The recycling of plastic wraps, bags and other film packaging grew 34 million pounds, or 3%, in 2015 to reach a minimum of nearly 1.2 billion pounds for the year. This marks the eleventh consecutive year of increases and the highest annual collection of plastic film since the survey began.
SleekWrapper, part of the Paxiom Group, introduces the Sleek40 Wrapper, a new fully servo-driven horizontal flow wrapping machine designed to provide smaller or start-up operations with all the efficiency advantages of a 4-axis servo drive, at entry level cost.
The medicine or device may be a home-run product, but if consumers aren’t using the product correctly, it has little chance of success. And if the consumers cannot even open the package to get to the product inside, it has zero chance.
The recently introduced Bill HR 1245 IH, the ‘‘Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act’’ attempts to open the door to lower cost drugs via Canadian pharmacies.
Supply Chain Wizard – a leading full-service global consulting firm specializing in serialization and traceability, as well as supply chain strategy and operational transformation programs – is hosting Pharma CMO Summit on April 4-5, 2017.
Constantia Flexibles is strengthening its position in the stick pack market by acquiring new state-of-the-art equipment including a narrow web and short-run slitter with an enhanced laser perforation unit.
ACH Foam Technologies announces DuraTherm PLUS+™, an advanced cold chain shipping solution that assures payload temperatures remain between 2⁰ to 8⁰ Celsius for a 24-hour delivery window.
Klöckner Pentaplast will present the latest range of pharmaceutical packaging solutions and services at ASEAN Pharma Packaging Conference 2017 (APPCON) March 16-17, 2017, in Singapore.