History

Thirty years of excellence recipes for the pharmaceutical industry

The company founder Lorenz Bohle laid the company’s sound foundations right from the start. By so doing, the L.B. Bohle Maschinen + Verfahren GmbH became the leading supplier of special machines for the pharmaceutical industry and is an SME up to the present day. How it all began:

1981

After many years as head of engineering for special machines for a pharmaceutical company, Lorenz Bohle found his own company in Ennigerloh/Westkirchen with the tablet checker KA. Today, Robert Stauvermann is the COO, who has been with the company from the onset.

1983

Start of own production of L.B. Bohle Maschinen + Verfahren GmbH. Lifting columns and container supplemented the supply range.

1986

Relocation of the company to Ennigerloh, the present headquarters. Decisive for company’s growth was the system for dust-free penicillin production.

1987

First container blender sold, paving the way for the company’s continued growth. Since then, more than 2,000 PM container blenders ranging in sizes between 1 and 12,000 liters have been built and supplied to clients.

1990

Foundation of L.B. Bohle Inc. (USA)

1991

L.B. Bohle laid the foundation for entry into process technology with the first single pot granulator (VMA). Even the first VMA features microwave drying.

1998

With the first 70 kg coater L.B. Bohle extended its product range with the coating technology. The first coaters were still equipped with a drum replacement.

2000

Bohle launched the first 200 kg coater with CIP equipment and a long cylindrical drum.

2000

Construction of the Sassenberg location

2003

With the tangential fluid bed process, Bohle laid the foundation for more compact systems.

2007

The company launched the Bohle tablet coater BTC that provides unparalleled tablet consistency and efficiencies resulting in high speed, problem-free coating. Bohle’s patented air flow design within the coating pan reduces the likelihood of spray drying.

2009

Bohle presented the Conti Granulator BCG at the Achema in Frankfurt.

2010

Development of the continuous KOCO® coater.

2011

Start of construction work for the extension of the Sassenberg location; investment in the amount of EUR 2.5 m.

May 2011

L. B. Bohle presented the new Coater Generation KOCO® at the Interpack: the Bohle Conti Granulator BCG (a concurrent twin-screw extruder with a downstream dryer) and a new Compact Unit (a combination of quick-granulator and the fluid bed system, completed with a sieving step in between).