Sustainable packaging materials break new ground
Cardboard trays are an environmentally friendly alternative that are becoming increasingly popular among customers because they are as reliable as PVC trays. They can also protect fragile and expensive products such as syringes and ampoules, presenting them in a modern, attractive way. Finally, cardboard trays offer advantages in terms of storage and transport due to their compact size.
Marchesini Group has set up a dedicated team to design customised cardboard trays for packaging products in the pharmaceutical and cosmetics market. Using prototypes and models, the trays are then fine-tuned so that customers can optimise the entire packaging line, from the process through to cartoning and palletisation.
In this process, the use of robotics is essential to create custom infeeds for handling, tray opening and subsequent product insertion. In most cases the shapes and sizes of plastics can be replicated through cardboard solutions for both standing and lying products.
The first public demonstration of the use of these products on a Marchesini Group machine will be at Pharmintech, where a classic FB220 – a thermoforming machine used to form trays for ampoules, vials and syringes – will be exhibited and set up to use sustainable materials instead of traditional plastics. It is up to customers to opt for either the classic or the eco-friendly approach, depending on their needs.
Specifically, this line is designed to process PP-based packaging materials (with and without PE) such as 100% recyclable plastic monomaterials like OPP or BOPP with a metallised intermediate layer. Due to its suitability for food contact, this material is a worthy polyolefin-based substitute for the classic PET/ALU material to produce high-barrier flexible packaging.
Naresh Khanna and Nessan Cleary will be covering Ipack-Ima, Print4All and Pharmintech for Packaging South Asia, IndiFoodBev and HealthTekPak.
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