Tekni-Plex Exhibits Unit-dose Pharma Packaging Solutions, New Films For Medical Devices At Pack Expo Las Vegas
As a result of Tekni-Plex’s recent Lameplast acquisition, the company will be discussing semi-automatic and fully automatic Pentafill fill/seal machines for its injection molded unit-dose packaging. This two-step technology, represented in the United States by Lameplast’s LF of America subsidiary, provides a benefit-rich alternative to the traditional one-step, blow/fill/seal approach.
With the Lameplast system, fillers receive pre-made vials that provide a higher level of precision, functionality and quality control compared to blow/fill/seal. Because they are injection molded, instead of blow molded, the vials offer a more attractive physical appearance (no burrs), uniform orifice/drug delivery, flexible closure design and printing capability, ability to injection mold with barrier materials vs. only one material, more uniform wall thickness, and reclosability. These are all attributes that are not possible when the unit dose vial is blown, filled and sealed in one stage. Applications include pharmaceutical, diagnostic, medical device, veterinary and cosmetic applications, with an emphasis on ophthalmic, vaccine, vaginal and rectal applications.
Tekni-Films will also be featuring TekniMD PX films, a series of proprietary high-performance, thermoformable copolyester films that provide an alternative to PETG for medical device packaging. Standard PX film is suitable for form, fill and seal applications, while PX MED has superior denesting characteristics and is used as a substitute for silicone-coated PETG.
