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Industry watch

06/09

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Inspired leadership and the power of innovation

06/09

Content Type Image Now is not the time to innovate. Innovation involves risk, and doing anything even remotely risky is unwise in times of economic uncertainty.

Danimals debuts 'crush cup'

05/09

Content Type Image  Kids' collapsible yogurt cups offer spoonless, on-the-go snacking.

2008/2009 AmeriStar winners revealed

04/09

Content Type Image  The Institute of Packaging Professionals announces the 2008/2009 AmeriStars.

Industry watch

03/09

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Packagers seek progress through machine standards

03/09

Content Type Image  From Procter & Gamble to Frito-Lay to the pharmaceutical sector, packagers are pinning their hopes on broader acceptance of common programming structures.

Flexible films find gold in FPA awards

03/09

Content Type Image  Vacuum skin packaging, gorgeous stand-up pouches, and a WHO winner with life-saving potential are among the highlights in this year’s FPA competition.

Sustainability News & Events

01/09

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Tolmar transitions to thermoforms

10/08

Content Type Image Foil pouches were more costly and didn’t allow health professionals to see what’s inside the package. A clear, thermoformed tray answers the call.

On-line printing brings efficiency to Allpack

09/08

Content Type Image A new blister-pack line at pharmaceutical contract packaging firm Allpack in Basel, Switzerland, is notable for its use of on-line UV-cured flexo printing of foil lidstock.

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Swirl technology to the rescue

Content Type Image  Campina Deutschland wanted to switch from preformed pudding cups to cups that are thermoformed from rollstock and then filled in line. But what about those swirls?

Video: Brecon betters blister packing

Content Type Image  Both thermoforming and cold-forming of foil are routinely done on this new and highly versatile blister-pack line at contract packager Brecon Pharmaceuticals in Wales.

Schering-Plough: Blister pack forming/filling for Claritin

Content Type Image From a feed bowl, tablets are fed into formed blisters via a Cam Pak thermoform/fill/seal system. Once lidding is applied, blister packs move through an inspection station from SEA Vision (represented in the U.S. by Calia Technical Inc.) and then on to a punch station.

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