Sunil Healthcare to increase gelatine capsule production by 30%

Sunil Healthcare Ltd is planning to increase the manufacturing capacity of empty hard gelatine capsules at its Alwar (Rajasthan) facility by 30 percent. The company at present has about 7.7 billion capsule manufacturing capacity, which it intends to raise to 10 billion capsule.
 
Sunil Healthcare has informed BSE that the company has planned to add three new fully automatic state-of-the-art capsule manufacturing machines as it is leveraging from the abundant infrastructure available with it in regard to land, and building.
 
“At present Sunil Healthcare has 19 capsules making machines with approximately 7.7 billion capsule manufacturing capacity. Upon successful commissioning of these three machines, the capsule manufacturing capacity will be increased by 30% and total production capacity will be approximately 10 billion capsules,” said the company in the BSE filing.
 
According to Sunil Healthcare officials, the expansion has been planned keeping in mind its healthy order books from the domestic and export customers. The board of directors of the company has already approved the expansion plan the board meeting held on November 10, 2014.
 
Sunil Healthcare claims to be the second largest manufacturer of empty hard gelatine capsules (EHGC) in India.