Archive for the ‘Packaging’ Category

Multivac Introduces Revamped Website

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

Multivac has announced the launch of its new corporate website. The revamped site includes a sign-up area where registered users can view a selection of Multivac package animations from around the world. The interactive 3-D animations allow users to control movements and viewing angles with the click of a mouse. The ...

Help with Tracing Products in the Supply Chain

Monday, February 15th, 2010

The new ISO 17367:2009 standard will help manufacturers and distributors to track products and to manage their traceability using standardised radio frequency tags. The development of radio frequency identification (RFID), including peripheral devices and their applications, is indispensable to increasing the safety and reliability of products at each stage in ...

Alcan Packaging Acquisition Completed

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

Amcor has announced that its acquisition of the Alcan Packaging businesses has been completed. The acquisition provides Amcor with leading global positions in the nominated markets for flexible packaging and folding carton packaging for tobacco. It excludes Alcan’s Medical Flexible operations in the US. Amcor’s Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, ...

Riverside Medical Packaging Inaugurates New Thermoform Line

Thursday, January 7th, 2010

[caption id="attachment_11399" align="alignleft" width="250" caption="Thermoform machines designed and built by Riverside Medical Packaging incorporate narrow web systems that enable cost-effective tooling."][/caption] Riverside Medical Packaging Ltd recently commissioned and validated a fourth thermoform line in its Derby, UK, facility. Designed and built in-house, the blister packing machines reportedly are unique to the ...

Steripack Introduces Robust, Breathable PE Bags with Tyvek Ports

Sunday, November 29th, 2009

Steripack has introduced the SteriPatch line of polyethylene bags with Tyvek ports. The 350 x 600 mm bags typically have 4 x 60 mm vents, but the dimensions and number can vary depending on the application. The Tyvek ports are oriented to allow gas to vent into the extremities of the ...

Multivac Introduces Med-Tech Thermoforming Line

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

Multivac unveiled its Clean Design line of roll-stock thermoforming machines to the med-tech industry last week at the Compamed trade show in Düsseldorf, Germany. Marketing Manager Valeska Haux took me on a quick tour of the new-look R 245 thermoforming machine at the company’s stand. Designed to meet the rigorous requirements ...

Infusion Bag Production Line Featured at W&H Expo 2009

Thursday, November 5th, 2009

A blown-film line running a new-generation polypropylene-based film material developed for infusion bag production is one of eight world premiers taking place at next week’s W&H Expo 2009. The event is hosted by flexible packaging systems supplier Windmöller & Hölscher at its facility in Lengerich, Germany, from 10 to 12 ...

Customising Your Converting and Packaging Machines

Thursday, October 15th, 2009

Doyen Medipharm, a supplier of converting and packaging machines has set up a dedicated converting process development area at its manufacturing site in Wymondham, UK, aimed at helping transdermal and wound care manufacturers determine the best converting process for their products. Development of a custom process before product launch can ...

Memory Stick Simplifies Sealing Process Validation

Monday, September 7th, 2009

EN ISO 11607-2 specifies the requirements for developing and validating processes for packaging medical devices that are terminally sterilised. Critical process parameters such as the minimum sealing temperature and contact pressure must be regulated, monitored and documented to ensure that the process delivers reproducible results at all times. Hawo GmbH ...

ASTM International Reaches Out to European Packagers

Monday, July 20th, 2009

ASTM International invites medical device packaging professionals in Europe to participate in advanced standards development. The group will hold a workshop on ASTM test methods 6–8 October in Prague, Czech Republic. Participating in the meeting is Committee F02 on Flexible Barrier Packaging, and several of the planned presentations focus on ...

New Medical-Grade Thermoforming Equipment Takes Centre Stage at MD&M East

Sunday, June 14th, 2009

Designed specifically for the packaging of sterile medical products, a new range of thermoforming machines brings versatility to the processing of flexible, semirigid and rigid films. UK-headquartered firm Doyen Medipharm (Lakeland, FL, USA) officially launched the MT thermoformers at last week's MD&M East exposition and conference in New York City. The company ...

Technical Innovation Award for Company’s Flexible Packaging

Tuesday, May 5th, 2009

Oliver Medical has received a 2009 Silver Award in Technical Innovation from the Flexible Packaging Association for its Osurance zone coated lids. The lids shorten sterilisation cycles by eliminating the risk of product contamination while maximising porosity. Manufactured in an ISO 14644-1 Class 8 clean room, the Osurance lids combine optimal ...