Child-resistant cap with built-in desiccant

The IDC integrated desiccant closure from Sud-Chemie integrates tamper-evident, child-resistant and twist-off cap functionalities with a built in desiccant.

Mar 3rd, 2012

The IDC eliminates the extra step of incorporating an extraneous desiccant in the packaging.
 

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