods and food ingredients milk and dairy products in the fine chemical industry for production of enzymes fertilizers pesticides polymers detergent components products and services edit glatt s product range comprises batch and continuous fluid bed units for drying granulating particle coating pelletizing high shear mixers for wet granulation pan coaters for film and sugar coating and equipment for product handling and containment . services are provided in the field of engineering and turnkey projects where the company plans and implements complete turnkey production facilities . further services are provided by glatt laboratories involved in product and formulation development as well as process development and optimization . with the technology training center ttc glatt also provides and independent platform for seminars and technical training . companies edit the glatt group of companies comprises glatt process technology gmbh binzen germany batch fluid bed related equipment and services specializing in pharmaceuticals glatt maschinen & apparatebau ag pratteln switzerland pan coating related equipment and services specializing in pharmaceuticals glatt ingenieurtechnik gmbh weimar germany wiesbaden germany moskau russia new delhi india engineering turnkey projects specializing in pharmaceuticals food feed fine chemicals continuous fluid bed related equipment and services specializing in food feed fine chemicals glatt systemtechnik gmbh dresden germany high shear mixing and product handling related equipment and services specializing in pharmaceuticals food feed fine chemicals glatt pharma s.r.o. hradec kralove czech republic glatt air techniques inc. ramsey usa glatt protech ltd. leicester uk glatt pharmatech sasu dijon france closed in june 2013 and further companies and partners . partnership edit the glatt group of companies joined the alliance excellence united in april 2011 . excellence united is a partnership between six leading technological family companies involved in specialist engineering for the pharmaceutical medicine and process industry . further members of the alliance bausch str bel de fette compacting harro h flinger uhlmann and visiotec . each of these companies is the market leader in their industry . external links edit http www.glatt.com http www.excellence united.com http www.hollomet.com http www.ipc dresden.de http www.mcs ratio.de http www.pharmatronic.ch http www.ramseydesign.com http www.ttc binzen.de retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title glatt group & oldid 733895185 categories companies based in baden w rttembergmanufacturing companies of 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