Recycling

Duracell Plant Marks New Curbside Recyclable Packaging with Walmart

Watch festivities at Duracell's Fairburn, Ga. plant as it switches to a perforated paper blister replacing thermoformed plastic tray/board backing. Features include a flat bottom and messaging on front and top of pack that enable a unique retail display.

April 23, 2025

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Recycling

Paper-based Blister-style Packs Make a Splash at PACK EXPO Southeast

A subset of the paperization trend, some brand owners are moving from thermoformed plastic trays with cardstock backing to fully fiber-based blister packs. The trend was noticeable at PACK EXPO Southeast, with both materials & machinery vendors involved.

March 10, 2025

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Pharmaworks Names Jim Hahn Director of Sales

Pharmaworks

Hahn brings 25 years of pharmaceutical and nutraceutical sales experience to drive growth for Pharmaworks' blister machines and other packaging systems.

January 17, 2025

Package Design

Duracell's All-Paper Blister Paves Way for New Walmart Battery Display

The new perforated paper blister replaces the thermoformed plastic tray with paperboard backing. Features include a flat bottom and messaging hierarchy on front and top of pack that enable a unique retail display and shopping experience at Walmart.

December 19, 2024

Home

Fully Integrated High-Speed Blister Transfer System

Pharmaworks and Serpa showcased the updated BTS, designed for transferring blister packs from blister machine to cartoner in pharmaceuticals, biotech, nutraceuticals, medical devices, and more.

November 29, 2023

Home

Small-batch Blister Machine for R&D and More

At PACK EXPO Las Vegas, MHI showcased its cost-effective Eagle-LP blister machine, suited to stability tests and R&D efforts as well as clinical trials and small-scale startup production.

November 22, 2023

Cartoning

Nathan Allen Appointed Vice President and General Manager of Pharmaworks

Pharmaworks

Allen will be responsible for leading the Pharmaworks organization, including the strategies that bring its blister packaging systems to pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, animal health, medical device and consumer goods manufacturers, and contract packers.

September 6, 2023

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ProMach to Exhibit Packaging Technologies at PACK EXPO Las Vegas

ProMach

See it at PACK EXPO Las Vegas, Booths #C-3225 and #SL-6501! ProMach Pharma will showcase systems from NJM, Pharmaworks, Serpa, and WLS as well as equipment from other ProMach brands as well as its partners.

August 16, 2023

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Starview Packaging to Exhibit Heat Sealer for Medical Applications at PACK EXPO Las Vegas

Starview Packaging Machinery, Inc.

See it at PACK EXPO Las Vegas, Booth #C-3600! Starview will exhibit its SB/PH1-1418 Series single-station floor model shuttle type heat sealers designed for small to medium volume production requirements.

August 15, 2023

Home

MHI to Showcase Small-batch Blister Machine at PACK EXPO Las Vegas

Maruho Hatsujyo Innovations (MHI)

See it at PACK EXPO Las Vegas, Booth #SL-6808! MHI’s cost-effective Eagle-LP blister machine is ideal for stability tests and R&D efforts as well as for clinical trials and small-scale startup production.

August 7, 2023

Home

Pharmaworks and Serpa to Debut BTS Blister Transport System at PACK EXPO Las Vegas

Pharmaworks

See it PACK EXPO Las Vegas, Booth #3225! Pharmaworks and Serpa will debut the BTS blister transport system designed for transferring blister packs from blister machine to cartoner. It is ideal for pharmaceutical, biotech, nutraceutical, and medical device

June 21, 2023

Sustainability

Live at interpack: Marchesini Group Displays Latest Green Solutions

Marchesini Group

This week at interpack, the Marchesini Group, highlighted sustainable solutions for packaging pharmaceutical or beauty products with environment-friendly materials.

May 9, 2023

Sustainability

Pentel Reimagines Blister Packs as Plastic-Free

This leading maker of writing utensils has worked steadily for the past three years to develop a plastic-free alternative to the blister pack format that is ubiquitous in the category.

March 24, 2023