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Cork bottles emerge in a fusion of modern and retro styles.

26 Mar 2024
Aditya Panwar

Advantages

Significantly reduced carbon footprint of PCR aluminium bottles compared to glass → Cork bottle: 77% lower carbon footprint than a comparable glass bottle*, 204.8 g CO2e per can (glass) vs. 46.8 g CO2e per bottle (PCR aluminium)

• Lightweight → Reduced transport emissions → 85% lower CO2 emissions for the transport of the cork bottle*

• Opaque

• Shatterproof

• Ideal for dry products

• BPA-NI lacquers available

• 360° inline direct print: Offset print with up to 8 colours, no label required

Valpeck logo A new type of paper-based stand-up single-dose packaging.

20 Mar 2024
Komal Sharma

Valpeck is an innovative and sustainable type of single-dose packaging for the preservation of liquids, powders, gels and creams. A stand-up product, made of a lightweight material and with a convenient tear-off opening. Valpeck packs are easy to use and are the ideal solution for those looking for practical, reliable and sustainable single-dose packs. Valpeck is the single-dose paper-based product that meets the needs of practicality, convenience and sustainability for the food and non-food sector.

PERLAME - BLISTair Single-Use Inhaler - Dry Powder Inhaler (DPI)

14 Mar 2024
Komal Sharma

PERLAME - BLISTair is a smart inhalation device. It is a patented, disposable, single-use Dry Powder Inhaler, made out of a high barrier primary packaging film. It is a platform for the pulmonary delivery of a wide range of drug substances.

Benefits and properties
avoids first-pass-effect
alternative to injection
rapid onset of action
competitive development and manufacturing costs
adaptable to many powder formulations
easy to use
reliable – no moving parts
Examples of designated uses

Coop & Emmi unveil Swiss dairy in “more environmentally sound” PET bottles

12 Mar 2024
Vasu Goyal

Selected milk and cream products sold under Coop’s brands are now available in more environmentally sound PET bottles and various Emmi branded products such as Emmi Energy Milk.

The launch of this packaging innovation represents another step toward achieving sustainability goals as both companies seek to establish a circular economy.

It is currently the only plastic food packaging in Switzerland that can be recycled and reprocessed in a closed cycle.

Reliable Vial Blinding from Schreiner MediPharm for International Clinical Trial

11 Mar 2024
Aditya Panwar

In clinical trials, it is important to reliably blind the investigational products so that trial participants cannot distinguish verum and placebo from each other. That is a prerequisite for obtaining valid results regarding the efficacy of the tested medicine. In the case of transparent containers such as vials, that poses special challenges to a blinding solution because the color of the vial content must be neutralized and at the same time remain visible. 

Faller Packaging unveils tamper-evident paper label

08 Mar 2024
Vasu Goyal

The semi-transparent solution consists of a fibre-based unmixed material, meaning it is fully recyclable. As the label is tamper-proof, it also complies with the EN 16679:2014 standard.

“For the outer material, we opted for a semi-transparent paper made from pure cellulose fibres, with no chemical additives,” said Niklas Mößner, the product manager at Faller Packaging who is responsible for the new tamper-evident label. “The product is therefore biodegradable and can be recycled.

Introducing the Hayssen ISB: Revolutionizing Sanitary Food Bagging !

07 Mar 2024
Aditya Panwar

BW Flexible Systems offers the Hayssen ISB (Intelligent Sanitary Bagger), a top-tier packaging solution meeting industry standards for sanitary food bagging. Developed with customer input and crafted by experts in flexible packaging machinery, this vertical form fill seal (VFFS) bagger excels in sanitary design and operational efficiency.