Contract Packaging Company Expands Blister Packaging Capacity for Vitamin
and Pharmaceutical Companies
Compass Pharma Services, a GMP packaging company, recently expanded its blister packaging
capacity for contract pharmaceutical packaging and contract vitamin packaging customers with the
installation of a new high-speed blister packaging machine from Uhlmann USA.
Clifton, NJ, January 15, 2010 --(PR.com)-- Compass Pharma Services, LLC today announced it
expanded its blister packaging capacity for contract pharmaceutical packaging and contract vitamin
packaging customers with the installation of a new high-speed blister packaging machine from Uhlmann
USA.
“Blister packaging and unit dose packaging continues to grow in popularity among our pharmaceutical
packaging and nutritional packaging customers,” said Tony Fenno, chief operating officer. “Our
investment in additional blister packaging capacity was necessary to keep pace with this increased
demand.”
According to Compass, the new blister packaging system (Uhlmann thermoformer UPS4) operates up to
50 cycles per minute depending upon product size, configuration and packaging material. “Uhlmann
systems are among the most widely used blister packaging machines in the pharmaceutical and nutrition
industry,” added Fenno. “This new machine supports Compass' business strategy of providing contract
pharmaceutical packaging services with the same quality and consistency of in-house production.”
With the installation of the new machine, Compass Pharma can produce cold foil blisters or
thermoformed blister packages from PVC, PVDC, and barrier films such as PCTFE (Aclar®). Package
and fill consistency are assured with a fully integrated vision detection system that continuously inspects
manufacturing quality and tablet or capsule fill accuracy.
Among Compass Pharma's new cGMP blister packaging capabilities:
- Integrated filling and large-format tooling option to fill multiple tablets/capsules into a common blister,
ideal for regimen and compliance packaging.
- Inline carton