HUHTAMAKI has announced a ‘game-changing’ sustainable innovation for the pharmaceutical and healthcare industry in the form of the company’s new Push Tab blister lid.
The product is described as mono-material PET and free from aluminium. Huhtamaki explained it is designed to meet the safety requirements of pharmaceutical and healthcare packaging and provides a more sustainable alternative to traditional push-through blister packaging.
The Push Tab blister lid runs on existing blister packaging lines without compromising on speed, Huhtamaki added. Because it is made of mono-material PET (polyethylene terephthalate), recyclability of the packaging is improved.
Huhtamaki and its partner – Klöckner Pentaplast – bring this ‘first-to-market’ innovation to help the healthcare and pharmaceutical sector meet sustainability targets and achieve market growth.
“We are proud to partner with Klöckner Pentaplast to bring Push Tab blister lid to market and continue to shape the sustainable future of pharmaceutical and flexible packaging,” said Marco Hilty, president, flexible packaging at Huhtamaki. “This innovation is designed as part of our blueloop platform, enabling us to speed up innovation and improve circularity in high-performance flexible packaging solutions.
“We are working hard to turn all our products into mono-material fully recyclable structures. In addition, we are collaborating with partners across the value chain to deliver innovation that helps ensure that ambitious sustainability targets around the globe can be met.”
