September 2013

the french sachet sp&eacutecialist and contract packer lce sa has developed innovative standup sachets that come with resealable cap. these sachets have been designed for lancaster sun sport new product series. the plus point of this 3d sachet, here used as a 10ml sample dosage, along with the standup position on the supermarket&rsquos shelves, is the compatibility to pack more products in a subsidized amount of packaging.

the indian pharma industry is overwhelmed by major concerns like drooping patient compliance, increasing number of counterfeiting, communication cost, need for convenience and steadiness of formulations. an exceptionally sensitive product such as a drug has to be preserved with the utmost care. currently, packaging is the single way to tackle this. with new formulations and drugs being introduced in the market, the packaging industry is creating inventive solutions to resolve new challenges.

interphex 2013, the yearly biopharmaceutical and pharmaceutical trade show, were held in the javits centre in new york city during april 23&ndash25. following are the name of some of the companies that displayed their innovations in the trade show. schreiner medipharm, oberschlei&szligheim, bases in germany, a supplier of speciality pharmaceutical labelling solutions for more than 60 years, launched the most uptodate member of its pharmacomb family with incorporated anticounterfeiting technologies.

using up to date technology, perlen packaging produces an extensive range of products entirely geared to the packaging requirements of the pharmaceutical industry. their extroverted portfolio of product covers a complete series of solutions meant for primary packaging &ndash from mono pvc films through high barrier and medium barrier films for excessive safety requirements &ndash no matter what is demanded by the climate zone and finished product.

alcan packaging provides comprehensive packaging solutions transforming plastics, aluminium, carton board, paper, steel and glass into consumerbranded and industrial products offering the food, medical, pharmaceutical, tobacco and beauty markets. with offices home situated in north america, asia, and europe, alcan packaging is driven by an aim to offer the utmost quality packaging services and products via a customer focused culture.

ampac flexibles is the packaging division of ampac packaging llc that looks after flexible packaging. the company announced that their tamaya gourmet zippered, which is a retort pouch that comes with linear tear technology, has got a flexible packaging achievement gold award. the company was honoured with the award for technical innovation. along with this, ampac&rsquos new vapur reusable water bottle has also got a silver award for environmental &amp sustainability achievement.

schreiner medipharm, which is a germanybased global supplier of speciality pharmaceutical labelling solutions for more than 60 years, has won the &ldquoinnovator award&rdquo. the award was given by the tag and label manufacturers institute tlmi. the award was given for the company&rsquos pharmacomb void label. this label increases the safety of the product by averting the reuse of genuine packaging components by counterfeiters. pharmacomb void label, which is developed by schreiner, took first position in the tlmi awards&rsquo category of flat screen printing.

eziservisds&rsquos refillable standup pouch has got the &ldquoinnovation of the year award 2010&rdquo. the award was given by the asda, which is a uk retail chain. the product was finalist in four different categories of the same contest. these categories were environmental initiative of the year, flexible plastic pack of the year, supply chain solution of the year and sustainable pack of the year. eziservisds is based in chinnor oxfordshire, uk. this new packaging system and format is the output from many contributions amcor, ipn group, and pi global.