Active Pharma Packaging: Laminates with Desiccant

Oliver Brandl

Amcor Flexibles Singen GmbH
Alusingen- Platz 1, DE-78221 Singen, Germany
Tel: +49. 7731 80 3764   Fax: +49. 7731 80 3138

Email: oliver.brandl@amcor.com

 

  

 

  
 

Biography

Name: Dr. Oliver Brandl
Date of birth: 05th of jan. 1968
Place:                   Limburg/Lahn, Germany

1989-1995: Dipl.-Ing. (Chemistry) at the Technical University Darmstadt, Germany

1996-1998: PHD Thesis in polymer chemistry; collaboration of the Max-Planck-Institute for polymer research, Mainz, the IZM Teltow (Berlin) and the University Bremen, Germany

1999-2001: Rheological applications for Rheometric Scientific at Aschaffenburg, Germany

2001-2002: Development of adhesives for National Starch and Chemical at Kleve, Germany

Since 2002: Development of laminates for the pharmaceutical industry at Amcor Flexibles Singen GmbH, Singen, Germany

Company Profile

As an aluminium foil converting company with its own integrated foil rolling mills, Amcor Flexibles
Singen GmbH is a highly-skilled specialist in printed and plain aluminium-based packaging materials as well as technical applications. The company supplies high quality multilayer aluminium-based packaging materials to global organisations in the pharmaceutical and food industries to satisfy the key packaging functions like product protection, user-friendliness and compliance with recycling requirements. Moreover it is a speciality producer of high-mirror, dull and structured decorative finishes for the automotive and furniture industries.

Having an annual production capacity of about 100,000 metric tons, Amcor Flexibles operates in
Singen one of Europe's largest aluminium foil rolling plants. Its mills produce high-quality aluminium foils in the thickness range from 4 to 250 micrometers (μm) which are supplied to the company's own converting operation, to Amcor sister plants as well as to third parties. About 200 million square metres of aluminium foil a year are converted in a great variety of ways on modern, multifunctional, large-scale installations in the own converting plant, and some of the output is printed as well.
Some 1 100 people are employed at Amcor Flexibles Singen.		   
 

 

About Amcor Flexibles Europe & Americas
With 77 plants in 24 countries, Amcor Flexibles Europe & Americas, a division of Amcor, is a market leader and the world's largest supplier of flexible packaging. We deliver innovative packaging solutions and provide enhanced quality products for the food, beverage, pharmaceutical, personal care, medical and industrial markets. Its award winning approach towards sustainability makes Amcor Flexibles Europe & Americas the preferred partner for customers looking for responsible packaging solutions.

About Amcor
Amcor Limited is a global leader in responsible packaging solutions, employing more than 35,000 people worldwide, operating in 43 countries across 300 sites. Amcor supplies a broad range of plastic (rigid and flexible), fibre, metal and glass packaging solutions to enhance the products consumers use in everyday life. Amcor also provides packaging-related services that help customers succeed through collaboration and innovation driven by art and science. Amcor is headquartered in Melbourne, Australia and is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange.

Abstract

Laminates with desiccant eliminate the need to include a separate desiccant pouch, tablet, capsule, canister or strip into the packaging of the moisture sensitive pharmaceutical product. This reduces the pack size, simplifies the packaging process and reduces costs. Dry conditions in the packaging cavity are retained over many years and the ´Shelf-Life´ of pharmaceutical products can be extended more than ever.

The desiccant used, Calciumoxid (CaO), does not affect the product as it is “integrated” into a multilayer laminate, i.e. the product contact layer is free of CaO.