What ACIC Pharmaceutical Machinery does

ACIC Pharmaceutical Machinery (operating as ACIC Equipment USA Inc.) is a private, founder-led integrator of capital equipment solutions for the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry, headquartered in Coral Springs, Florida with an additional base in Brantford, Canada. Founded around 1970 under CEO Luciano Calenti, the company has operated continuously for over five decades, supplying multi-vendor process equipment lines to pharmaceutical and biotech manufacturers across North America. Its core function is not original equipment manufacturing in most categories, but rather aggregating, qualifying, and delivering integrated equipment packages drawing on partner OEMs.

The company's product portfolio spans nearly the full pharmaceutical unit-operations stack: sterilization, formulation, filling/labelling/inspection, assembling/automation/packaging, clean rooms, radiopharma processing, freeze drying, bag forming, softgel encapsulation, blistering, and vacuum dryers/pumps. Recent additions include vacuum processing technology via a 2025 partnership with Italvacuum and entry into specialty categories such as radiopharma and softgel. The mix of categories implies ACIC handles both legacy small-molecule manufacturing lines and emerging modalities, with engineering integration across European- and North-American-sourced equipment.

ACIC operates a classic project-based, capital-equipment revenue model: one-time equipment sales quoted per project rather than subscription or recurring pricing. Go-to-market is direct enterprise field sales aimed at pharmaceutical manufacturers, supplemented by industry trade-show presence (notably INTERPHEX, where ACIC exhibited in April 2026). The company employs between 51 and 100 people. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and is quote-driven, consistent with large, customized installations subject to buyer-side validation and qualification cycles typical of regulated pharma manufacturing environments.

Name

ACIC Pharmaceutical Machinery

Legal name

ACIC Equipment USA Inc.

Website

https://acicmachinery.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1970

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

ACIC Pharmaceutical Machinery is a private, founder-led integrator of multi-vendor capital equipment — covering sterilization, filling, packaging, freeze drying, and radiopharma — serving pharmaceutical and biotech manufacturers across North America for over five decades.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Equipment

NAICS

Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing (33451), Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing (333310)

SIC

Special Industry Machinery, Nec (3559), General Industrial Machinery & Equipment (3560)

akta.pro primary industry

End-of-Line Integration & Packaging Line Systems (IMAHAOAN)

Keywords

• Pharmaceutical manufacturing equipment
• Pharmaceutical machinery solutions
• Sterilization equipment
• Freeze drying equipment
• Clean room solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Brantford

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Pharmaceutical Equipment Sales: Sale of specialized pharmaceutical manufacturing equipment including sterilization, filling, inspection, freeze drying, and other production machinery. Equipment solutions are customized and likely involve significant project-based engagements with capital equipment purchases.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

ACIC Pharmaceutical Machinery (operating as ACIC Equipment USA Inc.) is an integrator of pharmaceutical equipment solutions, supplying customized capital equipment for pharmaceutical and biotechnology manufacturers. Its portfolio spans sterilization technologies, assembling/automation/packaging, formulation and pure fluid skids, filling/labelling/inspection, clean rooms, radiopharma, freeze drying, bag forming, softgel encapsulation, blistering, and vacuum drying and pumping equipment. The company combines cutting-edge technology with a global partner network to deliver tailored production-line solutions to drug manufacturers.

Product overview

ACIC Pharmaceutical Machinery (ACIC Equipment) is an integrator of pharma equipment solutions offering a comprehensive portfolio of pharmaceutical manufacturing equipment. The portfolio includes Sterilization Technologies, Assembling, Automation and Packaging, Formulation and Pure Fluid Skids, Filling, Labelling and Inspection, Clean rooms, Radiopharma, Freeze Drying Equipment, Bag Forming, Softgel Encapsulation, Blistering, and Vacuum Dryers and Vacuum Pumps. The company provides customized equipment solutions that combine cutting-edge technology with industry expertise and a global network to help pharmaceutical manufacturers enhance efficiency, ensure compliance, and accelerate success.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sterilization Technologies

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• ItalvacuumcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025ACIC Equipment has partnered with Italvacuum, a global leader in vacuum drying and processing technologies for the pharmaceutical and chemical industries. This collaboration expands vacuum processing solutions in North America, enabling ACIC to offer Italvacuum's vacuum drying and processing technologies to its North American customer base as part of its integrated equipment solutions portfolio.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• GEA Group: Global process technology supplier with a large pharma separator, homogenizer, and lyophilization portfolio — overlaps with ACIC's formulation/fluid skid and freeze-drying lines, with much greater scale and direct manufacturing.
• IMA Group: Italian global leader in pharmaceutical processing and packaging machinery, offering filling, freeze-drying, blistering, and serialization equipment across the full production lifecycle — directly comparable to ACIC's portfolio breadth, but at significantly larger scale.
• Steris: Global leader in sterilization and infection-prevention products, including pharmaceutical and laboratory sterilization equipment — directly comparable to ACIC's sterilization technologies product line but with much broader scale and recurring consumables revenue.
• Marchesini Group: Italian manufacturer of packaging machinery for pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries, with deep coverage of filling, labeling, blistering, and serialization — comparable to ACIC's packaging-line focus but at significantly larger scale and global footprint.
• Körber Pharma: Pharma-focused division of Körber Group providing machinery, inspection, and software solutions for pharma packaging lines — directly comparable to ACIC's automation, packaging, and inspection offerings, with stronger digital and aftermarket capabilities.
• Syntegon Technology (formerly Bosch Packaging Technology): Major German pharmaceutical packaging and processing equipment supplier with a broad portfolio including filling, inspection, isolation, and freeze-drying — competes head-on with ACIC for integrated pharma line projects and serves global blue-chip pharma customers.
• Thermo Fisher Scientific (Pharma Services / Equipment): Diversified life sciences equipment and services provider with strong positions in cold-chain, freeze-drying, and bioprocessing — overlaps with ACIC's freeze-drying, formulation, and biotech-manufacturing offerings, with much deeper resources.

Regional players

• ATS Corporation: Canadian-headquartered automation solutions provider with a pharma/life sciences business serving North American manufacturers — comparable regional peer focused on custom automation and integration for regulated industries, including medical devices.

Direct peers

• Bausch + Ströbel: German specialist in filling, closing, and processing equipment for sterile pharmaceutical liquids — closely comparable to ACIC's filling/labelling/inspection and sterilization offerings, particularly in injectable and aseptic applications.

Emerging players

• Optel Group: Canadian-headquartered track-and-trace and packaging-intelligence provider serving pharmaceutical manufacturers — an adjacent emerging player in pharmaceutical packaging with comparable North American base and integration-oriented model, though narrower in scope than ACIC.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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