Meghmani

  Owing to increased urbanization as well as consumerism, the packaging industry has witnessed significant growth over the years. With applications that cut across the wide range of industries,  Packaging materials suppliers , as well as manufacturers in India have contributed greatly to the economic development of the country through jobs, exports, as well as manufacturing output. According to the popular organization, Smithers Pica, the Packaging industry is expected to be hit the $1 Trillion mark as we step in this new decade. At the midpoint of this decade, the industry was nearly $839 Billion Dollars. This forecast reassures the business world about the immense potential that the packaging industry possesses! However, it is important to understand that as the industry grows, so do the challenges that it faces. In markets like India, there are many challenges the industry faces like shortage of skilled workforce, rapid innovation, rising input costs to name a few. The new...

   The medical field has been playing an important role in everyone’s life not only in human life but also in the life of other living species. The most important part of the medical field is the “Medicine” and when it comes to medicine, the manufacturing process and the packaging play a very critical role. So, what is  pharmaceutical packaging , how it’s been done, does it have different types, what are the materials used? Well, let’s reach out to all such questions and more. Whether it’s any other product or medicine, packaging plays an important part in all.  Packaging has often been referred to as the 5 th   P  of the marketing mix. In the case of medicines, the packaging is not just part of the marketing mix but very critically related to the product features, application, and shelf life. The packaging of drugs is important to protect drugs from damage, germs, outer atmosphere, and bacteria and at the same time have to take care of child and old age sa...

Cost- Reduction Methods for the Food Packaging Industry 1. Switching from tape to glue for RSC packaging:  Glue can be used in place of tape to join the flaps of the cardboard in case of regular slotted containers (RSC). Using hot glue can reduce the size of end flaps and still provide effective packaging than using less corrugated cardboard. Since tape sealing has been in the industry for long, its initial cost is low for now as compared with the machinery required for glue sealing. If we consider the long term cost of this equipment, glue sealing costs less against tape sealing. 2. Changing from lap seal to fin seal:  Fin seal proves to be a cost effective overlap seal because in case of lap seal there are chances of product getting in between and they are usually used for joining two different materials such as OPP and LDPE. Whereas in fin seals materials of both the flaps are already the same. Less reworking is required if the seal fails, saving more material. ...

The pharmaceutical packaging industry, owing to the sensitive nature of products, also faces a lot of challenges. Poor packaging can cause chemical alterations in the product damaging their curative ability and ineffective performance. Thus, any pharmaceutical industry is subjected to stringent packaging standards and often face challenges like: 1. Safe Transportation of non-solid medication While pills and tablets are comparatively simpler to handle due to their ability to be stacked, liquid medication and injections, especially with glass packing are much more difficult to handle because of their fragile nature. To try and counter this problem, the  pharmaceutical packaging industry in India  is integrating innovative solutions like foam packaging and rotomolded cases to glass cases from breaking down. 2. Retaining medicinal quality of the products One of the major challenges that the industry faces is due to sustained exposure to heat ...