Packaging Machinery - News, Technology and Reviews

Pharmaceutical packaging today is a prosperous industry, owing its existence mainly to the burgeoning base of medical science. Medications are manufactured worldwide using several technologies, and are marketed using different kinds of packaging conversions. This makes pharmaceutical packaging an extremely heterogeneous entity.
Modes of Pharmaceutical Packaging
The blister pack is possibly the most common mode of packing […]

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Efficient delivery of product to the customer is of enormous importance. Most products use a pallet to ship product economically and efficiently.
The best pallet is not an easy decision to reach. The businessman must look at the pallet’s strength, stiffness, durability, functionality and cost.

Strength means the pallet will be strong enough to carry the load […]

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Utilizing foam as a packaging material is an economy process without negotiating product protection. It’s a fast packaging method by expanding the foam in seconds as protective cushions that improves the productivity significantly. Foam packaging is a versatile system that can meet the requirements whether it is speedy void fill, precision cushioning or tough bracing […]

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Cosmetic packaging may have the sound of packaged cosmetics and toiletry, but the term itself signifies something quite else. The usage of the word ‘cosmetic’ implies an overtone of ornamentation. Cosmetic packaging, therefore, involves the use of packaging materials that, apart from being capable of carrying out their standard utilities, also bear an aesthetic significance […]

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Even though there is no cardboard involved, clamshell packaging is remarkably secure for its innovative use of thermoplastic in shapes and forms that are surprisingly durable and resistant to damage. It is due to this remarkable property of clamshell packaging, that a huge number of commercial establishments employ this technology while marketing their products. Everything […]

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Sir Malcolm Thornhill produced the first commercial cardboard box in England in 1817.  Cardboard boxes are low cost, easily purchased everywhere and can be recycled once their initial use is finished. When Kellogg developed flaked cereals, their choice of product container was a cardboard box. This greatly increased the use of cardboard boxes, as other […]

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Bespoke, another term for custom made, accurately describes the packaging needs faced by manufacturers of pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and all manner of products having unusually shaped and often fragile characteristics.
Materials: Bespoke packaging can involve the use of several packing materials, ranging from wood to plastic, to corrugated fiberboard or a combination of any of these materials. […]

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Blister packaging is as popular today as its clamshell counterpart. From children’s toys to microchips, a large number of items employ blister packing for the market. The food industry is no exception, either. The fact that blister packs make items easier to display in a shop is a bonus that most commercial establishments capitalize on. […]

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DVD packaging has become instrumental in the marketing of digital media. With the DVD quickly replacing the CD in the first decade itself of the twenty-first century, the distribution of digital media has entered a new era of versatility. The necessity for DVD packaging is no longer confined to the entertainment industry alone, but also […]

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In the wine industry packaging is of immense importance as it is often on the basis of the packaging that consumers decide on their purchases. This is why considerable emphasis is placed on the aesthetic appeal of the final packaging. Sales and revenue figures have proved that innovative packaging has lead to incredible increase in […]

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