Burgopak is poised to test child-resistant and senior-friendly versions of its patented sliding case, the firm's global head of automation has revealed at Interpack.
Mark Symonds said the Burgopak, which has been adopted for products including pharmaceuticals and CDs, was easy to use but needed to become more secure to make it child-resistant for packing drugs.
"We are going for some very low-level testing in the next month," he said. "We hope this will reassure us we are going in the right direction and probably in the next three to four months we should be able to talk loudly and clearly about the solution and the rating we have achieved."
The packs will be tested to US child-resistance standards, because it is the largest market for child-resistant drugs, and against ISO levels.
Burgopak also hopes to test automated production of the Burgopak in the US, following the ongoing trials in the UK with Brecon Pharmaceuticals announced last November.
Bosch Packaging Technology's Sigpack Systems division developed a machine that automates the construction of Burgopak's case, which was previously produced by hand.
Brecon was selected for the trial because, as a contract packer, it can test different lengths of production runs on a variety of products from different customers.
"We recognised that the efficiency rating of the line was 20 million packs a year," said Symonds. "A number of companies were interested but only to do one million packs a year.
"The benefit of working with a contract packer is that we can work with customers that only want 100,000 a month. We are trying to replicate that strategy in the US and hope to select a contract packer in the next few months."
Mark Symonds said the Burgopak, which has been adopted for products including pharmaceuticals and CDs, was easy to use but needed to become more secure to make it child-resistant for packing drugs.
"We are going for some very low-level testing in the next month," he said. "We hope this will reassure us we are going in the right direction and probably in the next three to four months we should be able to talk loudly and clearly about the solution and the rating we have achieved."
The packs will be tested to US child-resistance standards, because it is the largest market for child-resistant drugs, and against ISO levels.
Burgopak also hopes to test automated production of the Burgopak in the US, following the ongoing trials in the UK with Brecon Pharmaceuticals announced last November.
Bosch Packaging Technology's Sigpack Systems division developed a machine that automates the construction of Burgopak's case, which was previously produced by hand.
Brecon was selected for the trial because, as a contract packer, it can test different lengths of production runs on a variety of products from different customers.
"We recognised that the efficiency rating of the line was 20 million packs a year," said Symonds. "A number of companies were interested but only to do one million packs a year.
"The benefit of working with a contract packer is that we can work with customers that only want 100,000 a month. We are trying to replicate that strategy in the US and hope to select a contract packer in the next few months."
Source: packagingnews
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