Wider web, cold-forming adds to packager's blister capabilities

From: Food & Drug Packaging | Date: August 1, 1996 | Copyright information

The need for more flexibility in running pharmaceutical blisters - including the ability to cold-form foil - led contract packager Lawson Margo Packaging to add a blister machine with an 8-inch-wide web, automated inspection and in-line coding.

And, the company is extending the form-fill-seal unit's flexibility by coupling it with a new automatic cartoner.

Lawson Margo packages a range of pharmaceutical products. Among them is Wyeth Ayerst Canada's Premarin, a hormo...

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