Contract packaging news & trends

Feature Article
| January 4, 2013

Patient adherence goals drive Walmart's new compliance pack launch

Walmart and Sam’s 4,600 pharmacies add new sustainable calendar-style packs for select scripts in an effort to improve patient adherence to drug regimens.
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Retailers are turning to the Tetra Recart carton for their own-brand offerings partly because its compact shape puts the same amount of product in about a 44 percent smaller space than a rounded container.
Feature Article
| January 4, 2013

As ConAgra buys Ralcorp, store brands soar in importance

Retailers and consumers have never been more aligned, and ConAgra’s deal to buy Ralcorp confirms that store brands may be outpacing the icons of the American cupboard.
Column/Opinion
| November 14, 2012

Trends in packaging contract management

There are few areas in the contract manufacturing and packaging industry as sensitive as contract management.
Column/Opinion
| November 14, 2012

What’s the difference?

Five years ago few of us used our phones to keep up with the news. Today, co-packers face the challenge of using information technology to enhance flexibility.
Allegra single clamshell
Package Case Study
| November 12, 2012

Allegra trial pack delivers multiple packaging 'firsts'

Sanofi US’s Chattem consumer healthcare division launches "A"-shaped package for Allegra allergy medication.
Feature Article
| November 5, 2012

How to ignore sales forecasts for more profitable packaging

The key is late-stage customization, says co-packer Kevin Hall of Coregistics
Rapid deployment: The high-speed line was sourced from a global Big Pharma brand in August, redesigned and placed in September and powered-up on October 10.
Supplier News
| October 30, 2012

Anatomy of a high-speed pharma line installation

The only thing faster than Praxis’ new high-speed tablet line is the company’s expansion into vertically integrated pharma packaging
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Supplier News
| October 11, 2012

Pharma/personal care packager Unicep sells to top execs

Two executives, five years each, learn the business and make the succession plan a fait accompli.
Romaco Almac
Machine Case Study
| October 4, 2012

Blister packaging line helps Almac expand contract services in the U.K.

Almac will be able to meet growing demand for larger blister sizes and multiunit blister formats and increase packaging services for pharmaceutical and biotech markets.
At the heart of the integrated prime/print/finish line is the HP Indigo WS6000 digital press.
Machine Case Study
| October 4, 2012

Digital printing with a whole new level of in-line integration

By yoking together the priming, printing, and finishing stations of its digital printing operation in one integrated line, ILS gains significant manufacturing efficiencies.

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