Medical Packaging in the Time of COVID-19

May 27th, 2020

The delivery of reliable, safe, and secure medical supplies is top of mind right now as the novel coronavirus pushes the demand for everything from IV bags to personal protective equipment to testing kits.

Watch as Kelly Meer, product manager for Syntegon, discusses a range of medical packaging technologies from entry-level solutions to a fully automated system and talks about how the company's packaging equipment is on the forefront of the COVID-19 response.

For questions, please email sales.packaging-nrd@syntegon.com

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