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April 2009

To survive or to thrive? That is the recession question

Thousands of healthcare professionals have lost their jobs in the current recession. How secure is your job?...

Misc. Archive | April 15, 2009

Healthcare Packaging relaunches Web site

Chock full of videos, podcasts and white papers plus more timely product and industry news, the new healthcarepackaging.com is designed to make it easier than ever to find what you're looking for....

Misc. Archive | April 15, 2009

Four pharmaceutical plants earn EPA’s Energy Star

During Interphex 2009, held March 17 - 19 in New York, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recognized the first four pharmaceutical facilities to earn the agency’s Energy Star, given to companies that perform in the top 25% of energy use...

Sustainability/environmental | April 15, 2009

Vaccine 'backpack' earns FPA's Special Citation

When a package innovatively addresses societal health and wellness issues, the Flexible Packaging Assn. takes notice....

Distribution, package testing, cold chain | April 15, 2009

Positive results for MEDTEC Europe 2009

Contrary to overall economic trends, MEDTEC Europe continued its positive trend of recent years with 20% more visitors and 8% more exhibitors than the previous event....

Medical devices | April 15, 2009

Winpak obtains rights to manufacture materials under Reynolds Packaging license

Winpak Ltd. announced that it has concluded an agreement whereby it has secured exclusive rights to the Reynolds Packaging LLC formulations and Drug Master File specifications to produce packaging materials used in the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries....

Community News | April 15, 2009

Wallet pack honored in Europe

A three-part •Triguilar• wallet pack was among the finalists for the European Healthcare Compliance Packaging Council, Packaging Awards. Developed by August Faller KG in Germany, it is used for a contraceptive sold by Bayer Schering Pharma AG in Berlin...

Patient Compliance | April 15, 2009

Healthcare packaging sector resists economic flu

Healthcare Packaging survey "checks up" on readers to discover few layoffs, confidence in management, and a continued focus on outsourcing....

Contract packaging | April 15, 2009

In a recession, keep moving forward

Our greatest challenges can be our greatest teachers—and harbor the most significant opportunities for growth....

Misc. Archive | April 15, 2009

Contract packaging insights; Puerto Rico market update

Equipment efficiency, automation, and costs are big factors in today’s healthcare packaging community, whether you’re a CP on the mainland or a product manufacturer in Puerto Rico....

Contract packaging | April 15, 2009

Packaging material structure provides item-level e-Pedigree alternative

A packaging material “fingerprint” provides an anti-counterfeiting alternative to other well-known technologies....

Anti-counterfeiting, track-and-trace, authentication | April 15, 2009

Testing, standards drive medical device packaging session

Insights into cold chain shipments, aging, test method validation, and the distribution environment highlight MD&M West’s medical device packaging session....

Medical devices | April 15, 2009

Proofreading tools tackle clinical trial tasks

Clintrak Clinical Labeling Services employs text-inspection software and camera verification systems to automate its clinical trial proofreading functions....

Inspection, verification and vision systems | April 15, 2009

Monobloc fill/finish systems

• Filamatic monobloc packaging systems can perform tasks such as sorting, feeding, filling, plugging, stoppering, crimping, capping, induction sealing, labeling, and accumulating • operate in small footprint; fill into microtubes, cryovials, glass vials, and plastic containers • digitally controlled with...

Pharmaceuticals and biologics | April 15, 2009

High-resolution ink-jet printer

• “shoebox”-sized Codajet 7000 performs large-area printing and coding on paperboard cartons and trays in industrial environments • prints up to 70-mm-tall characters, logos, bar codes, date and time, counters, and variable data in real time, and now in...

Coding, marking, printing | April 15, 2009

Metal detectors/checkweighers

• MET30+Universal machines include a pharmaceutical unit for tablets and capsules • IP69K washdown touchscreen interface mounted on detectors operates in harsh environments • WeighChek checkweighers help provide quality control in manufacturing facilities Lock Inspection Systems, Inc....

Checkweighing/metal detection | April 15, 2009

Robotic case packer

• Model V 30 machine integrates a Fanuc robot with ESS end-of-arm tooling and Allen-Bradley controls • forms, loads, and seals cases while occupying a small footprint • a variety of Fanuc robots may be specified, depending on the...

Case erecting and packing | April 15, 2009

Thermal-transfer printer

• prints text, graphics, and scannable bar codes on premade pouches and lidstock for medical device packaging • prints on Tyvek, medical paper, foils, and flexible packaging materials up to 24 in. L, with a 5-in.-W print head •...

Coding, marking, printing | April 15, 2009

Tablet recovery machine

• automatic solid-dose product machine recovers small, medium, or large batches of product from finished containers at speeds to 40 bpm, with minimal setup time • ensures products are separated from the waste packaging with no product contamination so...

Robotics | April 15, 2009

Plastic and glass jar collection

• Sunrise line of heavy-wall PETG jars is available in 15-mL, 38/400; 30-mL, 48/400; and 50-mL, 53/400 sizes • Sunset line of heavyweight, straight-sided flint jars is available in 15-cc, 40/400; 30-cc, 48/400; and 60-cc, 58/400 sizes • suitable for...

Rigid containers/bottles | April 15, 2009

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