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IMA Life
Aseptic Processing and Freeze Drying Solutions
IMA Life is the ideal partner for aseptic processing lines.
The product range includes washers, depyrogenating tunnels, liquid and powder fillers, isolation systems, freeze dryers, automatic loaders/unloaders, labellers and track and trace solutions. Blowing machines, depackers, tray loaders and other ancillary equipment are also available.
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IMA Life
Setting in the new standards in Aseptic Processing
IMA Life operates out of six production sites, each one specialised in a specific step of the process.
Customers are IMA Life’s core business. Understanding customers’ needs and offering service/support create a real benefit throughout the entire supply chain. The relationship with customers is what guides the way we design and develop machinery and services.
Qualified project managers follow the customers from the very beginning of URS definition through the entire project lifespan. They plan, organise, secure and manage resources ensuring that end-user time-to-market deadlines are met. -
IMA Life
Ground-breaking Technologies
Producing more than 200 machines per year in the field of liquid and powder filling, most of which are integrated into complete processing lines and with over 1000 freeze dryers installed in over 50 different countries, IMA Life can manage large-scale projects, designing and manufacturing customised solutions to meet special end-user requirements.
Our technologies
Featured machines
IMA Life insights
White paper
The success of freeze-drying.
17 min
Brands: IMA S.p.A. – LIFE Division Bologna, IMA Life North America Inc.
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Brands: IMA S.p.A. – LIFE Division Bologna
6 min
Brands: IMA Life, IMA S.p.A. – LIFE Division Bologna
White paper
IMA Life approach to No-Touch Transfer (NTT) of pre-sterilised Ready-To-Use (RTU) containers.
8 min
Brands: IMA Life, IMA S.p.A. – LIFE Division Bologna
42 min
Brands: IMA Life, IMA S.p.A. – LIFE Division Bologna
Case study
Quality by design cycle optimisation and equipment capability determination for vaccine placebo.
4 min
Brands: IMA Life, IMA S.p.A. – LIFE Division Bologna
4 min
Brands: IMA Life, IMA S.p.A. – LIFE Division Bologna
Case study
Supporting Merck toward a new age of aseptic fill-finish processing of highly potent drugs.
5 min
Brands: IMA Life, IMA S.p.A. – LIFE Division Bologna
White paper
An overview of design space construction.
3 min
Brands: IMA Life, IMA S.p.A. – LIFE Division Bologna
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Brands: IMA Life, IMA S.p.A. – LIFE Division Bologna
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Brands: IMA Life, IMA S.p.A. – LIFE Division Bologna
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Brands: IMA Life, IMA S.p.A. – LIFE Division Bologna
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Brands: IMA Life, IMA S.p.A. – LIFE Division Bologna
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Brands: IMA Life, IMA S.p.A. – LIFE Division Bologna
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Brands: IMA Life, IMA S.p.A. – LIFE Division Bologna
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Brands: IMA Life, IMA S.p.A. – LIFE Division Bologna
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Case study
IsoTech Lab-Tech Blog
15 min
Brands: IMA Life, IMA S.p.A. – LIFE Division Bologna
4 min
Brands: IMA Life, IMA S.p.A. – LIFE Division Bologna
8 min
Brands: IMA Life Japan KK, IMA Life, IMA S.p.A. – LIFE Division Bologna
12 min
Brands: IMA Life, IMA S.p.A. – LIFE Division Bologna
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Brands: IMA Life, IMA S.p.A. – LIFE Division Bologna
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Brands: IMA Life, IMA S.p.A. – LIFE Division Bologna
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Brands: IMA Life, IMA S.p.A. – LIFE Division Bologna
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10 min
Brands: IMA Life, IMA S.p.A. – LIFE Division Bologna
Case study
Navigating the COVID pandemic using Augmented Reality to aid in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing.
11 min
Brands: IMA Life, IMA S.p.A. – LIFE Division Bologna
6 min
Brands: IMA Life, IMA S.p.A. – LIFE Division Bologna
White paper
Informed Manufacturing through Big Data Analytics of Freeze Drying Process and Equipment
5 min
Brands: IMA Life, IMA S.p.A. – LIFE Division Bologna
5 min
Brands: IMA Life, IMA S.p.A. – LIFE Division Bologna
5 min
Brands: IMA Life, IMA S.p.A. – LIFE Division Bologna
White paper
Freeze-Drying Process Optimization.
12 min
Brands: IMA Life, IMA S.p.A. – LIFE Division Bologna
White paper
Increasing vial to vial homogeneity: an analysis of KRYOSEQ® nucleation on production scale freeze dryers.
13 min
Brands: IMA Life, IMA S.p.A. – LIFE Division Bologna
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Brands: IMA Life, IMA S.p.A. – LIFE Division Bologna
10 min
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Brands: IMA Life, IMA S.p.A. – LIFE Division Bologna
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Brands: IMA Life, IMA S.p.A. – LIFE Division Bologna
Case study
Injecta. The Queen of Quality
5 min
Brands: IMA Life, IMA S.p.A. – LIFE Division Bologna
8 min
Brands: IMA Life, IMA S.p.A. – LIFE Division Bologna
White paper
FUSION™ & FUSION PLUS™
2 min
Brands: IMA Life, IMA S.p.A. – LIFE Division Bologna
Case study
Case study with Thermo Fisher Scientific
8 min
Brands: IMA Life
IMA Life Service Solutions
IMA Life provides a complete set of services designed to assist customers in several areas and improve their overall performance. Highly skilled professionals, cutting-edge laboratories and full support before, during and after installation.
IsoTech Laboratory
Located in Bologna (Italy), at the IMA Life facility, the Isolator Research & Development Laboratory, IsoTech Lab., is made up of the microbiological laboratory and isolator pilot room where the IMA Life sterility assurance team works alongside our engineers to conduct customer-required tests, improve the isolation
systems and determine even shorter and more appropriate VPHP decontamination cycle applied to our equipment. All tests are performed using sophisticated and highly sensitive instruments, also in collaboration with Italian universities and with the major industrial measurement companies.
Lab4Life Laboratory
Located in Tonawanda, NY, at the IMA Life North America facility, the Lab4Life Lyophiliser Process Development Laboratory, features a certified clean room, analytical support laboratory, formulation and filling capabilities, and full-size freeze-drying equipment to support pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical
development. A specialized team supports pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical development by combining expertise in process development, computational modelling, scale-up, equipment characterization, and technology transfer. Their work focuses on aligning product requirements with process capabilities and equipment design to ensure robust and efficient manufacturing solutions
Service Portfolio
The full service offering encompasses a multitude of specially developed packages to boost production efficiency, anticipate maintenance requirements or implement rapid corrective measures. A vast selection of training modules for key operational aspects also covers process yield and quality control as well as giving technological insight into the machinery. To complete the services provided, IMA Life also supports customers, equipment upgrades, total overhaul and line relocation.
IMA Life integrated lines
Pharmaceutical
Aseptic Liquid and Lyo Vial Processing Line
Pharmaceutical
Aseptic Powder Vial Processing Line
Pharmaceutical
High-Speed Pre-filled Syringe Processing Line
Pharmaceutical
Cell & Gene and High-Value, Small Batch Processing Line
Pharmaceutical
Flexible Ready-To-Use Component Processing Line
Pharmaceutical
Open And Closed Ampoule Processing And Packaging Line
Pharmaceutical
Aseptic Ophtalmic And Inhalator Processing Line
Pharmaceutical
Liquid And Powder Bottling Line
Pharmaceutical
Pre-Filled Syringe Packaging Line
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