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About PharmaFoil · Est. 1998

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Founded in 1998 in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. Today: one of India's most trusted primary packaging manufacturers for regulated pharmaceutical exports.

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01 · Mission

Make pharmaceutical packaging boring – in the best possible way.

In pharmaceutical packaging, “boring” means predictable. It means a procurement manager sleeps at night knowing the foil reels landing at the blister line will perform exactly as the last hundred shipments did.

For 27 years, that is the standard PharmaFoil has been built to deliver. Six production lines. Six-sigma rejection rates. ISO 15378 batch traceability on every roll. Twenty-six layers of in-process quality checks before a single reel ships.

We don't make packaging that wins design awards. We make packaging that wins regulatory audits, stability studies and supply-chain reviews – on three continents, year after year.

02 · Our Journey

From a single line in Ahmedabad to 42 export markets.

A non-linear, decade-by-decade build.

CHAPTER · 01
1998

Founded in Ahmedabad

Started as a single-line aluminium foil converter for domestic pharma.

CHAPTER · 02
2003

ISO 9001 Certified

First quality management certification, beginning of regulated supply.

CHAPTER · 03
2008

WHO GMP Compliance

Plant upgrade to WHO GMP-compliant primary packaging facility.

CHAPTER · 04
2011

ISO 15378 Certified

First Indian PTP foil manufacturer in our cluster to achieve ISO 15378.

CHAPTER · 05
2014

US DMF Type III Filed

Unlocked US-bound supply for blister foil and cold-form laminates.

CHAPTER · 06
2019

Cold-Form Line 2 Commissioned

Capacity doubled with second OPA/Alu/PVC cold-form lamination line.

CHAPTER · 07
2023

Sustainability Initiative

Launched mono-material R&D programme and 1.2 MW rooftop solar.

CHAPTER · 08
2026

Global Expansion

42 export markets across 5 continents. New EU technical office in Lisbon.

03 · Leadership

The people who run the plant.

Rajiv Mehta
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Rajiv Mehta
Managing Director

27 years in pharmaceutical packaging. Founding partner of PharmaFoil.

Dr. Shalini Iyer
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Dr. Shalini Iyer
Director, R&D

Polymer scientist (IIT-B, PhD). Holds 11 patents in barrier laminates.

Aditya Khanna
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Aditya Khanna
VP, Global Sales

Former GSK supply chain leader. Drives our 42-country export programme.

Priya Nair
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Priya Nair
Head of Quality

ISO 15378 lead auditor. 18 years across regulated packaging facilities.

“The packaging is the silent partner in pharmaceutical formulation. Our job is to make sure it never breaks the silence.”
Rajiv Mehta
Managing Director · Founding Partner
04 · Corporate Responsibility

Built on people. Accountable to communities.

A 27-year-old plant is also a 27-year-old social contract with the families who built it.

Education

Two primary schools educating 480+ children of plant workers.

Environment

1.2 MW rooftop solar offsets 34 % of plant energy demand.

Community

₹4.8 Cr annual CSR spend across 12 villages around Ahmedabad.

Workforce

47 % women on the shop floor. Zero LTI in 2#d65b82.

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