What Shanghai Pharmaceutical Machinery Co. does

Shanghai Pharmaceutical Machinery Co., Ltd (SPM) is a privately held Chinese manufacturer of pharmaceutical processing and packaging equipment, founded in 2003 and headquartered in Shanghai with a manufacturing facility in Fengjing. The company designs and builds machinery across six product categories: solid dosage equipment (rotary tablet presses, capsule fillers, softgel encapsulation, granulation, coating, drying, pulverizing, screening), liquid equipment anchored by proprietary aseptic Blow-Fill-Seal (BFS) systems for IV solutions and ampoules, semisolid equipment (vacuum emulsifying mixers, tube fillers, suppository lines), pharmaceutical water treatment (RO systems, multi-effect distilled water machines, pure steam generators), packaging machinery (blister, pouch, bottle, cartoning, labeling, counting), and laboratory instruments (friability, dissolution, moisture, hardness testers). SPM also delivers turnkey project services covering consultancy, engineering design, project execution, and validation, with stated compliance to WHO, GMP, USFDA, PICS, MHRA, TGA, and EU GMP standards.

The company operates a direct-to-customer sales model without disclosed resellers or distribution partners, reaching customers in 120 countries through its website (spm.so), product-specific inquiry forms, phone, WhatsApp, and email, supported by a presence on LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube, and Instagram and participation in industry trade shows. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed. SPM employs an R&D team of more than 10 people holding over 30 patents and positions itself as a full-line, single-vendor supplier capable of outfitting pharmaceutical production facilities from individual machines to validated turnkey builds. Target end-markets include pharmaceutical, food, and chemical manufacturers, with the pharmaceutical segment being primary.

Revenue model is dominated by hardware sales (capital equipment with long sales cycles) supplemented by professional services revenue from turnkey projects. No revenue, funding, M&A, or leadership data is disclosed in the source materials, leaving financial scale and ownership structure as key data gaps for prospective investors.

Name

Shanghai Pharmaceutical Machinery Co.

Legal name

Shanghai Pharmaceutical Machinery Co., Ltd

Website

https://spm.so

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Shanghai Pharmaceutical Machinery Co. (SPM) is a privately held Chinese manufacturer, founded in 2003, of GMP-compliant pharmaceutical processing and packaging equipment, including proprietary BFS aseptic systems, serving pharmaceutical manufacturers across 120 countries via direct sales and turnkey project services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Pharmaceutical Machinery Manufacturing

NAICS

Measuring, Dispensing, and Other Pumping Equipment Manufacturing (333914), Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing (334516), Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables (334513)

SIC

Surgical & Medical Instruments & Apparatus (3841), Laboratory Analytical Instruments (3826)

akta.pro primary industry

Filling & Dosing Equipment (Liquid, Powder, Aseptic) (IMALAOAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Filling & Dosing Machines (Liquid/Powder/Solid) (IMAHAOAF), Drug Product Fill-Finish & Aseptic Manufacturing Services (HLAAAKAB), Release Testing & Batch Certification (QC) (HLAGADAC)

Keywords

• Pharmaceutical machinery
• GMP manufacturing equipment
• Tablet press machines
• Blow-fill-seal systems
• Pharmaceutical packaging equipment

Headquarters

HQ city

Songjiang

HQ country

China

HQ region

Asia

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Pharmaceutical Machinery Manufacturing and Sales: Design, manufacture, and sell pharmaceutical machinery and equipment including tablet presses, capsule filling machines, liquid production lines, packaging machines, and laboratory instruments. Products comply with GMP requirements and are sold globally to pharmaceutical manufacturers.
2. Turnkey Project Services: Comprehensive project services including consultancy, engineering design, project execution, and project management & validation. Projects comply with WHO, GMP, USFDA, PICS, MHRA, TGA, and EU GMP standards.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Shanghai Pharmaceutical Machinery Co. (SPM) designs, manufactures, and sells GMP-compliant pharmaceutical manufacturing equipment covering solid dosage forms (tablet presses, capsule fillers, softgel lines, coaters, granulators), liquid dosage forms (aseptic Blow-Fill-Seal systems for IV solutions and ampoules), semisolid forms (tube fillers, vacuum emulsifying mixers, suppository machines), water treatment systems, packaging lines (blister, pouch, bottle, counting, labeling), and laboratory instruments. The company also delivers turnkey project services including consultancy, engineering design, project execution, and validation for pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities worldwide.

Product overview

Shanghai Pharmaceutical Machinery Co. (SPM) offers a comprehensive portfolio of pharmaceutical manufacturing equipment organized into six product categories: Solid Pharma (tablet presses, capsule filling machines, softgel encapsulation, coating, granulation, mixing, and drying equipment), Liquid Pharma (BFS blow-fill-seal systems for IV solutions, ampoules, vials, and oral liquids), Semisolid Pharma (tube filling, vacuum emulsifying mixers, suppository machines), Pharma Water Treatment (RO systems, multi-effect distilled water machines, pure steam generators), Pharma Packing Solutions (blister packaging, pouch packaging, bottle packaging, counting, cartoning, labeling machines), and Laboratory Instruments (tablet friability testers, dissolution testers, moisture testers, hardness testers). The company also provides turnkey services including consultancy, engineering design, project execution, and validation. The products are GMP-compliant and serve pharmaceutical manufacturers globally.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• ZP1100 Series Rotary Tablet Press Single side rotary tablet press machine that presses granular materials into round, irregular, or double-side engraved tablets for pharmaceutical, chemical, foodstuff, and electronic industries.
• NJP-400 Full Automatic Capsule Filling Machine Automatic capsule filling machine that separates, feeds, removes caplets, clips and dispenses capsules with high precision and low noise levels for pharmaceutical manufacturers.
• RG2-110 Soft Capsule Production Line Water-cooled soft capsule production line that produces various-shaped soft capsules including egg-shape, fish-shape, cylindrical, ball-shape and calabash for medicine, cosmetics, health goods and pesticides.
• AFP Aseptic Blow-Fill-Seal System For Plastic Container Parenterals (LVP) BFS technology system for large volume parenteral (IV solution) production using medical polypropylene plastic material with aseptic filling environment for pharmaceutical manufacturers.
• AFP Aseptic Blow-Fill-Seal System For Plastic Container Parenterals (SVP) Single station BFS system for aseptic packaging of small volume parenterals using PE or PP particles as raw material.
• AFP Aseptic Blow-Fill-Seal System For Plastic Container Parenterals Double Station (SVP) Double station BFS system using two sets of molds and cutting system for higher production capacity of small volume parenterals.
• GFS Automatic Plastic Ampoule Filling And Sealing Machine BFS blow filling and sealing integrated machine combining blowing, filling and sealing stations for liquid products in lotion, care solution, oral solution, and other applications.
• GF-60 Soft Tube Filling And Sealing Machine Automatic tube filling and sealing machine that orientates eye marks, fills, seals, presses date and cuts tube ends for cosmetic, medicine and food industries.
• ZJR Vacuum Emulsifying Mixer Vacuum homogenizing machine for heating, melting, homogenizing and emulsifying paste-cream products with emulsified grain diameter reaching 0.5-5 micrometers in pharmaceutical applications.
• ZS-3L Type Full Automatic Suppository Filling And Sealing Machine Line Suppository production line producing 4000-5000 pcs/hour for synthetic fatty acid glycerides, gelatin/glycerol/PEG type suppositories in various shapes.
• RO Water Treatment Equipment Reverse osmosis water purification system for pharmaceutical water preparation that submits to GMP critical system requirements.
• LD Multi-effect Distilled Water Machine Multi-effect vapor-heating distilled water machine with high thermal efficiency producing water conforming to Chinese Pharmacopoeia requirements for pharmaceutical manufacturing.
• LCZ Pure Steam Generator Pure steam generator producing both saturated and superheated pure steam for disinfection and sterilization in pharmaceutical and healthcare facilities, enabling long-distance (150-2000m) sterilization without quality degradation.
• DPB-80 Flat Plate Auto Blister Packaging Machine Compact blister packaging machine designed for hospital dosage rooms, laboratory institutes, and middle-small pharmacy factories.
• DPB-140 Flat Plate Automatic Blister Packaging Machine Blister packaging machine with parallel axis bevel wheel speed reducer for stable running and low noise operation.
• DPB-250B Flat Plate Automatic Blister Packaging Machine Micro-computer PLC controlled blister packaging machine with fiber-optic checking mechanism and on-line waste plate elimination, recognized as provincial science and technology accomplishment.
• DPB-250E Flat Plate Automatic Blister Packaging Machine High-function blister packaging machine with micro-computer PLC, frequency converter, and touch panel operation for pharmaceutical packaging; passed provincial science and technology appraisal.
• DPH-250 High Speed Blister Packaging Machine High-speed blister packaging equipment with patented cross-punching without waste material technology achieving punch frequency of 60-160 times per minute and capacity of 28,800 blisters per hour.
• DXD Automatic Pouch Packaging Machine PLC-controlled pouch packaging machine for loose, granular, powder, tablet and liquid materials in pharmacy, food and chemical industries.
• JF-8 Electronic Counting Machine Fully automatic counting and packaging line for hard capsules, soft capsules, tablets, pills, and other products with photoelectric sensor counting.
• CYJ-300B Tablet Friability Tester Tablet brittleness instrument for controlling tablet stability, examining wear resistance, resistance to collision and cracking strength in pharmaceutical quality control.
• RCZ-6C3 Six-Cup Medicine Dissolving Instrument Medicine dissolution testing instrument for measuring degree of dissolution of tablets and capsules according to Chinese Pharmacopoeia 2000 edition.
• SF-1 Fast Moisture Tester Fast moisture testing equipment using infrared lamp drying and high-precision weight sensors for pharmaceutical moisture content analysis.
• Turnkey Project Services Comprehensive turnkey services including consultancy, engineering design, project execution, and project management and validation for pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities compliant with WHO, GMP, USFDA, PICS, MHRA, TGA, and EU GMP standards.

Quantifiable outcome

• DPH-250 high speed blister machine saves 15 ten thousand RMB in materials through cross-punching without waste technology
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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API docs

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Feature5 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Tofflon Science & Technology: Shanghai-based Chinese pharmaceutical equipment manufacturer offering freeze dryers, sterilization, and aseptic filling lines. Closest Chinese peer to SPM with overlapping aseptic and turnkey capabilities.
• Truking Technology: Chinese manufacturer of pharmaceutical and medical equipment including liquid injection lines, aseptic packaging, and turnkey projects. Direct domestic competitor with similar global sales footprint.
• Syntegon Technology: German pharma packaging and processing machinery provider (formerly Bosch Packaging Technology). Directly competes with SPM on blister packaging, liquid filling, and aseptic processing equipment for global pharma customers.
• IMA S.p.A. Italian global leader in pharmaceutical processing and packaging machinery, including aseptic fill-finish and solid dose equipment. Directly comparable as a competitor for SPM's BFS, tablet press, and packaging lines in regulated pharma accounts.
• Marchesini Group: Italian manufacturer of packaging machinery for pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries, with strong presence in aseptic filling and turnkey lines. Closely comparable to SPM in target customers and integrated line offerings.
• Bausch + Strobel: German specialist in aseptic filling and sealing machines for vials, syringes, and ampoules. Direct competitor in the BFS / aseptic parenteral equipment niche that SPM targets with its BFS platform.
• Romaco Group: German-Italian pharma processing and packaging machinery manufacturer covering tablet presses, liquid filling, and packaging. Direct peer with similar turnkey project delivery model and customer base.
• ACG Group: Indian global supplier of solid dosage and packaging machinery for pharmaceuticals, including capsule filling, tablet presses, and blister lines. Comparable to SPM in turnkey project delivery and emerging-market penetration.

Regional players

• Shanghai Saifu Pharmaceutical Equipment: Shanghai-based Chinese pharmaceutical equipment supplier covering liquid filling, BFS, and packaging machinery. Regional direct competitor with overlapping product lines and target customers in China and emerging markets.

Broad incumbents

• GEA Group: Large German engineering group with a pharmaceutical processing and filling division offering homogenizers, separators, and aseptic equipment. Broad incumbent in adjacent pharma process technology, overlapping with SPM's emulsifying mixers and aseptic systems.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ShanghaiPharma1
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCRjt2Tn-x65X5RgPo72hlxA
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/shanghai-pharmaceutical-machinery
• Instagraminstagram.com/spm_pharmaceutical
• Facebookfacebook.com/profile.php

Compliance1 record

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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