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December 2010 Print Edition

Cautious outlook for 2011

Eight steps to package integrity

Keystone installs new capital equipment and packaging technologies

Paperboard carton company Keystone Folding Box completes a multiyear initiative to invest in new capital equipment and packaging technologies....

MSU examines how packages operate in ER, OR environments

Medical device professionals, healthcare practitioners get ‘immersed’ in packaging during simulated ER and OR environments....

Trends in biopharmaceutical processing/packaging automation

In this “Voice of the Experts” Q&A, Healthcare Packaging talks with Festo’s Craig Correia, manager, process automation, and Sam Stoney, senior project engineer, medical/lab automation....

Compliance packaging that works in real life

Beta test reveals insights about a new compliance-prompting package....

Applicator tips for ampoules

• expanded line of functional, shaped applicator heads are now available for the company’s line of unit-dose plastic ampoules • applicators can be made of materials such as cosmetic foam, wools, PU, and uncompressed melamine; tips may be laminated for...

ISTA announces global method for insulated shipping containers

7E and Standard 20 provide a “set of tools” pertaining to thermal profiles of insulated shipping containers during distribution, and to laboratory test environments....

Servo capping and torque stations

• servo-driven cap placement and torque systems are featured on the company’s next-generation monoblock filler/capper • operate at speeds up to 120 bottles/min; design allows precision cap handling to reduce risk of dropped or skewed caps • two-stage torque system...

A million-plus reasons to value the pharmaceutical cold chain

More than 500 attendees and nearly 60 exhibitors energize the 8th Cold Chain Distribution for Pharmaceuticals Global Forum in Philadelphia....

Mobile technology provides valuable anti-counterfeit tool

Biofem Pharmaceuticals in Nigeria begins a trial of mobile technology for authentication of packs of Merck’s Glucophage Type II diabetes drug....

Shrink-label films

• Pentalabel® PETG roll-sleeve films for shrink-label packaging can be used for full- or partial-body coverage on simple and multiple-contour containers made of plastic, glass, or metal • engineered to be processed on existing roll-fed label machinery with minimal additional...

Pharmaceutical metal detector

• Tablex-PRO uses a new version of Safeline’s PowerPhasePRO software for metal detection in pharmaceutical and nutraceutical applications • achieves sensitivity enhancements with new optimum power drive technique combined with ultra high-frequency operation to detect particles smaller than 0.2mm in...

Child-resistant tube

• CR version of the company’s “Twist’n’Use™” package is a single-dose tube with tamper-evidence that’s marketed as the smallest, certified CR cap in the industry • package works with two simultaneous movements: pressing down on the outer cap and then...

Whish Body Products is ‘pumped’ about new travel kit pack

Airless pump dispenser provides differentiation for Whish Body Products’ high-end personal care travel kit....

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