Asian pack machine demand a boon US and EU industry
15-Jan-2009 - The market for packaging machinery is set to grow 5 per cent a year...
Süd-Chemie claims it has a cheaper, greener desiccant
15-Jan-2009 - Süd-Chemie Performance Packaging has expanded its range of bentonite desiccants, which it claims are...
Schering-Plough selects ixPressa software for blister printing
13-Jan-2009 - Schering-Plough has signed up to use software developed by UK-based specialist ixPressia to improve...
EC publishes packaging guidelines; details for the blind
13-Jan-2009 - The European Commission (EC) has published its revised guidance on the readability of medicinal...
McKesson and Burgopak focused on improving patient compliance
12-Jan-2009 - December's packaging deal between McKesson and Burgopak is further evidence of drug industry's determination to...
EU wholesalers express concern with pharma package
23-Dec-2008 - The European Association of Pharmaceutical Full-line Wholesalers (GIRP) says it has concerns about the anti-counterfeiting...
Schott shrugs off downturn with sales, earnings hike
23-Dec-2008 - Germany’s Schott Glass posted a 4 per cent increase in revenues during fiscal 2008,...
Analysis of 2008’s shifting employment patterns
18-Dec-2008 - To accompany the map detailing job losses, which can be viewed here , we have...
Burgopak partners to sell award winning packs in US
17-Dec-2008 - McKesson RxPak has entered into a partnership with Burgopak, to provide the latter’s compliance...
Helsinn’s Irish trial supplies site cleared
16-Dec-2008 - Helsinn’s facility in Dublin, Ireland has been cleared to package, test and store clinical...
Schott boosts German pharma glass capacity
15-Dec-2008 - Schott plans to add two giant glass melting tanks at its facility in Mainz,...
Alcan to close Syracuse plant
15-Dec-2008 - Alcan Packaging’s decision to close its packaging production facility in Nebraska, US, at a...
Pharmaceutical package: no repackaging ban, but shift towards DTC
11-Dec-2008 - The European Union’s long-awaited reform of pharmaceutical regulations known as the ‘pharmaceutical package’ was...
Delays to track and trace laws affect Domino
10-Dec-2008 - Efforts to sure-up pharma track and trace rules and combat counterfeiting are a significant...
Domino’s unveils 5” printhead at Embellage
02-Dec-2008 - Domino Printing Sciences chose this year’s Emballage world packaging exhibition in Paris, France to...
News in brief
UPM opens China RFID plant
01-Dec-2008 - UPM Raflatac hopes its new RFID facility in Guangzhou, China will strengthen its market position...
Sealing up the packaging market
26-Nov-2008 - Sepha has launched PakScan, its new leak testing machine that the company claims can...
Honeywell inks China packaging deal
10-Nov-2008 - Honeywell has entered into a three-year agreement to supply its Aclar brand moisture-barrier films...
Stora partners for smart packaging
06-Nov-2008 - A deal to jointly market electronic patient monitoring service packaging has been signed by...
Systech gears up for ePedigree ahead of time
05-Nov-2008 - Delays to US ePedigree and serialization laws, which will now not be implemented until...
Group offers "pharma leadership on demand”
20-Oct-2008 - A UK company has been launched with the aim of providing high level management...
News in brief
New tubes from Pöppelmann
19-Oct-2008 - The FAMAC Division of Pöppelmann has launched a new range of plastic tubes for...
Gerresheimer’s Q3 buoyed up by drug sector focus
16-Oct-2008 - Gerresheimer’s decision to concentrate on the pharmaceutical and life science sectors and sell-off non-core...
Another delay knocks back ePedigree until 2015
13-Oct-2008 - The implementation of California’s ePedigree system has been knocked back yet again, with 1...
Marchesini to open doors at new Siena plant
07-Oct-2008 - Ahead of the “open house” at its facility in Monteriggioni, Siena, Italian machining specialist...
