New packaging solutions for life sciences, all at PACK EXPO in Chicago
Discover new packaging solutions from hundreds of suppliers specializing in life sciences, all under one roof at PACK EXPO International in Chicago.

Pat Reynolds

Pat Reynolds HeadshotWith nearly 40 years of experience as a packaging journalist, Pat has traveled the world to cover new technologies as they are put into practice. Though now happily retired, he keeps a hand in the business on occasion as Contributing Editor.

Market Trends
3 Healthcare Packaging Updates from PACK EXPO Las Vegas
On this Take Five video, Pat Reynolds showcases three package design innovations from PACK EXPO Las Vegas in pharmaceuticals, personal care, and child-resistance for cannabis.
November 12, 2021
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Sustainability
Making Corrugated Boxes Reusable
Using reusable plastic totes to get molded parts from one part of a manufacturing operation to another is expensive; Box Latch makes it possible to use and reuse inexpensive corrugated boxes.
March 13, 2020
Box Latch plus anchor make this simple corrugated box reusable many times over.
Robotics/Automation
Mobile Cobot
By mounting a collaborative robot on a mobile base, Omron showed a proof-of-concept demo that brings mobility to the use of cobots.
October 1, 2019
Omron Mobile Cobot
Labeling/Printing
Web-to-Pack in Germany
Testing the web-to-pack waters in Germany is August Faller, a powerhouse packaging supplier in the pharmaceutical and life sciences sector.
July 26, 2019
Digital printing and die cutting let PackEx provide folding cartons in small runs within five days or less.
Home
Wireless Communication of Box Dimensions
OEM T-Roc needed a complete solution for box-making, including not just a way of measuring items to be boxed but of communicating those dimensions wirelessly to the cutting and scoring heads of a servo-driven box-maker.
July 25, 2019
Items to be packed are set upon a sizing table and scanned with a measuring light screen from Banner Engineering that uses an array of closely spaced light beams to determine the precise profile of what’s on the sizing table.
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Sanofi Oral Suspension: From Blow/Fill/Seal to Robotic Palletizing
At Sanofi’s Origgio facility outside Milan, automated efficiency is the watchword when it comes to packaging Enterogermina Oral Suspension. Additional production capacity is in the works.
July 12, 2019
Packaging/Filling
Sanofi Oral Suspension: From Blow/Fill/Seal to Robotic Palletizing
At Sanofi’s Origgio facility outside Milan, automated efficiency is the watchword when it comes to packaging Enterogermina Oral Suspension. Additional production capacity is in the works.
July 12, 2019
he Robocombi system mechanically picks the strips of bottlepacks from the conveyors they stand in and places them directly into the four parallel conveyor lanes leading to the packaging line.
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Industry 4.0 with a Pharma Focus
Knowing that IoT software and services in pharma are expected to reach $2.5 billion by 2020, this builder of pharmaceutical packaging machinery is rolling out a robust Industry 4.0 program.
June 12, 2019
Packaging/Filling
Industry 4.0 with a Pharma Focus
Knowing that IoT software and services in pharma are expected to reach $2.5 billion by 2020, this builder of pharmaceutical packaging machinery is rolling out a robust Industry 4.0 program.
June 12, 2019
The demo line assembled by Marchesini consisted of three machines for primary, secondary, and tertiary packaging of pharmaceutical blister packs.
Packaging/Filling
Spotted at Pharmintech: Isolator/Filling Machine Combo
On display at Pharmintech 2019 in Bologna, Italy, was an impressive combination of one isolator plus various filling machine modules that can be wheeled into it to deliver a great deal of flexibility to biotech and pharmaceutical companies engaged in aseptic filling.
April 10, 2019
Filling modules can be rolled in and out of the SKAN isolator.
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Robotics/Automation
Five AI Solutions Currently Helping Packaging and Processing
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