About Us

About Us

Our Mission

Patient safety is our priority.

Patient safety is the highest priority in everything we do. We leverage the most advanced technology available, adhere strictly to all local and national quality standards, and maintain available capacity and flexibility in scheduling, all to ensure we’re positioned to deliver the safest, highest quality medications to our customers and your patients.

Who We Are

Family owned and operated since 2005, Apace is a medium-sized contract packager based in Fountain Run, KY. We offer bottling, blister, and unit dose packaging for oral solid dose (OSD) medications, kitting, repackaging and tube fill for medicated ointments. Our high quality packaging and scheduling flexibility are trusted across the over-the-counter (OTC), nutraceutical, hospital, generic, and commercial pharmaceutical industry.

Apace maintains a fully compliant packaging environment that meets FDA, DEA, and multiple state regulations. Apace is also accredited with the Verified-Accredited Wholesale Distributors (VAWD) program,

DEA Manufacturer and Importer licensed, and a Generic Drug User Fee Amendments (GDUFA) strategic partner. We are listed with the FDA as a packager/repackager and labeler/relabeler. Apace is proud to have been one of the first contract packagers to offer a fully aggregated serialization solution on all our packaging lines, because patient safety is our priority.

Who We Are

Established in 2005, Apace Packaging is family owned and operated. We are a medium-sized Contract Packager, based out of Fountain Run, KY. Our primary focus is bottling and blister packaging for the oral solid dose (OSD) pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, and OTC industry. Apace specializes in providing a fully aggregated serialization solution for all our manufacturing partners. Apace maintains a fully compliant environment by meeting FDA, DEA, and multiple-state regulations. Apace is VAWD accredited, DEA

Manufacturer and Importer licensed, and a GDUFA strategic partner. Our business activities are listed with the FDA as a packager/repackager and labeler/relabeler. Apace was one of the first contract packagers to offer a fully aggregated serialization solution on all of our packaging lines for your patient’s safety.

Our History

2005 2023 30K sq foot Kentucky facility was purchased for relocating Apace from Maryland. Conveniently located within minutes to service sister company AvKare and AvPak. Facility expansion to accommodate
-New warehouse
-Expanded office area
-Installation of redundant power supply
2022 2020 2017 2015 2014 2012 2026 2025 2024 Implemented serialization with full aggregation across two bottling lines and two blistering lines

Installed powder bottle filling equipment
Commercialized the business accepting generic and branded pharma customers. Facility expansion of second warehouse addition with 200 pallet CII vault, 100 pallet CIII-CV cage and installed highspeed bottling line 6 with automation from Cremer’s fillers to case packing and palletization Surpassed 30+ customers primarily through current relationships and referrals. Facility expansion to 102K sq feet

Microsoft D365 implemented

Bottling line 7 installed with additional Cremers vibratory filling technology and automation through case palletization
Installed line 8 blistering and cartoning line that specializes in low volume and high mix products Antares line level serialization implementation

Level 3 master data server
Target date for electronic batch records Capability Expansions including:
-Ointment tubes
-Liquid cup filling
-Liquid sachet filling
2003 Apace Packaging purchased, originally located in Maryland