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Tooling in-house cuts costs

Macpac’s in-house design and tooling (from a facility with CNC machining) not only reduces tooling costs but also adds flexibility to the whole process...

Motorised attachment is clamping down on pharma industry challenges

PACKLINE is now offering a motorised clamp attachment that was designed in response to a customer enquiry in the pharmaceutical industry to handle narrow...

“Innovative” packaging helps tackle inhaler challenges

A new inhaler packaging has scooped a top design award. Precipice Design was honoured in the medicine/pharmaceutics category at the 2018 iF Design Awards for...

Piggyback leaflet service addresses demand for on-pack information

ESSENTRA Packaging has launched its new Piggyback leaflet service in response to 'increasing complexities' in the pharmaceutical, healthcare and personal care packaging markets. Product manufacturers...

Huhtamaki unveils ‘breakthrough’ paper-based tablet packaging

HUHTAMAKI has launched a new innovation for the pharmaceutical and healthcare industry in the form of Push Tab paper, described as the first paper-based...

Med-Tech Innovation Expo and TCT 3Sixty postponed to 2021

THE rescheduled Med-Tech Innovation Expo has been postponed to 2021. Organisers Rapid News Group said that, in light of the Covid-19 situation, the exhibition for...
Building in tamper-evident labelling

Building in tamper-evident labelling – Bosch provides packaging solution

Counterfeiting is a growing threat to patients and the industry alike. Bosch Packaging Technology looks at how this problem is being tackled, and discusses...

Glass bottles and jars: A few words on their use

THE glass bottles and jars used by pharmaceutical companies play an important role in protecting the product inside and providing consumers with information. But...
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Addressing the challenges of serialisation

Soon-to-be-enforced EU serialisation requirements present a number of challenges on the software side. One solution has recently been announced by track and trace systems...
DS Smith's TailorTemp solution

DS Smith debuts fibre-based temperature-controlled pharma pack solution

DS Smith has launched TailorTemp, described as the 'latest radical innovation' within temperature-controlled packaging for the pharmaceutical industry. The firm is debuting the product at PharmaPack...