20 March 2009

• PTA continues its expansion course with the takeover of the complete product program from Huber Maschinenfabrik GmbH, Freising, Germany
• PTA at ACHEMA in Building 3.1 - Booth E30-E31

With its solid expertise and outstanding “Made in Germany” manufacturing quality, PTA has been a in demand around the world for more than 20 years as a provider of cleaning systems, clean room technology and custom systems for the pharmaceutical and food industries. Effective immediately, PTA has taken over of the machine program from Huber Maschinenfabrik GmbH, Freising, Germany. Huber is a pioneer in the field of cleaning systems for the pharmaceutical industry. PTA is adding the entire range of "Huber Systems" washing and sterilizing machines to PTA’s washing, rinsing, siliconizing and drying machines. PTA is exhibiting at ACHEMA in Building 3.1 - Booth E30-E31.

Rüdiger Dilg, PTA Managing Director, has this to say: „The patented technology of Huber Maschinenfabrik GmbH (Huber Systems) fits into the existing product program perfectly. By taking over this technology, we are securing our technological market leadership at the international level.“

Dilg expects that this step will result in substantial benefits for his customers since the combination of PTA and Huber offers them an optimized product program that always has the best solution for processing key pharmaceutical elements and small parts.

The coming weeks should see the completion of the full integration of „Huber Systems“ into the new production plant that was built in Neufahrn near Munich specifically for the cleaning systems.

Not only will development continue on the proven Huber machine program, - the existing sales structures will also be kept in place and optimized for international sales. At the same time, PTA wants to cultivate communication with current „Huber Systems“ customers in order to ensure an uninterrupted supply of spare parts and services to the more than 500 Huber machines in use around the world.

Mr. Dietwart Völpel, former Huber owner, is more than satisfied with these steps. „I am very pleased that Huber's innovative machine program will now be carried on by a company like PTA. We have always shared the same business vision: offering our customers the utmost product quality and leading technology. We also believe that systematic and continual performance and ongoing development result in a brand's long-term success and credibility.“

PTA CLEANING SYSTEMS – innovative technology for the greatest process efficiency

PTA provides the pharmaceutical industry with cleaning systems for various production environments and capacity requirements. The systems are designed specifically to meet the pharmaceutical industry's high demands, and the intelligent functions, carefully thought out down to the smallest detail and combined with the highest quality standards, guarantee unrivalled process efficiency for the customers.

The WST washers from PTA were specially developed for cleaning large quantities of small industrial parts made of rubber or plastic, and are ideally suited for large production environments with correspondingly high throughput. Particularly advantageous for quick, smooth production sequences is the single process step that combines cleaning, rinsing, drying and - where needed - siliconizing.