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Tube Feeding Added To Combo Feeder

The Elizabeth Companies (www.eliz.com) has added a tube feeder distribution format to its Combo Feeder solution. The “Quad-Combo” Feeder incorporates tube filling, brush box, static chute, and vibrating ramp formats on a common base.
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Plumbing Depths In Rigid Trays

Structures address performance and cost, as designers focus on efficient assembly and end use.
As film manufacturers introduce alternative materials and structures for rigid trays, thermoformers are focusing on end-user preferences for simplified packaging.
Materials and structures that are durable, clear, free of cosmetic defects, and flexibly thermoformed are addressing OEM requirements for high performance and cost effective solutions.
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Prent Targets Costs With New Material For Rigid Trays

 
Prent Corp. (www.prent.com) has announced the availability of a new medical-grade thermoform rigid packaging material developed to help customers’ reduce costs.
A styrenic-based, blended material, Medex641 provides an alternative to polyester, XT Polymer, and polycarbonate for rigid tray packaging.
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Tritan Studies Underway

 
Medical device manufacturers are currently evaluating Eastman Tritan copolyester MP100 for a number of rigid medical packaging applications. Eastman’s main focus at its Medical Design & Manufacturing West 2011 press conference was its newest product in the Tritan copolymer family for renal devices. However, the company reported that packaging evaluations are underway on a number of fronts.
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Planning for Growth

A focus on growth segments by contract packagers includes emerging formats catering to convenience.
Contract packagers have devised support for brand companies’ new product launches and packaging strategies for mature products, while establishing capacity for promising generic and OTC markets.
Stick packs are among emerging formats with promise for pharmaceutical companies looking to differentiate their brands in crowded fields and capture consumer loyalty.
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Ruspak Gains Clients With Flexible Response and Cost Control

Ruspak (www.ruspak.com) has captured business with a quick response focus on customers’ packaging requirements and shipment timelines. For blister packaging of OTCs for a Polish distributor, the Lyons, NY-based contract packager recently added an EU-certified clean room with a blister line producing “soldier packs” for shipment abroad.
“Outstanding customer service is our priority.
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Pharma Tech Industries Dedicates New Cleanroom to Pouch Filling of Powder-Based Products

Pharma Tech Industries (Royston, GA; PTI) recently completed the construction of a cleanroom dedicated to pouch filling of powder-based products. The room was built specifically to house the new high-speed Oystar Jones Adjustable Pouch King.
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USP Readies Storage and Transport Guidance

The guidance is intended for use by all parties in the supply chain.
After three years of work and extensive input from industry, FDA, and regulatory bodies globally, the United States Pharmacopeia Packaging, Storage, and Distribution Expert Committee (PSD EC) has completed work on USP General Chapter <1079>, Good Storage and Transportation Practices For Drug Products. In a Q&A with PMP News senior editor David Vaczek, Expert Committee chair Mary Foster, PharmD, discusses some of the highlights of the proposed USP Guidance the committee has written.
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Setting up for Small Batches

Compact, flexibly changed machines are meeting market needs for efficient, lower-volume blister runs.
Small-batch production needs are driving the market in blister machines. For manufacturers frequently changing between new blister configurations, materials, and labeling, small-format models offer less-expensive tooling and fast changeover capability that reduce production costs.
These scaled-down machines feature lightweight, easy handled forming tools.
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Control for Wide Blister Webs

Designed for handling wider webs, Pharmaworks’ TF3 blister machine offers unique features including a vertical web orientation at the blister forming module.
“There are some projects out there where customers are still looking for a larger format machine,” says Ben Brower, vice president and sales director, Pharmaworks.
 
With a maximum blister format of 220 mm X 290 mm, the TF3 suits applications such as high count “bingo cards” for nursing homes, large blisters for medical devices, and “some good old fashioned
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