Cartoning

Servo-driven blister machine and integrated cartoner for pharma

Brand new from Pharmaworks, the TF1E blister machine with the TC1 integrated cartoner features a 3D vision system.

October 17, 2011

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Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

High-speed deblister product recovery machine

Mr. Deblister Jr™ from Gemel safely separates and removes products such as liquid gels, caplets, and tablets from blister cards.

October 17, 2011

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Maalox Plus launched in slider pack in Italy

Sanofi’s heartburn treatment becomes latest pharmaceutical product to use this slider packaging design.

October 13, 2011

Flexible packaging

Using trial-size packaging to induce first-time purchasing

Trial-size packages are a type of downsizing that entails many options.

October 10, 2011

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Rectangular pack is a good fit for allograft tissue

Specially designed cyclic olefin copolymer container housed in an outer blister protects lyophilized tissue used primarily in orthopedic and spine-related surgeries.

September 29, 2011

Conveying & accumulation

Marketing mussels with a microwave boost

Fresh mussels have a short shelf life and aren’t easy to prepare at home. Microwave pasteurization addresses these issues and provides a 21-day refrigerated shelf life.

September 28, 2011

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Cottage cheese launch in single-servings

Friendship Dairies of Friendship, NY, has launched Fit to Go, a brand new line of single-serve cottage cheese offerings in their most popular varieties.

September 22, 2011

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Packaging error leads to oral contraceptives recall

Qualitest Pharmaceuticals issues nationwide retail recall of multiple lots of the products due to packaging defects that could leave women without adequate contraception.

September 20, 2011

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Twist-out blister is a first

A revolutionary new fishing line gets a paperboard/plastic package that is equally original and is believed to be the first twist-off blister package ever.

September 15, 2011

Plastics/resins

Dairy-free butter alternative positioned as light and bright

Family (and friends) has completed a major refresh for Pure, a premium U.K. dairy-free alternative to butter from Kerry Foods.

September 14, 2011

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

OFF THE SHELF: Twist off blister pack

Editor Pat Reynolds checks in from Packaging World's Pine Lake office with a NatraLock first: A twist-off blister pack for Berkley brand fishing line.

September 12, 2011

Sustainability

TE clamshell for sprouts

Baltimore-based Brassica Sprout Group has announced a switch to what it believes is the industry’s first tamper-evident, tamper-resistant, vented clamshell container as one more step in their continued efforts to improve food safety in the sprout market.

September 2, 2011

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Industry Watch

A quick run-down on the latest supplier news, mergers, expansions, and people.

August 8, 2011