Lisa Peignon of Virojonglor explains that the market for metal boxes is currently booming. The company aims its products at companies in the high end alcohol business as well as products such as coffee and tea. She also notes how accessories, embossing and debossing is of increasing demand.
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Medica Packaging, part of the Benson Group, is the first plant in the UK to install BOBST’s ACCUBRAILLE system for the Braille embossing of pharma cartons.
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Huber Packaging Group GmbH + Co. KG is a leading producer of metal packaging solutions. The company has offices and subsidiary plants in Germany, Austria and Hungary. Here sales director Matthias Welling shows some of the company's products.
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Few packaging sectors require as much recourse to technology and expertise as the pharmaceutical industry. This is why the Körber Medipak Group, together with Rondo SA, offers specific concepts at each packaging stage – from development, through to delivery of the packs. Based in the Swiss region of Basel, Rondo also has subsidiaries in the Czech Republic and in the USA. It has 300 employees and a turnover of € 38 million, 90% of which is in the pharmaceutical industry and the remainder in foodstuffs and cosmetics. 40% of sales are exported to Europe, the USA, Canada and Puerto Rico. The quality of its standard or specialized packaging makes it an uncontested leader in the field. With ISO 9001:2000 certification, Rondo raises the bar of quality very high indeed.
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Today, BASF has started operations of a pilot facility for Steron®, a novel coating process, at its Ludwigshafen plant. This technology opens up a wide spectrum of possibilities for the surface coating of diverse carriers. Especially in matters of design: whether smooth or velvety, glossy or matte, a suede finish or a hint of elegant embossing – the BASF technology imparts a high-quality surface finish and can be produced cost-effectively, even in small amounts. A unique property of the Steron® coating is its breathability. This ensures that coated materials offer more comfort – on surfaces ranging from car seats to tennis racquet grips.
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