iGPS is offering what it claims is the world’s first pallet rental service to supply plastic pallets with embedded radio frequency identification (RFID) tags to the pharmaceutical and life sciences industries.
“Musty smells” associated with three Lipitor bottles indicate a problem within the supply chain, says Rexam of Las Piedras, Puerto Rico, who were confirmed by Pfizer as the “third-party recalling supplier.”
A trio of robots that can cope with the demands of vaccine handling and its packaging is ushering in new automation know how as part of a growing army of pharmaceutical production robotics.
Packaging maker Alcan has announced it will invest $27.5m (€20.7m)
for an expansion project in its US pharma centre to meet the
growing demand for pharmaceutical flexible packaging materials.
Kisters Kayat has launched its Ultra-Flexible Packaging Cell,
designed to take primary packages all the way from production line
to bundled packs, trays or cases and finished pallet.