New Körber Medipak facts available

2011/04/15 - Company

This issues focus: White-line by MediSeal - our revolutionary concept for very small lots

Dear Customers,

The changes in the pharmaceutical market demand ever greater efficiency and flexibility, especially in the packaging process. Conventional machine optimisation and line optimisation techniques are no longer sufficient to offset the sometimes massive decline in productivity due to shrinking lot sizes. MediSeal‘s LSC® – Late Stage Customization – concept already provides an opportunity to combine small packaging batches and then to customize them in a decoupled secondary packaging process, thereby increasing OEE by up to 25%.

With White-Line, MediSeal is further extending this concept to create a new, forward-looking packaging and logistics concept for lot sizes from 1 to 2000 blisters. In contrast to conventional approaches, the problem of very small lots is solved by further development of the production process and an optimised supply chain, providing a comprehensive Small Lot Solution. The modular system allows packaging of a pharmaceutical product in a single production process, without the time-consuming and expensive machine changeovers for specific national markets which would otherwise be necessary. This means that our customers can save a lot of time and money.

The ongoing social trend towards greater sustainability is placing ever more demands on packaging – the ecological footprint is now an important consideration for many companies when they develop and manufacture new products. The study carried out by our colleagues at Dividella shows how sustainability can be measured with regard to pharmaceutical packaging and that ecological and economic needs are not contradictory but actually complement each other.

The security of packaging also remains an important issue – tamper protection and tamper evidence are just two of the key concepts. With its innovative patented “folding box with Tamper Evidence”, Rondo has not only developed an effective means of protection but also keeps costs low and plant efficiency high.

I am especially pleased today to be able to introduce you to the SEIDENADER Group. Since the beginning of this year the companies, which specialise among other things in inspection machines and Track&Trace solutions, have been members of the KÖRBER MEDIPAK Group. This allows us to offer our customers an even broader range of services and an expanded presence in the markets,
with new opportunities for cooperation. It only remains for me to wish you an enjoyable read!

My very best wishes,
Gerhard Breu

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