Branch
IMA Life (Beijing) Pharmaceutical Systems Co. Ltd. – Life Division
No. 3 JianAn Street, BDA (Yizhuang) • 100176 Beijing,
People’s Republic of China
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Address
No. 3 JianAn Street, BDA (Yizhuang) • 100176 Beijing,
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Phone
+86 10 59623866
Centre of excellence for freeze dryers and FUSIONTM shelf technology.
Located in Beijing, China, IMA Life Beijing specialises in advanced freeze-drying technology, with a portfolio featuring its patented FUSION™ shelf technology and a comprehensive range of industrial, small-scale and laboratory freeze dryers. Designed to meet the needs of even the most demanding applications, these solutions support the processing of complex pharmaceutical formulations.
Founded in Beijing in 2004, IMA Life Beijing incorporates the business of the former BOC Edwards Group, acquired by IMA in 2008.
Facility size:
2 plants with a size of 4,750 sqm and of 3,750 sqm.
Technologies we provide
Freeze-Drying
With over 50 years of experience, IMA designs and manufactures freeze-drying systems tailored to the needs of pharmaceutical and biotech production, from laboratory-scale development to commercial manufacturing.
Machine overview
LYOFAST Series
Freeze-Drying
Pack style: Ampoule, Tray, Vial
IMA Life Beijing Ltd – Life Division
LYOFAST MINI Series
Freeze-Drying
Pack style: Ampoule, Tray, Vial
IMA Life Beijing Ltd – Life Division
MINIFAST Series
Freeze-Drying
Pack style: Ampoule, Tray, Vial
IMA Life Beijing Ltd – Life Division
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 LYO-ReGen.
Give your equipment a second life.
Repower your production
Enhance the performance of your LYO and loading/unloading systems, remove obsolescence, extend their lifespan and achieve environmental and cGMP compliance with a comprehensive set of upgrade services covering machine componentry, refrigeration and vacuum technologies, equipment controls and all other ancillary systems.
Ensure compliance with the latest requirements and regulations.
Apply LYO-ReGen to your freeze dryer to ensure compliance with the latest and most stringent regulations. Improve the environmental performance and protection of your equipment and increase productivity through sequential cycles and customisation of loading and unloading systems.

Service Products
• Recipe versioning
• SQL reporting
• Autowithin
• Instrument redundancy
• Control system SCADA
• Control system SCADA & PLC
• Safety device/interlocks
• Non-aqueous solvent
• Refrigerant retrofit
Value and Benefits
• CRF 21 compliance
• Data integrity and cyber security
• Reduce operator intervention
• Reduce equipment downtime
• Fit the reports generated by equipment’s SCADA
• Enhance process robustness and data collection recording
• Enhanced compliance with the most recent requirements for open product handling as per Annex I
• Enhanced compliance with the current environmental and safety regulations
Add new features to your SCADA system.
Upgrade your machine with new features that are only available in the “new generation” of freeze dryers. Control and optimise all production phases by connecting to the plant database.

Service Products
• SQL reporting
• Integration in domain
• Instrument redundancy
• SCADA redundant architecture
• OSI PI – WERUM – MES system
Value and benefits
• Continuous Data collection
• Enhanced uptime
• Batch Report can be generated again at a later time from SQL database,
with indication COPY as water mark
• System under customer IT policy
Compliance
Be ahead of the curve and ensure full compliance with the new Annex I requirements by upgrading the control system, critical instrumentation, and lyophiliser loading and unloading systems to meet the latest and most stringent environmental control standards and regulatory expectations.

Service Products
• Instrument redundancy
• Control System upgrades
• Fully automatic Water Intrusion Test for sterilising filters
• Continuous automatic monitoring and alarming of the sterile boundary of the lyophilisation process
• Cycle queuing to enable the fully automatic unattended execution of all service cycles (defrosting, CIP/SIP, Filter integrity test and Unit leak test) to minimise equipment downtime between two consecutive manufacturing cycles while meeting the most recent GMP best practices.
• Unique batch report for freeze-drying and services cycles
• Upgrade of the loading/unloading systems (from fully manual to enclosed and ventilated semi- or fully automatic loading/unloading systems) and implement physical barrier technologies around your unsealed containers to support the achievement of Grade A conditions throughout the handling of the partially closed/unsealed containers.
Value and benefits
• Enhance your aseptic process robustness by minimising the risk of biological contamination at this crucial step of your aseptic processes
• Automate parts of the handling to minimise equipment/operator interactions
• Achieve full compliance to Annex I’s requirements and most recent GMP best practices with a reduced capital investment and downtime
Renew your equipment to avoid obsolescence.
The LYO-ReGen package makes it possible to upgrade any machine and eliminate the risk of obsolescence of old components by improving performance or adding features that are only available in “new generation” equipment.

Service Products
• Mycom
• Cumulus
• Hydraulic power unit & cylinder Control system
• Pneumatic valve manifold from pressure switch to pressure trasmitter
• Vacuum pump (oil or GV to GXS)
• Refrigerant retrofit
• ETV (sporlan to danfoss)
Value and benefits
• Reduce unexpected equipment failure
• Improve troubleshooting capability
• Predict downtime due obsolescence of failing items
• Reduce global warming potential impact
• Customise the stoppering pressure based on vial size
Reduce the impact on the environment.
LYO-ReGen reduces energy consumption and limits the impact on the greenhouse effect. If you use non-aqueous solvents, it also helps with liquid separation and waste management.

Service Products
• Cumulus
• Refrigeration leak detector
• Safetherm HX
• Non-aqueous solvent
• Refrigerant retrofit
Value and benefits
Reduce environmental impact
Immediately detect leakage
Comply with E&S regulation
Prepare for new product technology
The LYO-ReGen package refers to a complete upgrade program for loading and unloading systems for freeze dryers that allows for:
– Upgrading existing control systems (PLC and SCADA) to meet the latest requirements and make use of the latest technologies.
– Machine upgrades that eliminate the risk of obsolescence of old components, improve performance and add features only available in “new generation” equipment.
Improved GMP solutions for existing loading and unloading operations between existing filling and capping equipment and existing freeze dryers.
– Introduction of the latest EM equipment and improved ergonomics and monitoring of RABS access on existing equipment.

Service Products
The same LYO service products are applicable to the vial loading and unloading systems. However, the following specific features exclusively apply to the vial loading and unloading systems LYO-ReGen package:
Reliability:
• Components (motors, drivers, gearboxes and sensors,
E-cabinet)
• Mechanical disconnect between infeed starwheel and conveyor
• Laser safety scanner
• Laser distance measurement
Performance:
• Mechanical disconnect between infeed starwheel and conveyor
• Laser safety scanner
• Laser distance measurement
Annex 1:
• Semi-Automatic solutions between existing equipment
• Reduced operator activities during loading and unloading of LYO
• Optimise Grade A path
• Improved RABS access
• Latest EM devices
Value and benefits
Same value and benefits as the freeze dryers. See all benefits listed in the other categories.
Get the updated SCADA interface to back up your data.
The LYO-ReGen package includes a complete update of the control system. The freeze dryer is upgraded to take advantage of the new recipe version management and SQL-based report generation features, as well as all the additional features typical of the “new generation” LYO. Plus, you’ll never again have to worry about potential hardware failures causing a “gap” in automatic cycle reports.

Service Products
• Virtualisation
• SQL reporting
• Integration in domain
• Full control system upgrade
• Redundant architecture
• Multiple freeze dryers
• Stratus server
Value and benefits
• ANNEX I compliance
• Batch report can be generated again at a later time from SQL database, with indication COPY as water mark
• Process data for data table and chart(s)
• Alarm filtering for audit trail
• Continuous data collection
• Ehnanced uptime
• Disaster recovery & business continuity
• System under customer IT policy
Restoration or improvement of the original performance.
LYO-ReGen is the upgrade program that allows you to improve the efficiency of your equipment and bring it back to its original performance. It shortens production cycles by automating filter testing and incorporating it into sequential cycles.

Service Products
• Mycom (from bitzer)
• Cumulus
• Autowithin
• Refrigerant retrofit
• ETV upgrade
Value and benefits
• Enhance performance
• Enhance reliability
• Improve equipment uptime
• Comply with E&S regulation
Updates
Event
IMA at VNPCA GMP Workshop 2026 in Vietnam
From to • Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Event
ALLPacK INDONESIA
From to • Jakarta, Indonesia
Event
Meet IMA Life and IMA MED-TECH at PDA Universe of Pre-Filled Syringes and Injection Devices Conference 2026
From to • Palm Springs, California, USA
Event
Event
IMA Life at 20th Workshop on Targetry and Target Chemistry (WTTC20) • 23-27 August 2026
From to • Nara, Japan
Event
PHARMACONEX 2026
From to • Cairo, Egypt
Event
Meet IMA Life at ISPE Singapore Conference & Exhibition 2026
From to • Suntec Singapore Convention & Exhibition Centre
Event
Meet IMA Life at the 2026 PDA Good Aseptic Manufacturing Conference • June 11-12 • Booth No. 34
From to • Frankfurt, Germany
Event
IMA Life Isolation Technology Day
• Castel San Pietro Terme, Italy
Event
IMA Life at the SNMMI Annual Meeting 2026 in Los Angeles
From to • Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Event
IMA Life at the SNMMI Annual Meeting 2026 in Los Angeles
From to • Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Event
IMA Life at PDA Italy Event “Excellence on Manufacturing Process: from API to Filling”
From to • Florence, Italy
Event
Maghreb Pharma
From to • Algiers, Algeria
Event
IMA Life to Present AI, Soft PAT, and Digital Twin Innovations at two key events in April 2026
• Chicago, Illinois, USA
Event
Expo Pack Mexico
From to • Expo Santa Fe, México City, Mexico
IMA acquires ProSys
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