Contract packaging: Page 79

Contract Packaging

Report: strong potential for biopharma CM

Contract manufacturing of biopharmaceuticals has moved beyond being a function of available capacity and cost to a strategic option offering flexibility, quicker time to market, and lower scale-up costs.

December 4, 2008

Contract Packaging

Save the date! CPF 09 to be Sept. 1 in suburban Chicago

Contract Packaging and Packaging World magazines announce that their annual contract-packaging conference and networking event will be Sept. 1, 2009, in suburban Chicago.

December 4, 2008

Sustainable Packaging

Greener package set

Throughout the packaging value chain, from materials suppliers to the retailers who sell products to consumers, companies are increasingly focused on making packaging more sustainable.

December 4, 2008

Flexible packaging

Pharma packaging demand to rise: report

Demand for pharmaceutical packaging—a strong area of growth and opportunity for contract packaging—will increase in the U.S. and Puerto Rico by 5.5% annually to $16 billion in 2012.

December 4, 2008

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Complemar to co-pack razors for several retailers

Assembly and packaging production of the ShaveMate Diva razor and Titan 6-Blade razor have been awarded to Complemar Packaging and Fulfillment (www.complemar.com).

December 4, 2008

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Think about end-of-line savings

Increasingly, smart buyers of contract-packaging services are looking for ways to maximize every production efficiency possible while also squeezing every last unnecessary dollar from operations.

December 4, 2008

Secondary Packaging

Sterling Anthony On Pack Expo Intl. 2008

For a variety of reasons, it was a good year.

December 3, 2008

Labels

Authentication--are brands under siege?

A pervasive air of secrecy makes trends in brand protection tough to track. But three authentication efforts shed light on some of the solutions being explored.

December 3, 2008

Flexible packaging

Cost pressures cloud healthcare packaging's future

Mounting financial pressures top a list of issues driving the pharmaceutical, biologic, and medical device sectors. In an exclusive interview, Freedonia senior healthcare consultant Bill Martineau discusses where packaging fits into these issues.

December 3, 2008

Contract Packaging

Contract Packaging White Paper: Success built on partnerships and know-how

White paper from Weatherchem details how packaged goods companies (CPGs) must work together with contract packagers and material suppliers to achieve the holy grail of collaborative planning, forecasting and replenishment (CPFR) that is critical for outsourcing success.

November 16, 2008

Contract Packaging

Contract packaging inventory control going mobile

FROM PACK EXPO 2008: Nulogy extends supply chain management software to wireless-phone application.

November 11, 2008

Cartoning

Authentication down to tablet or capsule

Contract packager Tjoapack installs a tablet line with coding, scanning, and software capabilities that deliver traceability from pallet all the way back to the unit dose.

November 2, 2008