SHL Advantec

09/09/2026

100 years of Swiss moldmaking. Extensive experience in medical manufacturing. One booth at Fakuma Messe 2026.

This October, SHL Advantec, SMC Mould Innovation, and LCA Automation AG will come together at Fakuma to present complementary expertise spanning medical injection molds, autoinjector tooling, assembly, and automation. ⚙️

By combining SMC Mould Innovation’s century of moldmaking heritage with SHL Advantec’s medical application expertise, we develop precision tooling solutions designed to support reliable and repeatable manufacturing.

Visit Booth A1-1013 to meet our experts, explore examples of our tooling technologies, and take a closer look at our wider assembly and testing automation capabilities.

📍 Messe Friedrichshafen, Germany
📅 October 12–16, 2026
📌 Booth A1-1013

Book a meeting with our team at Fakuma 2026: https://bit.ly/4gWZI9F

We are a global provider of advanced manufacturing equipment and solutions, offering high-precision molds and advanced automation systems for any scale of production requirement.

03/09/2026

Automation doesn’t start with a robot. It starts with manufacturing expertise.

For more than 20 years, SHL Advantec’s automation experts have developed the autoinjector assembly and testing equipment supporting SHL Medical’s operations. This experience has contributed to a manufacturing ecosystem that has shipped more than 1.5 billion autoinjectors worldwide.

This expertise has also been proven beyond SHL Medical’s own manufacturing operations through the delivery of autoinjector final assembly and final device testing equipment to pharmaceutical companies and their CMO partners.

Today, this manufacturing-proven automation expertise is available to an even broader range of customers.

From flexible solutions for lower production volumes to fully automated systems for high-volume manufacturing, we bring together machine design, automation, in-process inspection, robotics, and testing to help customers scale production with quality and reliability.

Watch the video to see how SHL Advantec transforms decades of manufacturing experience into advanced automation solutions.

01/09/2026

Behind every autoinjector is a manufacturing process that has to work flawlessly millions of times.

That is where SHL Advantec comes in.

At CPHI Milan 2026, we will be exhibiting inside the SHL Medical booth, sharing our experience developing automation solutions for autoinjector manufacturing.

From assembly and final assembly equipment to injection attribute and final device testing systems, we help transform device requirements into robust production processes designed for quality, repeatability, and scalability.

If you’re attending CPHI Milan, stop by and speak with our team about the technologies that support the next generation of drug delivery devices.

📍 Visit us: Booth
🌐 Learn more: https://bit.ly/4y9dkph

20/08/2026

At SHL Advantec, we recognize that the future of advanced manufacturing depends on developing highly skilled talent and creating opportunities for continuous learning.

That commitment is reflected in the long-standing partnership between our sub-brand, Superior Tooling Inc., and the NCTAP - North Carolina Triangle Apprenticeship Program. Since 2014, Superior Tooling has helped aspiring professionals gain practical experience, technical expertise, and a pathway to rewarding careers in tooling and manufacturing.

We are proud to celebrate Hagan Quinto on completing the NCTAP program and grateful for his contributions to the team. We also warmly welcome Dalton Preddy as our newest apprentice and look forward to supporting his professional journey.

A special thanks goes to President Scott Ralls for his contributions to a program that continues to develop the next generation of manufacturing talent. We are also proud to recognize Superior Tooling founder Robbie Earnhardt for his role in helping establish NCTAP. The baton is now passed to Ingo Hermann, General Manager of Superior Tooling, who will build on this foundation and carry this important work forward.

Congratulations, Hagan, and welcome, Dalton.

13/08/2026

For complex, next-generation biologics, market demand can be difficult to predict.
Initial commercial volumes may call for a semi-automatic assembly approach. But what happens when demand accelerates?

SHL Advantec’s modular AOU platform provides a defined upgrade pathway from manual loading and unloading to fully automated component handling. The core assembly architecture and primary loader remain in place, while fully automated modules can be introduced for the front sub-assembly, rear sub-assembly, and finished autoinjector.

This modular approach helps manufacturers increase throughput without replacing the entire production line, supporting shorter upgrade timelines, reduced downtime, and more focused revalidation activities.

The result is a manufacturing strategy designed to support both launch agility and long-term commercial scalability.

Discover how the AOU is supporting the final assembly of a commercialized autoinjector based on SHL Medical’s dual-chamber Reunite autoinjector in our recent ONdrugDelivery article: https://bit.ly/4bqP5de

11/08/2026

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Do you ever wonder what your children think when you leave for work each day?

They know you’re busy. They hear about meetings, projects, and sometimes late nights. But what do they think actually happens at work, and how much do they understand about why it matters?

At this year’s SHL Taiwan Future Day, our colleagues’ children had the opportunity to find out.

🔬 From exploring our labs to taking part in hands-on activities, they learned more about SHL’s products and how different teams work together to help improve patients’ lives.

Among the activities, the SHL Advantec’s Tooling team took on a fun challenge: how do you explain molds to children of different ages?

With a simple silicone molding demonstration, they turned a technical concept into something the children could see for themselves. Judging by the enthusiastic “Wow!” from the crowd, it was a success.

But the learning didn’t stop there 💡

For many children, it was their first glimpse into what their parents do each day and why it matters. For the parents who joined us, seeing SHL through their children’s eyes offered a fresh perspective on the expertise, teamwork, and purpose behind our work.

💚 Sometimes, it takes a child's perspective to remind us why our work matters.

A heartfelt thank you to SHL Medical Taiwan for hosting the event and to everyone who helped bring Future Day to life.

07/08/2026

Scaling a proven autoinjector platform takes more than capacity. It takes confidence rooted in market-proven experience.

As the Molly autoinjector marks its 10-year anniversary, we are proud to reflect on the role our tooling expertise has played in supporting the platform’s continued growth and global impact.

To meet evolving market demands, SHL Advantec Tooling worked closely with the project and data engineers at SHL Medical to enable the significant production scale-up of a Molly autoinjector marketed for cardiometabolic disease.

In 2023, we engineered a new set of high-cavitation molds designed to support the transition from lower-volume production to high-volume manufacturing. The goal was clear: increase capacity while maintaining the consistent quality, reliability, and performance expected from a proven autoinjector platform.

Today, these molds support commercial production at SHL Medical’s manufacturing site in North Charleston, South Carolina, helping deliver the manufacturing capacity needed to serve growing patient demand.

For our team, this was more than a tooling project. It was a collaboration built on years of platform experience, deep process knowledge, and a shared commitment to manufacturing excellence. From mold engineering to dimensional consistency and production readiness, every detail mattered in helping ensure a smooth ramp-up without compromising device performance.

As part of Molly’s 10-year journey, this scale-up story is a meaningful reminder of how robust tooling solutions can help established platforms continue to evolve with market needs.

We are proud of our Tooling team and our close collaboration with SHL Medical in making this scale-up possible.

04/08/2026

🎒When colleagues become students for a day 👧👦

To help prepare for the 2026 SHL Science Train, colleagues from Tooling and Automation Taiwan stepped into the role of “students for a day,” joining the Science Train team for a full practice run before the official event in October.

From the excitement of making mini molds and launching air rockets 🚀 to the satisfaction of completing metal-stamped trains 🚄, every activity was an opportunity to re-discover how things work. Experiencing the program from the eyes of elementary school students also gave us a deeper appreciation of how SHL transforms the science behind our products and manufacturing processes into solutions that help patients every day.

With the feedback gathered, these experiments will travel across Taiwan aboard the 2026 Science Train from October 19-24, inspiring young students through hands-on exploration while showcasing the innovation and technology behind our work.

A big thank you to all colleagues who took part as “students for a day,” as well as to the Science Train preparation team at SHL Medical and SHL Advantec for your dedication and collaboration in bringing this inspiring learning experience to life. We can’t wait to see it inspire students across Taiwan this October!

30/07/2026

We are thrilled to announce the successful SAT of our final assembly and final device testing systems in Japan – completed alongside our partners at WINCKLER & CO., LTD. 🤝

Building upon the strong collaborative foundation established well before shipment, this seamless handover to a leading pharmaceutical CMO in Japan was made possible by the exceptional on-the-ground expertise and support of our local partner. These systems – a semi-automatic AD08 final assembly machine and a modular semi-automatic testing machine – are designed to support the production of a button-activated autoinjector based on SHL Medical’s DAI technology.

Expanding our footprint in Japan is a key focus for our team, and the collaboration with WINCKLER, who will provide on-site services for these systems, highlights our commitment to delivering advanced automation solutions globally. Together, we aim to strengthen the local pharmaceutical supply chain to ensure high-quality medications reach the market efficiently and ultimately enable patients’ independence.

A huge thank you to the entire project team as well as everyone who contributed to making this handover a success. We are incredibly proud to see this equipment ready for action! 👏

28/07/2026

🔄 Multi-device compatibility is emerging as the gold standard for final assembly equipment. But what does that actually mean in practice?

For SHL Advantec, multi-device compatibility means much more than a machine’s ability to assemble different devices on the same equipment. True compatibility is the result of thoughtful engineering across hardware, software, and the user experience – working together to make changeovers faster, operations simpler, and investments go further.

In our AOU final assembly machine, this starts with the decoupling of the core machine base from project-specific modules, including the grippers, fixtures, transportation pucks, and the control systems. From there, every design decision is made with flexibility in mind:

🔹Quick toolless changeovers wherever possible
🔹Intuitive controls with synchronized production data
🔹Modular machine base that maximizes long-term investment
🔹Future-ready architecture, including the ability to upgrade from semi- to fully automated production

Achieving the full potential of flexibility isn’t easy, and we are still evolving alongside the industry. But as drug delivery devices continue to diversify, we believe the ability to adapt – rather than start over whenever there is a need to onboard a new project – will become the defining characteristics of next-generation assembly equipment.