Blisters & Clamshells

Case Studies

Blisters & Clamshells

The two-pack B2P, is custom-made for a specific pen type.
Machine Case Study
| March 21, 2012

New blister machine makes it easy to BeGreen

Pilot Pen installs new blister-making equipment that allows the manufacture of RPET packaging with zero waste for new line of pens made from recycled PET bottles.
Package Case Study
| March 15, 2012

Lip balm redesign 'fuels femininity'

Mentholatum updates the look of its Softlips brand of lip balms to appeal to a more contemporary and sophisticated female consumer, trending toward natural expression.
The newest entry in the UK children's cheese snack category.
Package Case Study
| March 8, 2012

Cheese snack packed in barrier thermoform

The latest entrant into the UK’s buoyant children’s cheese snack market is Chedds Cheese & Toasties from Dairy Crest.
FPA Gold Winner for Technical Innovation.
Package Case Study
| February 23, 2012

Tinted forming material benefits blister packaging lines

It can be a challenge with any blister package for a tablet-presence vision system to detect tablets based on lighting and contrast.
There is a unique combination of properties in the multilayer coextrusion.
Package Case Study
| January 27, 2012

Protective packaging cuts waste and cost

A multilayer blown coextrusion with Surlyn at the core is the key to keeping a high-gloss, thermoplastic washing machine door ‘bezel’ from getting scratched.
The cooler grow tray has a 21 x 21-in. standard-size base and lid.
Package Case Study
| January 11, 2012

Thermoformed tray enables crop waste-based packaging

Design of new thermoformed ‘grow trays’ enables optimized manufacturing of coolers made from Ecovative’s mushroom-root and crop-waste packaging material.
The unique patented ‘trapped clamshell’.
Package Case Study
| January 4, 2012

AT&T is sweet on sugarcane-based thermoform

Renewable-resource film to be used in the thermoformed part of the clamshell package in which AT&T merchandises more than 300 SKUs of its wireless accessories products.
Maalox_Burgopak
Package Case Study
| October 13, 2011

Maalox Plus launched in slider pack in Italy

Sanofi’s heartburn treatment becomes latest pharmaceutical product to use this slider packaging design.
Package Case Study
| August 8, 2011

Arthrex enjoys multiple benefits from Wire Coil Clamshell package

Labor savings, material savings, and environmental gains award Arthrex for its thermoformed medical device package.
Romaco_Noack
Machine Case Study
| July 15, 2011

Blister lines speed changeovers for German contract packager

Handle 15 million blisters a year, while new horizontal cartoner can switch between intermittent and continuous motion as needed by C.P.M. Contract Pharma GmbH.
Perfecseal_wire_coil_tray
Package Case Study
| June 15, 2011

Wire coil clamshell package wins DuPont award

Thermoformed medical device package for Arthrex’s surgical wire wins Innovation Award for Perfecseal.
PERSONALIZED PACKS. Calendar-styled blisters filled with a specific patient's medications make it easier to adhere to prescribed
Package Case Study
| June 9, 2011

Adherence packs assist patients and caregivers

New study identifies Medicine-On-Time’s packs as effective in helping caregivers and patients administer meds properly, reducing nursing home admissions and costs.
ONE FOR TWO. This digital printer (above) replaces two former machines and produces superior print quality for contract packager
Machine Case Study
| April 11, 2011

Digital printer does the work of two machines it replaces

Machine delivers superior print quality to the foil lidding on new blister thermoform/fill/seal line at contract packager Apace Packaging LLC.
Romaco_Noack
Machine Case Study
| February 7, 2011

German contract packager relies on packaging machinery

Blister lines employ easy-to-change equipment that helps meet demand for smaller batches of pharmaceutical customers.
Package Case Study
| November 19, 2010

Pfizer's pack redesign offers patient benefits, line efficiencies

 

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