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Tablets & Capsules October 2014 33 A survey of what's available Blistering services Company's engineering and packaging design teams provide range of blistering services, including complex blister formats (as large as 220 X 165 millimeters), multi-product blisters (photo), and high-barrier/humidity-sensitive packaging. Facil- ities in USA and UK process variety of thermoform and cold form substrates on large commercial scale and handle small- scale stability studies. Company also offers secondary pack- aging (cartons and wallets) and labeling for high-volume products and niche/orphan drug products. Almac Group, Souderton, PA. Tel. 215 660 8500 Fax 215 660 8501 www.almacgroup.com blister packaging Blister packaging machine Cartoblis vacuum-based rotary blister packaging machine uses large-diameter filling and sealing drum that conserves foil and produces flat blisters comparable to those of platen- type machines. It makes 300 to 450 blisters per minute depending on tooling configuration. It can also make as many as 80 PVC or PVdC hospital unit-dose blisters per minute. Maximum forming station output is 6.5 meters per minute, and maximum draw depth is 30 millimeters; maximum speed at punching station is 150 strokes per minute. Changeover takes less than 25 minutes. Rapid blister pick-up system pro- vides continuous feed to inline cartoning equipment. Online printing and camera inspection system are optional. ACG North America, South Plainfield, NJ. Tel. 877 618 3344 Fax 908 757 3287 www.acg-northamerica.com Blister packaging services Company provides automated solid-dosage blister packaging from product development and stability testing to full-scale production. All barrier films are available, including alu- minum-aluminum. Packaging lines use positive-placement feeding, vision verification, and inline carton filling. Opera- tions serve pharma and dietary supplement industries and comply with cGMP; facilities are registered with FDA and DEA (classes III to V). Company also offers high-speed strip packaging, bottling, multiple-color inline printing, and sam- ple packaging, as well as tabletting, capsule filling, blending, and other solid dosage processing. Future Pak, Wixom, MI. Tel. 248 486 0045 Fax 248 486 0886 www.futurepak.com