Closures

Articles about plastic, metal, or glass tops or lids used to close or shut a container holding a product, including child-resistant and senior-friendly characteristics.

Pour-Out containers

• Available in nine sizes, ranging from 15cc through 4L, Pour-Out containers have set-in lips designed to be dripless; permit exact control over content release • black phenolic caps or white urea caps with patented inner liners guarantee a tight...

Rigid containers/bottles | August 12, 2010

Nestable drum

• ‘Click Pack’ water-tight, robust drum uses an integrated rubber gasket in its lid to prevent moisture • easy-opening/closing with a tamper-evident seal, the lid opens and closes with a quarter turn • reduces supply chain cost with its ability...

Closures | June 15, 2010

High-speed bottle capper

• PLC-15FT press-on and screw-on automatic capper is for pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, food, beverage, and health and beauty industries • automatic rejection feature rejects inverted caps to provide continuous product throughput • operates at speeds up to 150 bottles/min, stainless-steel construction...

Packaging Line Efficiency | June 7, 2010

Dispensers for sun care products

• plastic, airless dispensers eliminate the need for the use of metal components such as springs and steel, balls, which sometimes cause compatibility issues • engineered with a small plastic bellows (a pumping mechanism) inside an actuator that suppresses excess...

Closures | May 11, 2010

New BellatRx Secure Chuck Capper Economical. Mobile. Small Footprint.*

Introduced at Pack Expo Vegas 2009, the Secure Chuck Capper is raising the bar on value for the customer as there is no capper on the market that combines price, size and functionality like the Secure Chuck Capper....

Closures | October 29, 2009

Healthcare packs earn initial Greener Package awards

A temperature-controlled shipper and a sustainable drug oval bottle/child-resistant closure (shown here) earn top honors for their environmental attributes in the first Greener Package awards competition....

Distribution, package testing, cold chain | October 1, 2009

Security seal for endoscope cases

• Endoscopes by Karl Storz that allow physicians to perform minimally invasive procedures are packed in special cases with a new closure seal...

Closures | August 5, 2009

Outsert systems

• MV-08 (shown) is a single knife-folder system that folds evenly sealed outsert leaflets with up to 110 panels...

Pharmaceuticals and biologics | July 28, 2009

In-line filling and stoppering machine

• continuous-motion positive transport system makes the Sterifill F2000 suitable for filling liquids into cylindrical vials with rubber stopper insertion • for drug processing in aseptic conditions, either in a Class 100 area or in isolation technology, at speeds to...

Liquid Filling | June 2, 2009

Side-actuated nasal spray device

• consists of a standard actuator coupled with a customizable shell and cap • combines ease of use for patient comfort/compliance, and includes Equadel®, a pump that dispenses the same dose and spray every time, no matter how much pressure...

Medical devices | May 28, 2009

Population over 65 shapes packaging

Around the world, longer life expectancy and decreased birth rates are causing populations to age....

Patient Compliance | April 29, 2009

Sterile packaging components

• Ready Pack system is appropriate for small-quantity filling of high-value drugs, pharmaceutical R&D and clinical work, and biopharmaceutical early-stage product development • includes West VeriSure stoppers and Flip-Off seals and Ready-to-Fill vials • sterilized components are delivered in packaging...

Ampules, vials, syringes and tubes | April 15, 2009

Dispensing closure

• NutraGen II for vitamins, minerals, and supplements is designed for easy opening and closing via a strong back hinge • dispenses both large and small pills • has a one-piece design and is available in a variety of...

Closures | April 15, 2009

Sterile stoppers

• a range of sterile stoppers is available for antibiotic, infusion, and lyophilization vials • stoppers are sterilized using gamma radiation • delivered in double-walled PE bags or containers for use in an isolator STELMI...

Ampules, vials, syringes and tubes | April 13, 2009

Bauer’s pharmaceutical handbook lends ‘Hall of Fame’ packaging perspective

Professionals and students will benefit from an informative research tool now available for the healthcare packaging community....

Pharmaceuticals and biologics | April 10, 2009

Bristol-Myers Squibb awards Süd-Chemie Performance Packaging

Süd-Chemie’s Healthcare Packaging division was honored with the Pharmapack 2009 “Safe-Use Product” Award for its Handy Active Tube® (HAT®-Snap) pharmaceutical package design. The award was earned for the package Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) adopted for Efferalgan® 1G, an effervescent analgesic sold...

Ampules, vials, syringes and tubes | April 2, 2009

Medicinal packs differentiate personal care products

An _ assortment of more than 60 personal care products for African Americans from Professional Products achieves product differentiation from larger competitors thanks to individualized packaging from TricorBraun. The Groganics line of packaging has a medicinal appearance and uses...

Pharmaceuticals and biologics | January 27, 2009

Regulations and standards to lead pharmaceutical packaging sales

Pharmaceutical packaging sales demand in the U.S., including Puerto Rico, is forecast to rise 5.5% annually to $16 billion by 2012, according to a new study from The Freedonia Group. Leading the gains will be regulations and standards addressing...

Misc. Archive | July 7, 2008

Bottle containment filler plays it safe

When packaging operations for Abilify, a drug to treat schizophrenia, and Coumadin, a blood thinner, were transferred to a different plant, Bristol-Myers Squibb decided to install a new bottle containment filling line. The goal was to improve fill accuracy...

Misc. Archive | April 15, 2008

Watch for 'alpha/omega' packaging lines

Synchronized lines, rather than individual pieces of equipment, will be a focus of pharmaceutical manufacturers, predicts PMMI's Ben Miyares. In this exclusive Q&A interview with Healthcare Packaging, Miyares addresses multiple healthcare packaging-related issues, including mechatronics and robotics, which, he...

Misc. Archive | February 15, 2008

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