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Blisters, clamshells, Trays

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

Biodegradable blister film

Bilcare Research Inc., manufacturer of blister packaging, has launched ECOmply™, an eco-friendly blister combining the demands of biodegradability and product protection stability. ECOmply blends standard PVC film with a special additive that makes it biodegradable. The result is PVC-level...

Blister card cutting system

AZCO Corp.'s blister card cutting system is simple to use and compact in size. Blister cards are loaded into a vertical magazine from which they are automatically fed into a shear or rotary cutting station and cut to size....

Tray sealer line options expanded

Multivac announced that it has further optimized the performance of its automatic tray-sealer models with new options to more precisely address specific market demands in the food, medical, and consumer product packaging markets. Multivac is equipping its T 700,...

Tinted forming material benefits blister packaging lines

It can be a challenge with any blister package for a tablet-presence vision system to detect tablets based on lighting and contrast....

Pharmapack awards announced in Paris

Packaging that protects against sharps, and a child-resistant slider pack earn honors at Pharmapack Europe 2012....

LIVE FROM MD&M WEST: Tester for pharmaceutical blister headspace

OpTech®--O2 system makes noninvasive, nondestructive thermoformed blister package testing possible due to the development of an optical sensor that will "fluoresce" or give off light directly related to the amount of oxygen present. Ideal for determining oxygen headspace and...

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....

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....

Deep-draw thermoforming machine

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....

Unit-dose line additions

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....

Blister films

Unit-dose compliance pack

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....

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....

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....

Wire coil clamshell package wins DuPont award

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

Film for clinical trials blister packs

Pharmaceutical blister card folder/wallet card equipment

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