Contract Packaging

CPA’s on the move with new board and expo news

Meet the new CPA president and board of directors...a new CPA employee...the first CPA scholarship recipient...PACK EXPO heads-up...and what CPA learned from a trip to an Italian trade show.

July 29, 2015

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Contract Packaging

Industry Inflection Point, Part 1: The infancy of contract partnerships

I’m often asked, “What’s going on in the contract manufacturing and packaging industry today?”

July 29, 2015

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Nonprofit co-packer adds new rotary sealer

SubCon Industries employs 200 with disabilities, expands with new blister sealer.

July 29, 2015

Contract packaging

The dangers of inattention

Outsourcing production to external supply chain partners is a relatively young practice. Partners both sides of service contracts must PAY ATTENTION or face potentially grave risks.

July 29, 2015

Contract packaging

Not your grandparents’ clinical trial

Everyone from the FDA to professional associations are investing time, money, and resources into upping the stakes when it comes to clinical trials.

July 15, 2015

Contract packaging

One Source Industries expands on West Coast

A second California facility will add secondary co-packing for West Coast customers.

July 13, 2015

Controls & Machine Components

Controls platform brings cartoning flexibility

Pedigree Ovens of Harvard, IL, a contract manufacturer in the niche market of high-end dog treats, recently decided to invest in cartoning technology to improve productivity and increase capacity.

July 10, 2015

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Custom lighting illuminates blister packaging lines

Contract packager PCI uses on-off axis “tent” LED lighting to improve automated inspection of multiple pharmaceutical products in various reflective package formats.

July 9, 2015

Contract packaging

CellOxess commends concept-to-commercialization collaboration

Biotech firm partners with Rondo-Pak to launch unique vitamin and mineral antioxidants that address male infertility.

July 8, 2015

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Cosmetic compacts labeled and coded

Co-manufacturer/packager of cosmetics replaces a manual label application process for compacts with an ink-jet coder and label applicator to increase speed, minimize waste.

July 7, 2015

Contract packaging

Sanofi Chattem uses package design to launch Icy Hot Smart Relief

New product uses a wireless battery-powered device to address back pain. Package shape, graphics, and consumer input all play a role in on-shelf strategy.

June 26, 2015

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Boehringer Ingelheim raises the bar in biopharmaceutical production

Filling and isolator equipment brings a whole new level of flexibility to the manufacturing of biopharmaceuticals, meeting today's requirements as well as tomorrow's.

June 22, 2015

Contract Packaging

Global pharma contractor Catalent expands in Singapore

Following GMP approval for secondary packaging and labeling capabilities, plant's fully approved in Singapore for secondary packaging, label printing, storage, distribution, returns and destruction management.

June 17, 2015