Höfliger - Wallet Packs for Packaging Pharmaceuticals

Headquartered in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, Harro Höfliger Verpackungsmaschinen GmbH is one of the world's leading manufacturers of high-quality packaging lines. We are specialists in systems solutions with a strong concentration on custom-built machines for the pharmaceutical industry.

WALLET PACK - ATTRACTIVE PHARMACEUTICAL PACKAGE

The wallet is a modern trend – a consumer-friendly, innovative and informative unit of packaging. In pharmaceutics the wallet pack is used mainly for the packaging of tablet blisters, but it is a lot more than just one of the many different types of packaging. Strictly speaking the wallet is a marketing tool that offers the possibility of optimal product presentation. It is therefore highly conceivable that a wallet could be used for a product launch for cosmetic articles.

The wallet pack is a typical lifestyle product which, through its presentation, stands out markedly against competitive preparations in classical packaging. The consumer is addressed far more directly by the wallet pack than by conventional blister or folding carton packs.

Its compact and handy size, the many possible variations for integrating product information, administering instructions, reminder cards and reply cards all guarantee a lot more convenience, a higher degree of security and easier handling - including the product liability aspect.

WALLET PACK - BENEFITS

It protects against the very easy distortion of the product brand by imitator medicaments. What is more, ideal possibilities present themselves for counteracting the disturbing trend towards fake or falsified medicaments. Pharmacists will have to take on this problem energetically in the near future. The wallet provides you with an instrument into which an 'antivirus program' can be integrated in a simple way:

• Tamper-evident labels leave traces on the pack when it is opened for the first time
• Perforations or tamper-evidency seals (e.g. holograms) that do not release the pack contents until they have been torn open or destroyed
• Electronic security systems, such as electromagnetic labels, smart labels, etc.

WALLETLINE - MODULAR TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM FOR TREND-SETTING PACKS

The line concept of Höfliger's modular WalletLine is gaining market acceptance. Renowned manufacturers of pharmaceuticals that produce wallets at a rate of up to 400 packs per minute in the high-performance range are investing in this modular technology. This is confirmed by the various projects that have been completed all over the world. All of these are based on a wallet machine design consisting of intermeshing function modules. These modules cover the entire creation process of the pack on a linearly operating machine. The advantages of this platform technology are minimized costs for adaptation of the line to a customer-specific product and modification of the line engineering to changed production requirements - for example, when there is a changeover to a completely different wallet blank.

PRODUCT-SPECIFIC PHARMACEUTICAL PACKAGING

We take a product's peculiarities and laws into consideration, and at the same time integrate them into the line concept and into our pool of technology. Tried and tested technologies are constantly being expanded and enriched by the empirical values of planned new projects. We invest in our lines - inventiveness, quality, innovation and process security. The bottom line is production lines that speak their very own language because they are built on the Höfliger standard. We understand the products of our customers and therefore adapt their processes optimally to suit the relevant conditions.

Höfliger also has a lot to offer for peripheral equipment:

• Buffer systems for blister and wallet packages
• Blister gluing machines
• Blister folding machines
• Cartoning into cartons and shipping boxes
• Turnkey services
• Consulting aimed at increasing production and process efficiency

CHILDPROOF AND SENIOR-FRIENDLY PHARMACEUTICAL PACKAGING

In recent years the appearance of the wallet pack on the sales shelf has brought about the market introduction of a whole series of pack variants with a strong character. Standardized criteria are met by the structure of the packs, the use of tear-resistant materials and specific functions, e.g. security barriers.