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The heartbeat of pharmaceutical packaging
Since foundation of the company in 1948, the name Uhlmann Pac-Systeme has stood for highly flexible packaging machinery for pharmaceutical production. The company has attained its current leading position on the world market thanks to its capacity to think beyond conventional tasks and to offer more than just a machine. A good eye and the courage to break new ground are tradition. Based on sophisticated engineering and many years of experience, the company is qualified to meet every demand: the packaging solutions are as diverse as the products themselves. More than 7,000 machines are in operation throughout the world.
Read ArticleSchott becomes first importer to be certified by Chinese FDA
SCHOTT-Rohrglas, with its SCHOTT “Fiolax” glass for pharmaceutical use, has now become the world’s first importer to be certified for the Chinese market by the State Food and Drug Administration of the People’s Republic of China, SFDA.
Read ArticleSchott receives approval for pharma packaging in China
The German SCHOTT Pharmaceutical Packaging in Suzhou, China, has now received the official license to manufacture and supply vials and ampoules to the Chinese pharmaceutical industry by China’s State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA).
Read ArticleAlcan has new head of pharmaceutical packaging
Mike Schmitt is named President, Global Pharmaceutical Packaging, a US$1 billion business. Mike Schmitt also continues as president, Food Packaging Americas for Alcan Packaging.
Read ArticlePharmaceutical innovations subject of exhibition
The organizers of Beyond Beauty Paris are adding to their 360° view of the European exhibition of the beauty, health and wellness industries.
Read ArticlePresentation made on filling syringes
Glass syringes in the ready-to-fill category were the focus of a specialist presentation through which Gerresheimer contributed to the Pharma Congress Production & Technology 2008 on April 2 – 3, 2008 in Mannheim. At the fourth Ready-to-fill Syringe Conference in this prestigious series of events, Gerresheimer Bünde elucidated the production of RTF® systems right through to final sterilisation.
Read ArticlePharmaceutical look is changing
August Faller KG will be showcasing packaging solutions for the pharmaceutical industry at the booth of the COPACO Group. Attention will focus on four of the most important requirements that pharmaceutical packaging now has to meet.
Read ArticleBraille presents a challenge
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.
Read ArticleAlcan completes pharmaceutical seminar
Alcan Packaging, a division of Rio Tinto Alcan, announced today that its Global Pharmaceutical sector has successfully completed its first International Alcan Packaging University (APU) seminar, which took place on March 5th and 6th in Überlingen, Germany.
Read ArticleHoneywell increasing production for pharmaceutical packaging
Honeywell (NYSE: HON) announced today that it will expand production of Aclar® film to meet growing demand for the clear, moisture-barrier material, which is used extensively in pharmaceutical packaging.
Read ArticleMoisture analyser developed for online work
Analyzing the moisture content of raw materials is one of the most common tasks in product development and in the manufacturing process. Regardless of whether food, chemical or pharmaceutical products, animal feed or other materials, the moisture or water content frequently determines the price, the processability and the material quality of raw materials and final products.
Read ArticleAlcan receives certification for US plant
Alcan Packaging, a division of Rio Tinto Alcan announces that its Medical Flexibles Americas Commerce, California and Marshall, North Carolina facilities have received the ISO 13485:2003 certification, a quality management standard for medical devices. Three of the four Alcan Medical Flexibles Americas plants have now received this certification.
Read ArticleTrends in ready to fill syringes examined
Seminar No. 6150 was a successful premiere: for the first time the prestigious German Association for Pharmaceutical Process Technology (Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Pharmazeutische Verfahrenstechnik - APV) took ready-to-fill syringes as the focus of one of its courses. ‘Current trends in the field of ready-to-fill syringes’ was the subject on 4 and 5 March in Crailsheim in Southern Germany, when ten experts on pharmaceutics, drug delivery and pharmaceutical plant technology painted a multi-facetted picture. As a leading manufacturer of syringe systems, Gerresheimer contributed to this revealing portrayal of future-oriented technologies and inspiring market developments to the participants.
Read ArticleDemand for pharma products driven by innovation, age and emerging markets
Bosch Packaging Technology, a global leader in processing and packaging technology for the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical industries, introduces new additions to its product portfolio at Interpack 2008 in Düsseldorf, Germany.
Read ArticlePlastic packaging plant to open in Hungary
Chesapeake Corporation (NYSE: CSK), a leading international supplier of value-added specialty paperboard, plastic and pharmaceutical packaging, recently dedicated its new plastic packaging plant in Peremarton, Hungary, which serves specialty chemical customers.
Read ArticleSchott secures funding for medical packaging
The U.S. Department of Defense, along with Congressman Tim Holden (D -PA), today announced that SCHOTT North America has been awarded an appropriation of $800,000 in federal funding, which Congressman Holden inserted into the Defense Appropriations Bill. The funding will allow SCHOTT to conduct research into the interaction between biotherapeutic drugs and glass packaging. Currently, such interactions can lead to drug loss due to adsorption, aggregation and precipitation, which diminishes the effectiveness of these drugs.
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RPC Bramlage-Wiko introduce dispensing head
RPC Bramlage-Wiko now offers a wide variety of design and decoration options - including the new ‘Magic Soft’ standard dispensing head - to deliver effective branding alongside the proven dispensing technology of its Magic Star system across a range of personal care, cosmetic and pharmaceutical applications.
Read ArticleAura for top of the range cosmetics
Airlessystems, a subsidiary of Aptargroup, specialist and leader of high range airless packagings for the cosmetic and pharmaceutical markets presents Aura dedicated to the top-of-the-range cosmetic products.
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Valois Pharma to unveil inhaler
During the conference Drug Delivery to the Lungs in Edinburgh on December 12-14, 2007, Valois Pharma will present for the first time in public, its new Dry Powder Inhaler (DPI). Prohaler™ uniquely combines simplicity of use with high performance.
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Airlessystems presents Aura
Airlessystems, a subsidiary of Aptargroup, specialist and leader of high range airless packagings for the cosmetic and pharmaceutical markets presents Aura dedicated to the top-of-the-range cosmetic products.
Read ArticleOn line catalogue for pharma industry produced
An interactive online catalogue has now been released by Gerresheimer for the first time for pharmaceutical primary packaging and drug-delivery systems. The new type of database brings the particular convenience of this medium to product research: clearly structured with an easy-to-follow layout, it offers visitors not only the complete basic ranges of glass injection systems and moulded-glass and plastic packaging but also guides them faster than ever to their desired information target – a cleverly thought-out selection and display concept makes this possible.
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Turnkey with Optima Group pharma
A joint project of the Optima Group Pharma and its most recent brand Klee with its freeze and vacuum dryers: This highly versatile and compact filling and packaging line is designed for powder filling and vacuum drying, however, it can be retrofitted for liquid filling and freeze drying at a later stage.
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Gerresheimer building partnerships in the biopharmaceutical industry
‘The Universe of Pre-filled Syringes and Injection Devices’ has for many years been a magnet of attention for the pharma industry. On 27 and 28 November 2007 pharmaceutical and medical practitioners from all over Europe are again expected at the highly specialised congress being held by the PDA (Parenteral Drug Association), this time in Berlin. With extremely advanced technologies – particularly but not only in the field of ready-to-fill (RTF®) sterile syringes – the Gerresheimer Group opens interesting windows on the future of injections: a detailed lecture deals with special equipment for sensitive injection materials and a poster presentation analyses the priorities in practice safety and convenience for syringe systems. Stand 39 provides a condensed product overview.
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Schott to open Russian facility
SCHOTT Pharmaceutical Packaging, a leading worldwide supplier of parenteral packaging to the pharmaceutical industry, has decided to build the company’s first production facility located in the Russian Federation. The new plant is expected to become operational in 2009. The facility will be based in Bor, a city located near the fourth largest city in Russia, Nizhny Novgorod.
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Gerresheimer to offer pharma glass and plastic in Moscow
For pharma packaging and systems the Gerresheimer Group is without doubt one of the most multi-facetted exhibitors at PharmTech in Moscow. From 20 to 23 November 2007 this leading international glass and plastic specialist presents a further expanded range full of quality and useful innovation (Pavilion 2, Halle 7, Stand D214). From pharmaceutical vials to prefillable syringes and from inhalers to closure systems it covers practically all requirement fields. But it is not only the enormous breadth of this product spectrum which makes a visit worthwhile: the latest developments open up new dimensions of safety, economy and practice orientation. A specialist lecture also deals with development of this type – this time in the field of plastic packaging.
Read ArticleLinking the pharmacist with the manufacturer
A close co-operation between the pharmacist and the equipment manufacturer in the early project stages is of extreme importance, especially in the production of pharmaceutical inhalation products. Here the cost saving is determined by avoiding “misguided development”.
Read ArticleCaps which seal inside a freeze dryer
Lyoseal caps from Biocorp (Gerzat, France) have the potential to rationalize the closing process for lyophilized drugs to a significant extent. These innovative caps are sealed inside the freeze dryer itself. Not every freeze dryer is capable of performing this process – freeze dryers from Klee (Mornshausen near Marburg, Germany), an affiliate of Optima Group pharma, have already proven success in a test capacity.
Read ArticleDirect to the target through inhalation
Asthma and COPD (chronically obstructive bronchial disease) are on the rise world-wide and require improvements and further development of the therapeutical possibilities. With a permeable surface area of from 80 to 100 m² between the alveolus wall and the blood circulation, the pulmonary alveolus represent an ideal target organ for the systematic administration of active substances.
Read ArticleThe safety required by pharmaceutical packagers
There is hardly an operational process which is as safe as the packaging process used by pharmaceutical manufacturers. The International Packaging Systems GmbH planned and implemented a complex packaging plant for infusion solution containers for B. Braun Melsungen AG – including automatic controls, palletizing, link to the automated packaging materials supply and automated collection of the packaged product.
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Award for pharma closures
For a highly innovative pharma closure system under the Duma® trademark, Gerresheimer after receiving the 2007 German Packaging Award now also receives the internationally coveted WorldStar. Through this award the World Packaging Organisation (WPO) crowns a ground-breaking new product concept for the large market of tablet containers. Through a fundamentally new production concept, this has succeeded in substantially increasing the safety and economy of moisture-absorbing desiccant closures and thereby also made them easier to use for the pharmaceutics industry - according to the jury’s statement of the reasons for its decision at the end of October in Athens. Among the WorldStar award winners, the Gerresheimer innovation was furthermore nominated for the President's Award – the highest distinction in the industry around the world.
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Pfeiffer shapes protection
Today’s cosmetic treatments are meant to be more and more active and efficient at home. A trend towards natural botanic or marine substances for gentle skincare, especially among the ever growing best agers target group, strongly drives the cosmetic industry.
Read ArticleUnivar supplying chain solutions to support its pharmaceutical customers
Univar “delivers answers” to meet the increasing quality needs and provide effective supply solutions to its pharmaceutical customers. Over the last six months, Univar has had a programme of major investments in European facilities. It has opened new distribution centres in Dublin, Ireland, and Barcelona, Spain. In a parallel development, it has collaborated with LBC (Liquid Bulk Chemicals) of The Netherlands to raise its capacity for repackaging bulk liquid-based excipients to GMP standards in Rotterdam.
Read ArticleInnovation Deli Wins Rexam’s 3rd annual Formulation Challenge
Innovation Deli Ltd., the UK-based developer and marketer of innovative formulations for personal care and pharmaceutical products, is the winner of the Rexam 3rd Annual Formulation Challenge, a worldwide competition designed to unleash the creativity of product developers.
Read ArticleAdept Technology launch preferred packaging partner programme
Adept Technology, the leading provider of intelligent vision-guided robotics and global robotics services, today announced the launch of their Preferred Packaging Partner (PPP) program. The program is designed to provide customers with access to an experienced channel for the company's major high-speed robotics initiative in the North American packaging market.
Read ArticleSteady growth for AlpVision
Since its foundation in 2001 and its 2003 breakeven, AlpVision 2006 financial results are showing a steady growth in revenues generated by both document protection and brand protection solutions. Pharmaceuticals and other branded Fast Moving Consumer Goods manufacturers as well as value documents issuers constitute the core portfolio of AlpVision.
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The debut of the duo airless dispenser
MEGAPLAST – MEGAPUMPS, a leading manufacturer of precision airless dispensers for the global cosmetic, personal care, and pharmaceutical industries, today announced the introduction of Mega Duo, a dual-cylinder airless dispenser designed to maximize the benefits of skin care products utilizing active ingredient delivery systems.
Read ArticleDemand for pharmaceutical packaging increasing
World demand for pharmaceutical packaging is projected to increase 5.9% per annum to reach $34.3bn in 2011, up from $25.8bn in 2006, according to Freedonia Group.
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Protection for up market brands
At a time when forgeries represent 10% of world trade, perfume-cosmetic and parapharmaceutical brands, which are the first victims, have to implement systematic solutions to guarantee the origin and non-opening of their products prior to usage.
Read ArticleDSM introduces film
DSM Engineering Plastics has introduced Akulon XP, a high productivity grade of PA6 for film applications. Akulon XP offers a broader processing window leading to more flexibility and more uniform thickness distribution in cast film, more melt strength and better parison stability leading to optimized LDPE/LLDPE ratio in multi-layer films without sacrificing the mechanical properties, more shear thinning than with standard PA6 enabling thus higher coating velocities possible and still absolutely gel free.
Read ArticleValois profit grows
Valois S.A.S., a world leader in the design, development and manufacture of proprietary spray, aerosol and dispensing systems for the Pharmaceutical, Perfumery & Cosmetics markets, has significantly enhanced its annual sales from €276.7 to €311.7 million (+12.6%). The result after tax is established at €23.8 million in 2006.
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RFID solution for containers
Rexam Pharma announces new RFID enabled containers for the pharmaceutical industry that will bring a robust and reliable solution.
Read ArticleGerresheimer pushing pharma
The Gerresheimer Group has kicked off the New Year in 2007 with something of a fanfare. From the start of the year the worldwide number one across the board in the field of pharmaceutical glassware and a leading manufacturer of plastic pharma packaging has a new member company: Wilden AG (now Gerresheimer Wilden AG), which in the pharma and medical field has a long-standing reputation as Europe’s market and technology leader for plastic systems. At Pharmapack in Paris (24 and 25 January 2007) the Group shows it is more systems-oriented than ever: its presentation concentrates above all on the RTF® syringe range, which enjoys top market ratings and has just recently been expanded to include sterile COP plastic syringes – in parallel with high tech for injections, visitors can expect high tech for inhalation appliances (Stand F 25).
Read ArticlePharmatech starts today
The 8th Moscow International Exhibition “Pharmtech – Technologies of Pharmaceutical Industry 2006” will take place in Expocentr from the 20th to the 23rd November 2006. This is the only specialised event in Russia and CIS dedicated to pharmaceuticals production. For the first time the exhibition will be held in a new venue, modern architecture and developed infrastructure of which provide for holding events up to the highest standards.
Read ArticleUp to the minute
Intelligent, up-to-the-minute and with comprehensive coverage in each of its fields: this is the glass and plastic product range presented by the Gerresheimer Group at Salon d'Emballage, which opens in Paris for five days on 20 November 2006.
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IMA presenting new machines
At Emballage 2006 the IMA Group will present, in a space of more than 240 square metres, new machines and complete lines for the pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries.
Read ArticleTechnology and instrumentation
Whether heart drops, ready-to-eat soup or lipstick, production plant and equipment for these and other products from the pharmaceutical, food or cosmetics industry can be seen at TechnoPharm in the Exhibition Centre Nuremberg from 27-29 March 2007. With just under 300 exhibitors, including over one fifth from abroad, TechnoPharm is the European exhibition forum for the specialist market for life science process technologies. TechnoPharm takes place together with POWTECH, the exhibition for mechanical processing technologies and instrumentation.
Read ArticleGerresheimer's range for Nuremburg
An eye-catching range of high-quality glass packaging is presented by the Gerresheimer Group at this year’s Brau Beviale, which is being held from 15 to 17 November in the Nuremberg Exhibition Centre.
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Beyond the tube
Some products you buy because you need them – others because you simply must have them.
Read ArticleRondo expands into Czech Republic
Rondo AG inaugurated its subsidiary company Rondo obaly s.r.o. on 5 September. The guests were welcomed to the site of the new Czech factory in Ejpovice, near Pilsen, and were able to view the ultra-modern production facilities and see Rondo's comprehensive company philosophy in action.
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Gerresheimer on syringes
In its display and a specialist lecture at the 19th International A3P Congress in Biarritz (17 to 19 October 2006, Espace Bellevue), Gerresheimer concentrates entirely on ready-to-fill sterile syringes and peripherals. Today the ‘Ready to Fill’ family represents the most advanced category of syringe systems not only in terms of production technology but also with regard to delivery techniques, says Burkhard Lingenberg, Director of Corporate PR and Marketing for the Gerresheimer Group.
Read ArticleGerresheimer showing syringes
At CPhl/ICSE 2006 (International Contract Services Expo), the prestigious specialist trade fair for pharmaceutics, which opens its doors in Paris from 3 to 5 October 2006, the Gerresheimer Group again presents its credentials to the pharmaceutics industry as a global and highly innovative supplier of top quality products based on glass and plastic.
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