Speciality lubricants for the pharmaceutical industry

The manufacture of pharmaceutical products is subject to particularly strict requirements as it is of crucial importance to avoid contamination. The control of contamination risks is a major issue in the Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) guidelines. Risk control therefore includes all auxiliary substances – including lubricants – which may come into contact with the product in applications where this is technically not always avoidable. Klüber Lubrication have therefore developed special lubricants for the pharmaceutical industry which are registered as NSF H1. To make manufacturing processes more reliable, H1 lubricants should be used exclusively. This prevents the risk of lubricants being mixed up, and contamination of the pharmaceutical products with non-H1 lubricants becomes impossible.

In addition, all our production sites manufacturing H1 lubricants and the H1 lubricants manufactured are certified by NSF according to the new international standard ISO 21469. This standard lays down hygiene requirements for the formulation, manufacture and use of lubricants that could have unintentional contact with the pharmaceutical product.