CONSTANTIA DRYFOILTHE NEW ALTERNATIVE FOR ACTIVE VAPOR PROTECTION

PHARMAIMPRESSIONS

CONTENT

Packaging Solutions Newsletter 01 | 14

Editorial

Fairs and Events

News

Time to invest

Pharmaceutical and biotechnological products are becoming even better and more effective thanks to modern production processes, but they are also becoming more sensitive. For such products, the packaging therefore plays an increasingly critical role, and a reliable and practical vapor barrier is more important than ever. “The previous moisture management for coldform foil with desiccant pellets, desiccant bags or desiccant tablets has significant disadvantages,” says Wilhelm Zuser. “Not only are they expensive, they open up the dangerous possibility that the patient will confuse the desiccant with the medication.” Another disadvantage lies in the additional handling required in the packaging lines. “This desiccant must be introduced in a separate process, and space

must be created for it. This is often a serious disadvantage in connection with label solutions as well. It is necessary to invest in application processes.”

This is why, according to coldform

foil product manager Wilhelm Zuser,

Constantia Flexibles has worked very

hard on an alternative coldform foil that

offers additional protection for each

individual tablet. These efforts have

now met with success. The Constantia

DryFoil provides active vapor

management to ensure both greater

effectiveness and safe consumption.

It also has a feature very important to

the packing company: DryFoil requires

no significant change to the previous

packing process.

Thanks to the high absorptive capacity

of the desiccant used, all moisture

entering into the blister via cross-

diffusion at the cut edges is safely

absorbed. Conditions within the

pocket remain consistently dry over an

extremely long period of time. The result

is a longer shelf life for sensitive active

ingredients. To a certain extent, DryFoil

can also absorb residual moisture from

the packaged products themselves.

Wilhelm Zuser also emphasizes that the

production of Constantia DryFoil makes

no use at all of PVC, that the foil is also

compatible with many polyethylene-

based lid foils and that it can be easily

integrated into existing production

systems.

The New Year had hardly begun and the suitcases had to be packed again as there were already two important fairs on the schedule. Pharmapack Paris 2014 was an impressive event based on the numbers alone: Over 3,000 visitors and 330 exhibitors from over 70 countries met in the new exhibition halls to inform or learn about innovations and trends in packaging and delivery systems. Our summary: We will definitely be attending the next Pharmapack!

The long trip to Interphex 2014 was also

very worthwhile. On one hand, this is

because Interphex is the leading annual

pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical

manufacturing trade fair in the USA. On

FAIRS AND EVENTS

DATES 2014

EDITORIAL

September 18-19, 2014Contract Pharma 2014

September 20-22, 2014Maghreb Pharma 2014

You can also meet us in the next six months at these events:

May 8-14, 2014 Interpack 2014

Visitors at Pharmapack Fair in Paris

the other hand it also offers a uniquely

comprehensive glimpse at our industry.

The large hands-on showroom, the

interactive demonstrations, the breadth

of focus ranging from consumables

to contact manufacturing and the

size with over 600 exhibitors made

it an extremely diverse trade fair

that was also highly conductive to

intercompany or client/supplier

networking.

We certainly don’t have to go into too

much detail here concerning Interpack.

We naturally expect to see many familiar

faces at this highlight among trade fairs,

but we also know that we will make

some interesting new contacts at our

new stand as well.

It is true that we were optimistic,

but to be entirely honest, we did

not expect such success: The first

edition of Pharma Impressions took

us from zero to 500 subscribers.

We are very pleased by this and

all the more motivated to work

hard on the coming editions – we

promise! At the moment, however,

we are not only active in the

area of communication and the

introduction of new products, such

as the launch of DryFoil. We are also

working on optimizing our internal

organization. Our goal naturally

remains the same: As one of the

world’s leading manufacturers

of flexible packaging, we want to

remain a reliable and innovative

partner committed to close

collaboration and the sharing of

expertise.

We are still particularly engaged

in growth in the markets of South

America, Asia, the Middle East

and India. Accordingly, this edition

also contains an article detailing

our assessment of the Indian

packaging market.

In the hopes that you enjoy this

edition as much as the previous

one, I offer you a warm welcome

and look forward to receiving your

feedback on this edition of Pharma

Impressions as well.

Pierre-Henri Bruchon

Senior VP Sales

It was nice to meet you

BIENVENIDO

INDIA – A RAPIDLY GROWING MARKET

NEWS

OUR EMPLOYEES – YOUR CONTACTS

In summer – more precisely on June 16 and 17, 2014 – the Pharma segment of Constantia Flexibles will be hosting the Constantia Flexibles Customer Academy in Spain/Barcelona. Many interesting representatives from diverse areas of the pharmaceutical industry will gather here for intense and fascinating discussions: from Purchasing to Production and from Quality Control to Marketing.

Naturally, the products of Constantia

Flexibles, their features and potential

applications will receive all due

attention. We will also be discussing

new technical capabilities and trends

in the packaging industry. The shared

dinner on the evening of June 16 will be

a definite high point of the Constantia

Customer Academy. In addition to

enjoying delicious food, this will also be

an opportunity for making new contacts,

sharing experiences and expertise

between all participants and learning

about new ideas and perspectives. The

second day will be filled with workshops

covering extremely interesting topics

in which the employees of Constantia

Flexibles will focus on product

updates, innovative developments and

market trends and discuss with the

participants new market opportunities

and prospects.

By the way: Anyone who can’t attend

this time should not be too depressed

since the Pharma segment of

Constantia Flexibles will be organizing

the Constantia Flexibles Customer

Academy as a regular event in the future.

India’s pharmaceutical market is booming and it will continue. This simple and clear statement serves as a summary of a large study by McKinsey & Company. The convincing basis for this summary is a look by this company at the development of the health sector over the past ten years, during which time this sector has tripled in volume from 23 to almost 70 billion US dollars.

Even this increase pales in comparison

to the expectations forecast by

McKinsey & Company for the

year 2020: in this year alone, the

pharmaceutical market should be almost

45 billion US dollars! This would make

the Indian market the sixth-largest in

the world. According to the analysts,

the reason for this rapid growth lies in

India’s strong economic growth, which

enables better and more widespread

health care for the population. India is

therefore in the process of becoming

one of the largest new markets in the

pharmaceutical industry. How massively

pharmaceutical production in India has

grown can also be seen in the fact that

the most production sites certified by the

US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

outside of the USA can be found here.

Against the background of several tests

with negative results, the manufacturers

in India should in future be inspected

according to the same guidelines as

companies in the USA. This is hardly

surprising when one considers that

roughly 40 percent of the generic and

over-the-counter products sold in the

USA come from India. However, so much

success motivates imitators to copy the

products in lower quality and dangerous

forms. Constantia Flexibles is also

strengthening its activity on the Indian

market with the capability to support

the pharmaceutical industry in the fight

against counterfeits with high-quality and

counterfeit-resistant packaging solutions.

Companies all over the world rely on products of Constantia Flexibles. This is due not only to the high quality of the products but also to our regional sales managers, who act as proficient and reliable contact persons. We introduce them here with photo and email address:

Rural Indian women collecting water for daily needs

Asia/PacificThomas Beer

Email: Thomas.Beer@

hueck.cflex.com

Germany/Austria/Switzerland/ScandinaviaElmar Maus

Email: Elmar.Maus@

hueck.cflex.com

Eastern EuropeIrmgard Oikarinen

Email:

Irmgard.Oikarinen@

hueck.cflex.com

North AmericaFred Lutz

Email: Fred.Lutz@

blwd.cflex.com

Western Europe, Turkey, AfricaMark Cerha

Email: Mark.Cerha@

cflex.com

We have already presented the portrait

of Mr. Javier Larrubia, Deputy Senior

VP Sales Pharma and Regional Sales

Manager Iberia & LATAM in the last

edition of our newsletter.

Since one year now, Constantia Flexibles has held a 60% stake in Parikh Packaging in the western part of India. The corresponding contract was signed last April, and we have intentions to make further inroads into the Indian subcontinent.

“With this acquisition, we want to

take part in a very attractive and

growing market that is supported by

a growing middle layer with increasing

demand for packaged food and health

care products,” said Thomas Unger,

CEO of Constantia Flexibles on the

occasion of the contract signing in

April. The Indian site with roughly

500 employees is primarily a supplier

to the food, health, body care and

non-food industries. The success of

Parikh Packaging is also based on a

commitment to offering a one-stop

shop for all printing and packaging

solutions and on infrastructure and

technology of the very highest quality.

For this reason, the machinery of the

plant covers a very wide range of

packaging production. The systems

have also been planned and installed

such that each production line is

located in a clean, separate room

to avoid cross-contamination. Air

showers, powerful air filters and

strictly regulated work processes

additionally ensure a consistently

clean production environment.

Accordingly, the laminates of Parikh

Packaging are certified according

to ISO 9001:2008, BRC-IOP

standards, ISO 14001:2004

and OHSAS 18001:2007. Major

additional investments should also

be carried out this year. The goal

is to further expand the production

capacities and enlarge the production

area in order to win additional

customers for Parikh Packaging. A

capacity expansion of roughly 400

tons is planned, and in a continuously

growing market, it should not be hard

to find corresponding customers.

READY, SET, GO – INVESTMENTS IN PARIKH PACKAGING

Extrusion line at Parikh Packaging

Technology Platform

Modern Rotomec printing machine installed at Parikh Packaging

CONTACT

Published by:Constantia Flexibles International GmbH

Segment Pharma

Rivergate, Handelskai 92

1200 Vienna/Austria

T +43 1 888 56 40 1501

F +43 1 888 56 40 91501

Pharma@cflex.com

www.cflex.com

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