SP Industries Inc. has announced the first dates for its 2010 Roadshow 'Freeze Drying of Pharmaceuticals:  Principles and Practice'.

Drawing upon speakers from the internationally acknowledged Freeze Drying Group at the University of Erlangen, Germany - SP Industries has organised a comprehensive 1-day program of seminars and discussions.  The talks have been designed to enable people involved with pharmaceutical freeze drying and lyophilisation, at all levels of experience, to gain considerable benefit.

Seminar topics include:  Introduction to Freeze Drying: putting principles into practice ;  Formulation: understanding the physical properties of materials ; Overcoming the challenge of formulating colloidal materials ; Freeze Drying Microscopy: introduction and relevance to process design and optimisation ; A review of PAT tools for freeze drying ; An introduction to MTM and SMART freeze dryer technology ; Heat & Mass transfer in freeze drying and Scale-Up: Fundamental Concepts.

For further information or to reserve a place at the free Roadshow seminars in Boston, MA (April 12th), New Brunswick, NJ (April 13th) or San Francisco, CA (April 15th) please visit www.spindustries.com/2010roadshowseminars or contact SP Industries on +1-845-687-5303.

SP Industries is a leading manufacturer of laboratory to production scale freeze dryers / lyophilizers, centrifugal evaporators and concentrators, environmental control chambers, thermal control system, glassware washers and dryers. The company sells its products under well-known brands including Hotpack®, VirTis®, FTS^TM and Genevac®. SP Industries has ISO 9001:2000 registered production facilities in the USA and Europe.  The company continues to invest heavily in validation and commissioning competencies.  With the ongoing requirements of 21 CFR Part 11 and the emergence of GAMP 4, SP Industries is uniquely positioned as a leader in compliance and GAMP 4 commitment.