ZAFA Beta-Lactam Division is our dedicated facility for the manufacturing of Beta-Lactam (Penicillin only) products. The facility is built as per latest cGMP guidelines and is designed for facilitating better environmental control, material movement and personnel flow in order to avoid cross contaminations. The total covered area of this facility is around 40,000 square feet. This is a state of the art dedicated facility which is equipped to manufacture:

This facility is also equipped to manufacture products requiring a very low Relative humidity therefore specialized products can be manufactured utilizing this facility. ZAFA’s beta-Lactam is one of the few dedicated facility for the manufacturing of Beta-Lactam (Penicillins only) around the world. The capacity of this plant is for 1.5 million tablets, 1000Kg of Wet granulation, 1000 Kg of Dry Granulation, 300Kg of Film/Sugar coating, 1 million blisters, 400,000 capsules, 1000Kg of Dry Syrup, and 100,000 vials per day, single shift basis.

The facility utilizes latest Air Handling equipments to ensure the quality of air in the manufacturing and packaging areas. The vials are filled on latest monoblock Auto lines to ensure further adherence to Quality Control and GMP guidelines.

Since it is a dedicated facility there is almost zero chance of Cross Contamination which is a reason for major concern for all regulators and customers around the world.

ZAFA Sohrab Goth is our most modern and latest Pharmaceutical Formulation Facility. It is one of the largest facilities, area wise in Pakistan, built on an area of 170,000 square feet. This facility is used for the manufacture of following formulation types:

It has one of the most advanced mixing and granulation equipment ensuring complete hand-free operation. With the (single 8.5 hours shift) capacity of 13 million tablets, 130,000 units of syrup/suspension, 1.5 million capsules, 55,000 units of dry suspension, 50,000 Nebulisers, 250,000 ampoules, 100,000 units Sterile Powder vials, 100,000 ointment BFS filled injection 200,000 units. That is 4.6 Billion units per year from this plant alone.

Automatic machines for filling, capping, labeling are used for the purpose to ensure compliance with cGMP Guidelines. In addition final packaging into cartons is also done by Automatic Cartoning Machines. ZAFA Sohrab Goth, has one of the most modern ointment / cream manufacturing facility with a capacity of around 60,000 packs per day.

To cater to our ever increasing demand of Printed Packaging material we decided in 2005 to put up our own Packaging facility. Our Printing and Packaging division comprises of state of the art equipment for the printing of cartons/labels/leaflets and all other material required by the facilities in paper or board printing.

The purpose of this facility was to ensure PRINTED material inventory system of Just in Time and at the same time to control cost. This is our second endeavor of backward integration and has already started helping us with preventing stock outs of packaging material and by controlling cost of our cartons and labels. This plant was necessary in order to control cost and stick with our mission of Quality at Economy.

We plan to further expand this facility in the near future by further incorporating other packaging material manufacturing at this site.

ZAFA celebrated the Moslem festival of EID-ul-FITR of 2005 by purchasing the assets of M/s HIMONT CHEMICAL located at Lahore.

This facility is constructed on an area of 12 acres and the total constructed area is around 45000 square feet. This is a latest facility for the manufacture of Pharmaceutical raw material by way of basic as well as semi-basic manufacturing. This facility is one of the few Pharmaceutical basic raw material manufacturing facility in Pakistan and is fully equipped to handle a variety of products. At the time of acquisition this facility was manufacturing the following products:

The facility started its commercial operations in April 2007, and initially has started manufacturing Ibuprofen. The product meets all the local & international quality standard and will be major break through in Basic Manufacturing.

ZAFA plans to add more exciting products to the range of already manufactured products at this facility. This facility was providing for the major market share of the products that it manufactured. With our physical presence in Africa and in other countries ZAFA would focus on the global market for the products that we manufacture at our Lahore facility with our strength of manufacturing and marketing Quality Products at economical prices.

ZAFA’s initial target would be to get into the manufacturing and processing of sterile products which would give us further backward integration to existing product lines thus further strengthening us with Quality and Economy.
This facility brings ZAFA closer to our mission statement of ensuring the availability of quality drugs at affordable prices throughout the country and the world.

By the Grace of Allah Almighty, ZAFA became the 1st PAKISTAN based Multi-national Pharmaceutical manufacturing concern with its acquisition of major shares of BALSAM Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Sudan. BALSAM Pharmaceuticals, is the largest Pharmaceutical manufacturing concern of SUDAN and is located at NORTH KHARTOUM Industrial Area.

It is the only injectable facility in SUDAN and the only I.V. Infusion facility operating in the KOMESA region. This facility is equipped to manufacture I.V. Infusions, Liquid Injectables in Ampoules and Eye Drops. This facility is in production and ZAFA has sent its technical team to SUDAN to run the operations in addition to our talented local staff at Khartoum. This facility was upgraded by ZAFA after it took over the facility in the year 2004 and has passed inspection by the Sudanese Ministry of Health.

The plant is now being expanded to manufacture Tablets, Capsules, Suspensions, Syrups and Powder and Liquid Injectable Sterile Products thus making it the largest Pharmaceutical facility in the KOMESA region.

The addition of product ranges at BALSAM will help cater to the majority of demand of not only the SUDANESE market but also in the region where ZAFA is recognized as a Quality conscious company. This plant has latest equipment for the manufacturing of IV Infusions, Eye Drops and Liquid Injectables and 90% of the equipments at this facility are of European origin.

ZAFA Pakistan has undergone an inspection carried out by a very high level delegation of the Ministry of Health, Sudan and they have recommended 87 products of ZAFA to be registered in Sudan. ZAFA is signing an agreement with the Government of Sudan to transfer the technical expertise of these products to SUDAN and locally manufacture the maximum number of products at its BALSAM facility.

In addition we are also committed to train at least 2 technical staff of the Ministry of Health Sudan , at ZAFA’s facilities in Pakistan. These facilities have a state of the art Quality Control and Quality Assurance departments which are equipped with latest testing equipments.

Our BALSAM Facility not only makes us the FIRST PAKISTAN BASED MULTINATIONAL PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY but also is another step towards quality, economy, commitment and compliance of our mission statement which is to ensure the availability of quality drugs at affordable prices throughout the country and the WORLD.

Glastec Ampoules (Pvt.) Ltd. is established to cater to the ever increasing demand of the highest quality glass ampoules by pharmaceutical companies. Our ampoules can be processed providing maximum yield and best quality on any filling line because of their dimensional consistency.

PLANT: We have equipped our plant with the latest, and state of the art ampoule manufacturing lines imported from Europe which have the unique features of dimensional and visual camera and computer controls which no other supplier in Pakistan can offer. We are self reliant in supply of utilities including oxygen. Our in house oxygen generator provides uninterrupted supply of oxygen which is essential for production of glass ampoules. RAW MATERIAL: We are committed to use the highest quality borosilicate USP Type 1 glass tubing from SCHOTT Germany and NIPPON (NEG) Japan to produce ampoules. The glass provides the unmatched quality for the best hydrolytic resistance, alkalinity and consistency. AMPOULES: Ampoules are one of the oldest primary glass packing material. USP Type 1 borosilicate glass is highly stable and the medicine is in contact with glass only which is also 100% tamper proof. These are the features that give glass ampoules a great advantage over its alternatives.

Glastec Ampoule manufactures a wide range of ampoules from 1 ml to 20 ml on its most advanced production lines and highly experienced and devoted staff. Rigorous product inspection and strict process control are ensured through numerous state of the art computer camera control and calibration systems. Glastec Ampoules is the only ampoule manufacturer in Pakistan which is using these systems effectively in their manufacturing process, giving it an edge over any other supplier in Pakistan. Our product range includes flame cut tip (Type B) funnel tip (Type C) and closed tip (Type D) ampoules to DIN and ISO standards. We can also manufacture other custom made ampoules to customer specifications. Ampoules for easy breaking are produced with color break ring CBR or one point cut OPC according to customer’s requirement. Color code rings can be applied for identification purposes. Ampoules can be printed with a wide range of imported glass container enamels / colors which are free of heavy metals.

QUALITY: Glastec Ampoules approach is quality oriented and we aim to keep the quality of our products and services at a level which meets the expectations of our customers. The company is determined to continuously improve the efficiency of its quality system.

The production is monitored by numerous camera control and calibrating systems which inspect every dimensional aspect of products thus reducing our line losses. At the same time our quality control department (QC) also controls all visual, dimensional, physical and chemical parameters of every batch.

US MIL Standard 105E is used to evaluate the lots conformity to laid down standards and release approval is given by QC once all necessary controls have been performed in accordance with internationally accepted guide lines.
The procedures and systems for documentation have been worked out and implemented.