Contract Packaging

Personal best: Lessons learned from both sides of the contract ‘fence’

Berkeley Contract Packaging's Jack Concannon, vice president and chief operating officer, shares his perspectives of a career spent on both brand and contract services sides of the business.

August 2, 2012

Leaders (UNIVERSAL TAXONOMY PW): Page 935

Contract Packaging

New Fall Workshop, New Faces Keep CPA Moving Forward

The Contract Packaging Association will host the second annual Fall WorkShop on September 24th and 25th, 2012 at the Chicago Marriott O’Hare Hotel.

August 2, 2012

Converting equipment

KBA waterless printing for short or long runs on many substrates

KBA MePrint, a subsidiary of the printing press manufacturer, has developed the Genius 52 for printing on plastic, labels, paperboard and other materials, for short runs with setup in less than 5 minutes and 10 sheets. The waterless technology provides high quality, consistent print production regardless of run length. Since the late 1990s, KBA has partnered with B&R Industrial Automation for control technology.

August 2, 2012

Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)

Vertical bagger serves-up sweet rewards

Reliable, flexible vertical form/fill/sealer helps contract packager add cost-effective capacity to meet increasing customer demand.

August 2, 2012

Coding, Printing & Labeling

EMT grows with its advanced digital finishing and transport solutions

EMT International provides digital web finishing and transport solutions to the graphics industries. The Chameleon finishing line is a flexible, high speed, tight web finishing system that provides solutions to the digital and conventional printing industries.

August 2, 2012

Secondary Packaging

Depalletizer focuses on labor reduction, smooth workflow

The new Venus depalletizer from Solema is capable of feeding four rows per minute through its patented unloading system. Features include integrated controls from B&R Industrial Automation, operator-friendly touch screen, automatic pallet rotation to stabilize the product, a small footprint and automatic slip sheet removal. Production throughput is increased with continuous flow, preprogrammed operation with no need for operator intervention.

August 2, 2012

Converting equipment

HP Indigo: first digital press for flexible packaging

HP is the largest digital vendor in the graphic arts, and the Indigo business specializes in digital printing presses that deliver the highest quality color printing.

August 2, 2012

Contract Packaging

Global pharma packager plants flag in U.S. soil

Global contract pharma firm Almac’s new capabilities in Audubon, PA, bring advances in cost, sustainability, serialization and global supply chain competitiveness.

August 2, 2012

Contract Packaging

Why contract packagers need to be involved early in the product development cycle

The Foundation for Strategic Sourcing (F4SS) recently completed an exercise in which supplier members, including contract packaging and logistics service providers, characterized what they see as best practices of leading customers.

August 2, 2012

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Greater adoption of compliance-prompting packaging will 'follow the money'

Pay-for-performance models at the end of the supply chain will help increase medication adherence, believes HCPC executive director.

August 2, 2012

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Are you adhering to your medication regimen?

Packaging addresses nonadherence by staying with patients and/or caregivers, and building outward with other tools that link to or key off the package.

August 1, 2012

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Liquid pharma line requires fast, flexible pick-and-place

Flexibility and fast changeover were top-of-the-list requirements for a robotic pick-and-place unit for a liquid packaging line at Actavis Mid Atlantic LLC, located in Lincolnton, NC.

August 1, 2012

Conveying & accumulation

Best practices for specifying conveying and container handling equipment

Despite their importance, conveyors and container handling technologies are often an afterthought. They shouldn’t be. Things to consider:

August 1, 2012