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In 1928, the company introduced its first rotary tablet
press, the Courtoy R1. The design of this press was so
ahead of its time that the direct descendant of the R1,
the R1/2, is still being produced today for very specific
applications. Between 1950 and 1960, the demand for
Courtoy™ tablet presses grew so rapidly that the
ancillary items were eliminated from the equipment
range and the company decided to concentrate all its
efforts on becoming the market leader in high-speed
rotary compression machines.
In 1912, Edouard Courtoy founded a machine shop in
Halle, Belgium, to design and manufacture mechanical
components. Aware of the growing need in the
pharmaceutical and chemical industries for specialised
production equipment, he began to produce tablet
presses, mixers, granulators and coating pans. By the
end of 1920, Courtoy nv had established its name as a
highly reliable and knowledgeable supplier of
different kinds of processing equipment to the
pharmaceutical and chemical industries
The move towards GMP and automated operation was
initiated during the 1970s. Specialty and customised
presses for various high-tech applications, such as
ferrite memory cores, micro-balls and nuclear fuel
pellets were designed and built. Today, most nuclear
fuel produced in the world is compressed on our
rotary presses.
In the early 1980s, Courtoy supplied the first fully
computer-controlled press. Hand wheels for manual
adjustment were subsequently eliminated and were
replaced with Memo Control, the first microprocessorbased control system for high-speed rotary tablet
presses. In 1991, Courtoy joined the Processing
Machinery Division of GEI International to allow for
further expansion.
In November 1999, GEA Group acquired the
pharmaceutical division of GEI International.
Today, as a global specialist in solid and liquid dose
technology, GEA provides the services that the
pharmaceutical industry needs: test facilities, technical
know-how, process evaluation, product development,
market-leading equipment, project management and
ongoing support.