Pharmaceutical manufacturing equipment: vials, syringes, cartridges, freeze-dry systems
Dara Pharma manufactures specialized processing equipment for pharma, biotech, and cosmetics — washers, sterilizers, fillers, freeze-dryers, and capping lines for vials through pouches. The tech stack reveals a manufacturing-first org: heavy CAD (Solidworks, CATIA, Inventor), industrial controls (FactoryTalk, TIA Portal, Allen-Bradley), and ERP backbone (Dynamics NAV, Business Central). No adopting or replacing signals suggest a stable, mature stack focused on incremental improvements; hiring velocity is decelerating while engineering and support remain the two largest teams, pointing to a phase of operational refinement over growth.
Dara Pharma is a privately held equipment manufacturer based in Granollers, Barcelona, founded in 1996. The company designs, develops, and manufactures complete processing lines and modular systems for sterile pharmaceutical and cosmetic production — covering wash, sterilization, fill, freeze-dry, and closure operations across multiple container formats. The business serves mid-market and enterprise pharma, biotech, and cosmetics customers across Europe and beyond. With roughly 200–500 employees split across engineering, manufacturing, support, and operations, Dara operates a capital-intensive, project-based model typical of industrial equipment builders: custom machinery design, on-site installation, and long-term customer qualification and validation cycles.
Solidworks, CATIA, Inventor, and Solid Edge. The company also uses FactoryTalk View, Indusoft, and TIA Portal for machine controls and industrial automation.
Spain (headquarters) and India. 25 total active roles span engineering, support, manufacturing, operations, finance, logistics, management, and marketing.
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