White Paper: How a few simple changes can speed up your supply chain

New white paper shows how to accelerate time-sensitive shipments to positively impact your customers' business processes.

Jan 16th, 2013

A provocative new white paper looks at how you can increase responsiveness to customers through logistics. Graphical examples provided.

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Q&A: Non-Profit Launches Sustainable Procurement Guide in Healthcare

11 Questions on how a non-profit organization is guiding healthcare purchasing decisions and what manufacturers need to know.

The combination of Flexi-Cap and Booklet-Label blinds the vial and offers ample space for product information in several languages.

CSL Behring Uses Specialty Label System to Blind Vials for Clinical Trials

There are visible differences between the candidate and the placebo in this international Phase III trial. The blinding system combines a cap system that completely covers the vial with a booklet label for multilingual product information.

Nelipak Laboratory Services Receives ISO/IEC 17025 Accreditation

Nelipak Laboratory Services announced its Clara, Ireland laboratory received ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation from the Irish National Accreditation Board (INAB).

TricorBraun Acquires Price Container and Packaging

TricorBraun announced it has acquired Price Container and Packaging, a rigid packaging distributor serving primarily the industrial and food markets.

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Oliver Healthcare Packaging acquires Kansas City Design

Forms new premium design business serving the pharmaceutical and biologics market.

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Companies Collaborate To Launch Anti-Microbial Packaging Film

The development—with applications including flow wraps, lidding films, and pouches—does not replace the need for careful hand washing, but can inhibit the spread of cross-contamination on packaging substrates that are not usually subject to cleaning.

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Small Batch Skin- and Haircare Line Offers Glass Packaging on a Budget

After making the switch from a career in occupational therapy, a former hand specialist offers a variety of personal care products with cruelty-free, natural ingredients in recyclable packaging.

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Neopac Wins Pair of “Tube of the Year” Awards from European Tube Manufacturers Association

PLASTIC RECYCLED TUBE and Stylo Polyfoil Tube with Spatula Applicator take top honors.

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Pharmapack Moves to May 2021

New date combines a Paris spring with the valuable pharma packaging event.

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2020 Healthcare Package Design Gallery

Months and years go into designing an over-the-counter package to ensure the consumer can safely use it, often in mere seconds.

Study Evaluates Benefits of Atmosphere Control in Blisters

Companies partnered to (1) compare the efficacy of Activ-Blister packaging configurations with cold-form foil in maintaining the stability of a model tableted drug product and (2) compare results to an Accelerated Stability Assessment Program study.

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Perlen: Ultra-High Barrier PVdC for Blisters

The new MultiLayer ultra 280 combines increased water vapor and oxygen barrier in a sandwich structure that protects the PVdC layer from external damage.

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Pretium Packaging Announces Expansion of its PET Manufacturing Facilities

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Tampons in an Ice Cream Pint Make a Whimsical Statement

Feminine care company Rael launches a unique recyclable carton in stores and online.

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SiO2 Materials Science Receives $143 Million Contract from U.S. Government

Contract to accelerate capacity scale-up of advanced primary packaging platform for COVID-19 vaccines and therapeutics. Company will add 200 high-skilled, manufacturing jobs.

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Mondi Safely Packages QIAGEN’s SARS-CoV-2 Test Cartridge

Mondi ramps up production to supply packaging for the new SARS-CoV-2 test cartridge by QIAGEN; a high-barrier triplex laminate which will provide protection for the test kits which require limited exposure to light and oxygen to remain effective.

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Honeywell: Aclar Edge Polymer Bottles and Vials

For oral liquid and sterile injectables, the technology provides an alternative to glass, minimizing product loss resulting from breakage.

Placon Investing in Medical Capacity Expansion

Placon is doubling the size of its manufacturing in Elkhart, Ind. to increase capacity to meet the growing demand for its medical packaging.

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Comar to Expand East Coast Footprint

Comar, a healthcare plastic packaging, device and component supplier, is pleased to announce a major capacity expansion of our Buena plant operations by building a new offsite location in Vineland, New Jersey.

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Klöckner Pentaplast Expands in North America to Support the Pharmaceutical Market

Klöckner Pentaplast, a manufacturer of pharmaceutical barrier packaging films, broke ground on a large expansion at its Klöckner Barrier Film (KBF) facility in central Virginia in the United States.

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Paper Tube Co.: Child-Resistant Paper Tube Packaging

EcoVault is a patented, child-resistant tube for packaging cannabis to supplements.

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In Memoriam: Packaging Pioneer John M. Bitner

His accomplished 50+ year career blended art, and design and engineering in packaging, and spanned multiple market signets and disciplines.

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Toppan Develops Paper-Based Tube-Pouch to Reduce Plastic Use

Paper-based material for body of easy to squeeze tube-shaped pouch further reduces plastic volume.

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Human Factors Expert Interprets Nurses’ Wishes

Whether in the healthcare setting or the home, an end user may desire one packaging feature, but actually need another.

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Nelipak Healthcare Packaging Launches ‘Nelipak Academy’ Webinar Series

Learning series to provide participants with knowledge to make informed decisions about healthcare packaging.

Along with a new focus on function, Ethan’s has changed the color of each bottle to reflect the shots’ unique flavors and primary ingredients.

Function-Focused Rebrand for Wellness Shots

Organic energy shot company Ethan’s redesigns the labels for its 2-oz shots to clearly convey the occasion of use for each as well as emphasize the flavor and ingredient profiles.

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Continuing Sustainability Efforts, Neopac Moves Toward Mono-Material Barrier Tubes Designed for Recyclability

The company is in the development stages of food- and pharma-grade tube systems that align with existing recycling processes.

Experts opened unbranded packaging as if they were in the field, with the livefeed cast on screens in the main HealthPack conference room.

Recycling Device Packaging in the Operating Room

Two healthcare veterans discussed how recycling fits (or doesn’t) into their fast-paced OR operations at the Nurses’ Panel at HealthPack.

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Stevanato Group Announces Product Development Collaboration With Cambridge Design Partnership On Pen-Injector Technology

The agreement leverages CDP’s design and development expertise in drug delivery devices and Stevanato Group’s extensive experience in glass containers, tooling, injection molding, device assembly, and its global commercial network.

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Packaging Technology Group (PTG): Dual Temp Thermal Packaging in TRUEtemp Naturals® Cellulose Line

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Switching to Paper or Recycled Blister Packaging Without New Machines

Two companies have debuted packaging systems with sustainability features that don’t require the investment in new machinery.

'The research forecasts continued strong growth in the pharmaceutical sector over the next few years, and blister packs are a key part of that growth story driven by consumer convenience and safety, particularly with regulations around serialization.”

ProMach Strengthens Pharmaceutical Portfolio with Acquisition of Pharmaworks

Deal expands ProMach’s growing solid dose pharmaceutical solutions lineup and further enhances integrated solutions capabilities.