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Blisters, clamshells, Trays

Reports on blisters, clamshells, and trays used to contain medical or pharmaceutical products.

Thermoformed tray enables crop waste-based packaging

Design of new thermoformed ‘grow trays’ enables optimized manufacturing of coolers made from Ecovative’s mushroom-root and crop-waste packaging material....

Sustainability/environmental | January 12, 2012

Contract packager invests in eco-friendly compliance package

St. Louis-based Legacy Pharmaceutical Co. to invest in automated blister lines for pharmaceuticals in Ecoslide-RX....

Paperboard cartons, cases, shippers | December 2, 2011

Deep-draw thermoforming machine

Thermoforming and blister manufacturing | November 22, 2011

Rectangular pack is a good fit for allograft tissue

Specially designed cyclic olefin copolymer container housed in an outer blister protects lyophilized tissue used primarily in orthopedic and spine-related surgeries....

Rigid containers/bottles | November 11, 2011

Unit-dose line additions

Patient Compliance | October 14, 2011

Maalox Plus launched in slider pack in Italy

Sanofi's heartburn treatment becomes latest pharmaceutical product to use this slider packaging with integrated leaflet design....

Patient Compliance | October 12, 2011

Blister films

Flexible films, lidding and foils | September 21, 2011

Unit-dose compliance pack

Patient Compliance | August 19, 2011

Blister lines speed changeovers for German contract packager

Handle 15 million blisters a year, while new horizontal cartoner can switch between intermittent and continuous motion as needed by C.P.M. Contract Pharma GmbH....

Contract packaging | July 14, 2011

Video: Thermoform packaging

Kevin Volden, sales manager for TekPackaging, discusses the medical device/pharmaceutical market during HealthPack 2011 in Cincinnati. At the booth he describes a triple-sterile thermoform pack for a company that manufacturers artificial hearts, and a thermoformed ear probe cover....

Thermoforming and blister manufacturing | June 30, 2011

Study reports 'modest improvement' in medication adherence

Dispensing data from 3.1 million individuals filling prescriptions at nationwide Walmart pharmacies shows positive adherence results from using calendar blister packaging....

Patient Compliance | June 17, 2011

Wire coil clamshell package wins DuPont award

Thermoformed medical device package for Arthrex’s surgical wire wins Innovation Award for Perfecseal....

Medical devices | June 15, 2011

Film for clinical trials blister packs

Clinical Trials | June 13, 2011

Pharmaceutical blister card folder/wallet card equipment

Patient Compliance | June 3, 2011

Unit-dose packaging

Blisters, clamshells, Trays | May 10, 2011

Unit-dose products

Nutraceuticals and cosmeceuticals (health and beauty) | March 8, 2011

Sterile and syringe packaging lines

Thermoforming and blister manufacturing | March 8, 2011

Global packaging: Is the U.S. falling behind?

A Packaging Hall of Famer sees Europe at the front of packaging machinery innovation, with Asia making advances....

Pharmaceuticals and biologics | March 7, 2011

Digital printer does the work of two machines it replaces

Machine delivers superior print quality to the foil lidding on new blister thermoform/fill/seal line at contract packager Apace Packaging LLC....

Coding, marking, printing | February 25, 2011

Video: Live from Pharmapack Paris

Video: StoraEnso introduces second-generation intelligent unit dose blister packs....

Blisters, clamshells, Trays | February 23, 2011

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