Posed as a more sustainable alternative to traditional packaging, the lid is free from aluminium and meets the safety requirements of pharmaceutical and healthcare packaging
Huhtamaki launches Push Tab blister lid. (Credit: Huhtamaki)
Finnish packaging firm Huhtamaki has launched a sustainable Push Tab blister lid for the global pharmaceutical and healthcare industry.
Push Tab blister lid, first-to-market innovation, is free from aluminium and made from mono-material PET (polyethylene terephthalate).
Posed as a more sustainable alternative to traditional push-through blister packaging, the lid meets the safety requirements of highly regulated pharmaceutical and healthcare packaging.
The product intends to aid in the delivery of sustainable packaging solutions for the healthcare sector with traditional functionality and efficiency as the Push Tab blister lid can be used on current blister packaging lines without hampering the speed.
The presence of mono-material PET improves the recyclability of the packaging and retains the compatibility with existing blister packaging lines, without any upgrade or extra investment, said the company.
Huhtamaki flexible packaging president Marco Hilty said: “We are proud to partner with Klöckner Pentaplast to bring Push Tab blister lid to market and continue to shape the sustainable future of pharmaceutical and flexible packaging.
“This innovation is designed as part of our blueloop platform, enabling us to speed up innovation and improve circularity in high-performance flexible packaging solutions.
“We are working hard to turn all our products into mono-material fully recyclable structures. In addition, we are collaborating with partners across the value chain to deliver innovation that helps ensure that ambitious sustainability targets around the globe can be met.”
Huhtamaki flexible packaging healthcare business unit senior manager Tobias Fackler said: “The pharmaceutical industry is proactively searching for sustainable packaging solutions that enable recyclability.
“Since blister packaging traditionally contains multiple materials, it is difficult to recycle them in a single recycling stream.
“Push Tab blister lid solves this problem because it is made of mono PET. Push Tab runs on existing blister packaging lines and is a plug-and-play solution, which means no additional investment is needed for our customers.
“This newly developed unique technology makes PET-based lid film pushable and secures easy access to the tablet for the consumer.”