Alcrea Health is the contract manufacturing division of Atrium Innovations – a developer, manufacturer and marketer of value added products for the cosmetic, pharmaceutical, chemical and nutritional industries. Pittsburgh is Alcrea's headquarters and where we manufacture more traditional nutritional supplement products. This is also where the majority of our science/technical team resides who are available to assist in formulation review of the products you want Alcrea to contract manufacture for you. More at www.alcrea-health.com

1. Capabilities – Pittsburgh
Tablets, Capsules and Powders

2. About Alcrea Health
Experience and Facilities
• Over 50 years experience as one
of the world’s leading manufacturers
of nutritional supplements
• Headquartered in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• More than 365,000 square feet of
state-of-the-art manufacturing and
packaging facilities

3. About Alcrea Health
Production Expertise
• High-quality manufacturing partner
• Provides a full range of innovative
and ready-to-market, customized
products and packaging solutions
• Skills and services for product
development, formulation, complia
nce, packaging and
label design

4. Commitment to Quality
Credentials – Our team is comprised of members who have earned
their PhDs in nutrition and pharmaceuticals.
Research – Experienced staff conducts science-based
research and development outfitted with the latest
analytical equipment.
Certification/Accreditation – Our world-class manufacturing facilities
comply with both federal and worldwide regulatory bodies.

5. Commitment to Quality
Analytical Testing – Our testing laboratories are run by
seasoned industry professionals with impeccable credentials.
In-process Monitoring – Technical supervision teams provide
monitoring that includes continual on-site training for all
manufacturing employees.

6. Unsurpassed Quality
Alcrea’s commitment to quality begins
with our highly trained and dedicated
team of professionals who work
continually to produce exceptional,
science-based products at the cutting
edge of technology.

7. Formulation and New Product
Development
Andrew Halpner, PhD
• Vice President of Product Development and Technical Services
• Received his PhD in Nutrition from the Friedman School of Nutrition
Science and Policy at Tufts University
Barry W. Ritz, PhD
• Vice President of Scientific Affairs at Atrium Innovations, Inc.
• Active researcher in the emerging field of nutritional immunology
• Serves as a corporate and brand liaison regarding product
development, research and regulations

8. Manufacturing Quality
Naeem Shaikh, PhD
• Vice President of Research and Development
• Leads the Manufacturing and Quality Departments
• Over two decades with Alcrea Health
• Earned his PhD in Pharmaceutics from Duquesne University
• Additional degrees in Pharmacy from Duquesne and the University
of Karachi in Pakistan

9. Certifications & Accreditations
Alcrea Health is continually reinvesting substantial
resources to improve and upgrade our manufacturing
equipment, laboratories, processes and staff education/training.
Our dedicated staff of manufacturing and nutritional experts are
committed to unprecedented quality through every step of our
manufacturing and quality control procedures.

10. Certifications & Accreditations
Current Acknowledgements
• NSF International GMP
Registration
• NSF Certified for Sport®
• Organic Certified
• ISO 9001 Certified
• ISO 17025 Accreditation for
in-house laboratories
• Danish Medicine Agency
Certification of GMP Compliance
• Written Standard Operating
Procedures (SOP) to comply
with current Good Manufacturing
Practices (cGMP)
• Vendor Certification Program
(VCP) to ensure raw material
quality
• Health Canada

11. In-House Laboratories
Our in-house laboratories, under the supervision of our
staff PhDs, constantly monitor quality. From receipt of
raw materials in our facility, through testing dosage
potency and tablet/capsule disintegration, our in-house
labs ensure product quality and consistency.
•
Chemical Analysis Laboratory – ensures potency of formula
using ICP, HPLC, FT-NIR, ICP MS, GCMS and UPLC
•
Physical Analysis Laboratory – ensures dosage
weight, hardness, disintegration and overall consistency and
appearance
•
Microbial Analysis Laboratory – tests all raw materials and
finished products for yeast, mold and bacterial purity in
accordance with AOAC

12. Manufacturing
Our equipment and technology yield high
quantities of high quality products.
Monthly Capacity
•
High speed encapsulation 400,000,000 capsules
•
Semi-automatic encapsulation 80,000,000 capsules
•
Tablet compression 450,000,000 tablets
•
Mixing – 700,000 kgs
•
Bottling – 3,000,000 (scalable to 4,500,000 bottles)

13. Manufacturing
Galenic Forms (Dosage & Delivery)
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Hard capsules: plant, animal or fish gelatin
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Tablets: various sizes and shapes
•
Chewable tablets
•
Lozenges
•
Powders
•
Softgels
•
Enteric-coated tablets and capsules
•
Pharmaceutical glaze or aqueous coating
•
Time-released capsules

14. Packaging
•
Tamper-proof induction shrink sealing
•
Full body sleeve
•
Convenience packs
•
Bottles
•
Blister packs
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Stick packs
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Pouches
•
Cartons
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Sensor tags
•
Custom label design/review
•
And more

15. For additional questions or to discuss
a project, please contact:
Jessi Mingo, Manager, Business Development and Marketing
jmingo@alcrea-health.com • 412-722-0314