Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Redesigned biopsy device tray fits like a glove

Thermoformer’s choice of film provides contoured shape to protect Sanarus Medical’s handheld breast biopsy device.

May 31, 2006

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Thermoformed And Packaged by Costco

Costco developed two customized packaging machines for package assembly and sealing associated with this new packaging format. A machine is located at each of its packaging operations, in Costco’s Monroe, NJ, plant, and National City, CA.

May 31, 2006

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Costco's packaging makeover revealed

The company’s revamped club store packaging yields cosmetics with an environmentally friendly bent—with more iterations on the way.

May 31, 2006

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Combination products challenge packaging

Manufacturers must consider regulatory matters, materials, machinery, and sterilization methods when packaging these cutting-edge drug-device, drug-biologic, and/or device-biologic products.

May 31, 2006

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

HF vs. UHF RFID study

Scientific methodology is applied to an item-level RFID 'battle of the frequencies' analysis in the pharmaceutical supply chain.

April 30, 2006

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Robotic dispensing boosts pharmacy's efficiency

Medicap automates with a machine that counts tablets, fills them into bottles, prints and applies labels to the bottles, then caps them with user-friendly closures.

April 30, 2006

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

New pack delivers treatment 'Spot On' the 'Well'mark

Wellmark’s distinctive thermoformed packs with ‘Pet Specifix’ applicators help pet owners apply the appropriate flea and tick topical treatment to cats or dogs.

April 30, 2006

Flexible packaging

The future of resealable packaging

Robert Hogan is director of international sales and marketing at Zip-Pak, a global leader in zipper technology for packaging. Bryan Muskat is president of Triangle Package Machinery, a leading supplier of zipper-compatible VFFS packaging machinery. Presented here are their views on the whys and wherefores of incorporating resealable packaging features.

April 30, 2006

Coding, Printing & Labeling

UF's smart sensor has sense of freshness

The University of Florida has developed a sensor platform that it claims is capable of tracking temperature, humidity, shock, and other variables.

April 30, 2006

Cartoning

Machinery's growing role in package innovation

At PMMI Partners in Packaging event, packaging machinery automation supplier ELAU presents examples of innovative packages and the machines that made them commercially viable.

April 30, 2006

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Packaging and prescription drug plans

A recent Packworld.com survey asked if senior drug plans will have an impact on packaging. Here’s a sampling of responses…

April 30, 2006

Flexible packaging

Prescription for 400% Growth: Stay Ahead of the Curve

Anderson Packaging specializes as a pharma product-launch specialist. It monitors market trends, securing the right partnerships and purchasing the right equipment.

March 31, 2006

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Winterborne develops club store pack for Toshiba

Toshiba America Electronic Components Inc., Irvine, CA, uses Winterborne’s patent-pending EnviroShell™ packaging for a trio of memory storage devices introduced at Sam’s Club.

March 31, 2006