Plastic Factory at EIPICO 

The main goal of establishing the factory was far beyond achieving any financial gain, but only to maintain the high quality level of EIPICO's Eye Drops assuring the sterility of the medicament all through the production process up to the end user.

This target was not achievable regarding the low quality of the locally-produced eye drops bottles.

Besides the common defects like black spots, flashes, deformation, broken ratchet bridges, out of tolerance dimensions, un-uniform thickness.... etc., the most critical defect was the leakage problem which radically contradicts the basic feature of those products namely Sterility, something that could not be tolerated.

This critical situation was the motive for the decision to produce our own eye drops' dropper bottles in January 1999.

The Plastic Factory was established and actually started production in September 2000.

Since the beginning and up till now, the factory covered all EIPICO's needs of Eye Drops Dropper Bottles of sizes: 5, 10, and 15 ml, with a quality level that matches the highest international standards, and was capable of developing its productivity to fulfill future needs.

Through the years from 2007 till 2017, the factory has experienced 4 phases of development, introducing new products:

1- The First Development in 2007

The factory started production of the 20 mm Vial Cap (Aluminum Cap plus Plastic Button) for the 15 and 20 ml Vials with a state-of-the-art design (Flip-up Tear-Off) in order to overcome the serious counterfeiting problem EIPICO was suffering from, besides assigning a different color shade to every product and each concentration of this product, eliminating the counterfeiting problem almost completely.

2- The Second Development in 2008

With the establishment of the affiliated company, EIACO, and its start of producing 5, 15, and 20 g Ointment Tubes, exclusively for EIPICO, the plastic factory, in parallel, started producing the Plastic Screw Cap M7 that fits 5 g Ophthalmic Ointment Tubes and Plastic Screw Cap M9 that fits both 15 and 20 g Ointment Tubes, covering all present and future needs. 

3- The Third Development in 2014

The factory started producing the Measuring Cup for the 28 mm Aluminum Pilfer-Proof Caps.

4- The Fourth Development in 2017

The factory started producing the Measuring Cup for the Child-Proof Plastic Caps.

Possible Future Expansion  

The idea of producing (Rubber Stoppers) was first introduced by the Production Sector.

A primary feasibility study was done for a productivity of 250 Million Rubber Stoppers per year to cover EIPICO’s needs, and with future expansion to 500 Million, targeting the local market.

A break-through occurred in the recent few years, using the new TPR material and discarding the old, expensive, hazardous method of production based on polymer followed by a vulcanization process.

This break-through decreases the number of machines required, the production space, the production cost and waste to a minimum and simplifies the production process.

The study still needs to be completed, revised and submitted. 

Plastic Factory Products List  To Date

Factory 1 

Factory 1 was built in 1980 and renewed using state-of-the-art construction system and materials in compliance with International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE) regulations.

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Factory 2 

Factory 2 was launched in 2013 to fulfill the evergrowing demand of both national and international markets. The production facilities have been designed to cope with the latest cGMP and WHO regulations. 

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Affiliate Companies (EIACO)

In 2005, Egyptian International Ampoules Company (EIACO) was established, as an Egyptian investment company for manufacturing medical ampoules. EIPICO is the main investor. 

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