WEST POINT, Pa., April 3, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Colorcon, Inc. announced in February 2009, that to meet the growing demand of orders for Surelease(R), aqueous ethylcellulose dispersions, a new line was added at their Indiana, USA manufacturing site to increase production approximately 50%.
Demand for Surelease has accelerated due to the increasing preference for multiparticulate dosage forms, as well as its use in nutritional enteric applications. Nutrateric(R), nutritional enteric coating system (Colorcon patented), based on Surelease and an alginate pore former, has become the product-of-choice for fish oil, garlic and other dietary supplement products.
James Coward, vice president of corporate development, had this to say about the expansion. "The Surelease capacity expansion was done as part of our continued commitment to our customers, and as part of our investment in our modified release technologies."
About Colorcon
Colorcon is a world leader in the development, supply and technical support of formulated products for the pharmaceutical industry. Its core businesses include film coatings, modified release technologies, functional excipients and tablet design services. Colorcon has 18 technical service laboratories globally and more than 1200 employees exclusively dedicated to its pharmaceutical customer base. For further information, visit www.colorcon.com.