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AstraZeneca Uses 3D Modeling in Brazil

Software helps the global biopharmaceutical company’s Cotia plant quickly review 3D models of new packaging for internal customers.

AstraZeneca Uses 3D Modeling in Brazil
AstraZeneca Uses 3D Modeling in Brazil

AstraZeneca operates in more than 100 countries, with its medicines used by millions of patients worldwide.

Innovation is critical for the London-based global biopharmaceutical company targeting the research, development and commercialization of prescription medicines. The company focuses on therapeutic cardiovascular, metabolic, respiratory, inflammation, autoimmune, antibiotics and oncology products.

But innovation also extends to its packaging. An example is the company’s 60,000 sqm complex in Cotia, in the greater São Paulo area. AstraZeneca was established in Brazil in 1999. At this location, AstraZeneca and its internal customers are able to review virtual 3D models of new packaging that are developed by its designers quickly and easily.

3D creation is possible thanks to software from Esko Studio, a global supplier of integrated products for packaging and labels, which aims to reduce time to market and raise productivity for users such as AstraZeneca.

At its Brazil location, AstraZeneca is responsible for creating medicine packages in production plants in Brazil (with 1,200 employees and a production capacity of 38 million units of non-coated tablets, liquids, creams and ointments) and Argentina. These units include cartridges, blister packs, labels (including tubes), leaflets and shipping boxes. 3D packaging is developed for all AstraZeneca medicines sold in Brazil.

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