Prent Targets Costs With New Material For Rigid Trays
Prent Corp. (www.prent.com) has announced the availability of a new medical-grade thermoform rigid packaging material developed to help customers’ reduce costs.A styrenic-based, blended material,...
View ArticlePlumbing Depths In Rigid Trays
Structures address performance and cost, as designers focus on efficient assembly and end use. As film manufacturers introduce alternative materials and structures for rigid trays, thermoformers are...
View ArticleConsolidating, in More Ways than One
Employing universal packaging for one medical device manufacturer resulted in a savings of at least 30%, claims one thermoformer. While trends toward cost cutting are nothing new in the medical device...
View ArticleMeeting End-User Needs
Human factors considerations are playing increasing important roles during medical product development, including package design. Ed Haedt, VP, marketing of Perfecseal, reports that human factors...
View ArticleUsing One Polymer for a Sterile Barrier System
TEQ Thermoform Engineered Quality has developed a sterile barrier system (SBS) employing a new, proprietary blend of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) in combination with adhesive-coated Tyvek from...
View ArticleCompression Blow-forming System Said to Produce Defect-free Pharma Bottles
Amcor Rigid Plastics has partnered with Sacmi Imola on a machine for producing rigid HDPE pharmaceutical bottles. Amcor Rigid Plastics, a producer of rigid plastic packaging, and Italy's read more
View ArticlePrent Wins WorldStar Award for Tray Design
Prent Corporation has won a 2013 WorldStar award for a package that helps physicians cut the time needed to deliver life saving procedures.read more
View ArticleSeeking Universal Savings
The use of universal packaging has become more prevalent in the last five years, reports Mike Nielsen, national sales manager at Barger (www.bargerpackaging.com/). “The goal is to get as many...
View ArticleSeeking Universal Savings
The use of universal packaging has become more prevalent in the last five years, reports Mike Nielsen, national sales manager at Barger (www.bargerpackaging.com/). “The goal is to get as many...
View ArticleThinking Outside the Box (or Rigid Tray, or Pouch) with Porous Material
By Maureen KingsleyA developer and manufacturer of sintered porous polymers has medical and pharmaceutical packaging in its sightsread more
View ArticlePackaging for Boston Scientific’s Lead Delivery System Wins AmeriStar Award
In this year’s AmeriStar Awards program, Boston Scientific Inc. (BSC) was recognized in the Medical Device category for its ACUITY Pro Lead Delivery System. Used for the next-generation ACUITY Pro...
View ArticleOpening a Thermoformed Package with Just One Hand
What if users could open your medical device package with one hand?At Pack Expo International, Neil Kozarsky, CEO and President of Technical Help in Engineering and Marketing (T.H.E.M.), will explore...
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