The US arm of packaging giant Schott has added ready-to-fill (RTF) glass syringe manufacturing capacity at its facility in Lebanon, Pennsylvania in a $14m (€9.4m) expansion designed to meet growing demand.
Packaging group Stralfors says its recent collaboration with Novo Nordisk proves that its service plan is ideal for projects with strict time-to-market requirements.
US firm 3M Drug Delivery Systems has set its sights on the Asia-Pacific region, with a new lab in Singapore which, it says, will help it better serve both local and international markets.
Rexam has merged its Pharma, Primary Packaging and Prescription units into a new Healthcare division to keep pace with the increasingly globalized drug manufacturing industry's regulatory demands.
Northern Irish Packaging specialist Sepha says increasing pressure to reduce waste is driving drug industry demand for its range of Press-Out deblistering technologies.
West has opened its first manufacturing facility in China to meet rising demand but the process has taken since 2006 and been “very tedious”, its president of West Asia Pacific told Outsourcing-Pharma.
Gerresheimer is increasing its presence in the pharmaceutical plastics business, which it believes is increasingly important, by opening an R&D centre in the US and a production facility in Spain.
The North American launch of a new range of mLLDPE resins will result in greater lightweighting, cost savings and sustainability for flexible packaging in the region, said manufacturers LyondellBasell.
US packaging group MeadWestVaco (MWV) has launched its Med-Easy pharmaceutical packaging solution in Europe in an effort to appeal to patients who need to take their treatments on the move.
LyondellBasell is to close a low density polyethylene (LDPE) plant in the UK by the end of the year on continued weak demand and as it seeks to phase out uneconomic facilities from its global operations.
Demand for new delivery options for biologic drugs will drive an expansion of the $2.7bn needle-free technology market over the medium-term, according to a new report by industry analysts Kalorama Information.
Cloud Packaging Solutions has said the acquisition of Toll Packaging will boost its ability to meet the increased demand for shorter packing runs triggered by the current global economic crisis.
Australian packaging giant Amcor has offered to buy the European and Asian arms of Alcan Food Packaging along with its pharmaceutical and tobacco businesses for $2025m (€1434m).
Amcor has temporarily halted trading on the Australian stock exchange, fuelling rumours that the group is finally about to move for Rio Tinto’s Alcan pharmaceutical packaging unit.
West Pharmaceutical Services’ operating income fell by 33 per cent in Q2 but the company reported that demand for some of its drug delivery technology is strong.
AmerisourceBergen’s contract packaging business believes the outlook for the sector is improving after it posted an 11 per cent rise in operating income in Q3.
Good adherence pack sales and profits growth helped US packaging group MeadWestvaco to a positive set of Q2 financials, despite a 16 per cent drop in sales for the period.
Beauty packaging specialist Rexam is considering issuing new equity to service its burdensome debt pile, after market conditions failed to improve in the last quarter.
US firm Compass Pharma Services is now offering ISO class 8 certified packaging services in a bid to capture a share of the expanding high-potency drug sector.
Austria’s Borealis has brought its Bormed LE6609-PH BFS grade plastic back to market in a move that, it claims, will allow converters to speed up their production cycles by reducing autoclave residence time.
Australian group Amcor has confirmed that talks about a takeover of Alcan’s pharmaceutical packaging business are still ongoing but says that no binding agreement has yet been reached.
Gerresheimer has cut its forecast for 2009 after a poor second quarter that saw gains made in drug packaging pegged back by falling demand from the cosmetics industry.
US contract manufacturer West Pharmaceutical Services has purchased French device firm Plastef Investissements’ drug delivery business, adding the eris safety syringe system to its offering.
Cozzoli believes its new powder filling line, which is capable of depositing varying doses of antibiotics into differing sizes of vials, can help companies reduce the risk of contamination.
NXP and Siemens have collaborated to create a RFID system capable of bulk reading hundreds of labels, which they believe could improve efficiencies across the pharma supply chain.
Northern Irish pack testing specialist Sepha has moved forward with plans to enter the Japanese market, showcasing its BlisterScan platform at Interphex Japan in Tokyo last week.
The world pharma packaging market is predicted to rise 5.3 per cent to more than $47bn (€33.3bn) in 2013, with increased use of biologics driving change.
Sigpack Systems, a subsidiary of Bosch Packaging Technology, claims its new toploader unit will both improve the efficiency and cut the cost of handling delicate pharmaceutical packaging.
German aseptic filling specialist Vetter has boosted packaging operations at its new facility in Ravensburg to meet growing demand for cost-effective secondary packaging services
Mettler-Toledo Hi-Speed has launched an “economically priced” checkweigher for use in mild to moderate washdown operations and installed two other machines at an AstraZeneca (AZ) facility.
3M’s drug delivery unit believes its new plasma coating and face seal valve pMDI technologies help protect APIs and will mean that more drugs can be delivered via inhalation.
JAPM and SABEQ have launched initiatives to help companies in Jordan bring their pharma packaging and manufacturing practices inline with established markets.
3M Drug Delivery Technologies has expanded its respiratory drug delivery system offering with its Taper DPI which, it claims, makes carrier compounds unnecessary and will help drug formulators save millions.
German glass making giant Gerresheimer has opened a new packaging plant in Danyang, China, further indicating its plans to grow in the world’s fifth largest pharmaceutical market.
Schlafender Hase has launched a new version of its text verification tool (TVT) that supports all major languages, allowing pharma packagers in all regions to check labels prior to shipping.
Piramal Healthcare’s new clinical trial manufacturing, packaging and distribution centre in Northumberland, UK will help pharma industry customers to “build cost saving at an early stage,” according to European strategic manager Martin Hunt.
Telstar unveiled a range of products at Achema 2009 in Frankfurt, Germany last week, including its compact unloading system that forms part of its automatic vial loading system and aims to minimise installation space.
A new 9,500 unit per hour sterilised syringe filler was a highlight of Bosch Packaging Technology’s busy programme of machine launches at Achema 2009 in Frankfurt, Germany this week.
Italian machining specialist Marchesini’s claims its new 150 carton per minute Unica monobloc packaging system offers syringe makers greater packaging flexibility, improved cleaning access and quicker change over.
A new ready-to-use WFI prefilled syringe for the reconstitution of lyophilised drugs is likely to win fans among producers of high-value biopharma drugs according to West Pharmaceutical Services’s VP of European marketing, Mike Schaefers.
Medica Packaging is upgrading its label inspection capabilities through the installation of three Surfscan Technologies systems, which should eliminate customer returns by detecting defects.
Pharmafreight and Kryotrans have teamed up to offer a one-way, temperature-controlled shipping service that they claim will help pharmaceutical exporters cut costs and boost efficiency.
US drug packaging firm Aylward Enterprises has called in Siemens’ energy and automation division to help design the latest generation of its ACT 9000 series bottle filling machine.
Winpak appears to have benefited from the current economic turmoil, with lower raw material costs and favourable currency rates helping it post net earnings of $9.7m (€7.4m), up by 62 per cent on 2008.
Domino Printing is expanding its presence in Portugal through the €7m ($9m) acquisition of Labeljet SA and its subsidiary Marque TDI, which is currently a distributor for the traceability specialist.
US contractor MeadWestvaco (MWV) claims the latest addition to its Shellpack range, the Shellpak-170, offers drugmakers more options for adherence promotion blister packaging.
Ampac Flexibles has expanded its range of Flexi-Free overwrap packaging with the launch of its child resistant product, which can be customised by the client to meet their needs.
PTI Packaging Systems chose this year's Interphex show to introduce its new unit dose, or "stick pack," production machine to the North American packaging sector.