Flexible Packaging

In an effort to enhance and protect brands, Rollprint Packaging Products Inc. has developed a color-changing sealant for heat-seal applications. The coextrusion-coated sealant can be applied to any thermally stable web such as polyester, nylon, and polypropylene or on any of Rollprint’s ClearFoil barrier structures.

Using the new sealant, medical device and pharmaceutical manufacturers can color code products by type or size. Because the web remains transparent, package contents are visible through the color.

Scholle Packaging, a leading provider of flexible performance packaging solutions, announced today that they have acquired controlling interest in the assets of the Brazil-based packaging manufacturer Flexpack.

Flexpack designs, manufactures and provides stand-up pouch packaging, barrier films, and performance packaging for the Latin American market, for applications such as: processed meats, sauces, fresh pasta, dairy products, nuts, automotive fluids,  healthcare, and pharmaceutical products.

Scholle Packaging, a leading provider of flexible performance packaging solutions, announced today that they have acquired controlling interest in the assets of the Brazil-based packaging manufacturer Flexpack.

Flexpack designs, manufactures and provides stand-up pouch packaging, barrier films, and performance packaging for the Latin American market, for applications such as: processed meats, sauces, fresh pasta, dairy products, nuts, automotive fluids,  healthcare, and pharmaceutical products.

Amcor Ltd., a global leader in responsible packaging solutions, has been awarded a 2012 Supplier Sustainability Award from Johnson & Johnson (J&J), a leading multi-national manufacturer of pharmaceutical, diagnostic, therapeutic, surgical, and biotechnology products.

Amcor Rigid Plastics, the world’s leading producer of rigid plastic containers, and Amcor Flexibles, the world’s largest supplier of flexible packaging, were jointly recognized for their overall sustainability efforts and targeted activities as a leading supplier to J&J.

"The industry has traditionally been hamstrung by expensive and time-consuming revalidation work,” reports Michael Wollberg, sales manager for Printpack Medical. “They haven’t had enough resources to look at legacy packages.”

Ironically, however, the push for greater cost savings could be arming MDMs with just the resources they need. “Cost pressures are increasing so much that resources are being made available to reconsider some of these older designs,” adds Wollberg.

According to a recent purchasing study conducted by Pharmaceutical & Medical Packaging News, pharmaceutical and medical device packaging professionals value quality above all other considerations when searching for suppliers. But, most likely to no one’s surprise, price is a close second. (Our 2012 Packaging Survey, conducted by Readex Research, revealed that on a scale from 1 to 5 with 5 representing a “very important” supplier/vendor characteristic, respondents rated quality 4.7 and price 4.3.)

W. CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa.-- Dhuanne Dodrill, president of Rollprint Packaging Products Inc., Addison, Ill., is the new chairman of ASTM International Committee F02 on Flexible Barrier Packaging. The committee includes 185 members who oversee more than 56 standards for flexible barrier packaging, including the component barrier materials, their properties, and package design, development and production.
 
A member of ASTM International since 1996, Dodrill also serves on Committee D10 on Packaging.