Pharmaceutical Packaging and Large Cardboard Boxes
Pharmaceutical Packaging and Large Cardboard Boxes
The area of packaging has been undergoing a constant development and improvement since the early days when cardboard came about. Back then, it was only pieces of paper glued together and stacked until desired strength was reached. For smaller packaging this proved an excellent choice but the economics of it called for further research when it came to larger boxes. This is how corrugated fiberboard was born and until now it serves the needs of the packaging and shipping industry well.
While it is a true and tested material, cardboard lately has been gradually pushed off the shelf. Companies have realized that removing part of the packaging inevitably leads to savings while more artistic graphic design can save the commercial logos and keep all relevant consumer information. What is more, businesses have found that by eliminating cardboard, they can revamp their brands by more catchy labels or sometimes by smaller prints which make consumers look closer at a particular offering. This is market dependent and varies from one target group to another.
Pharmaceutical packaging is also having its share of development. Traditionally medication in the US is distributed in two types of bottles the clear amber bottle and the opaque white style one. Issues such as child protection are important since prescription pills should only go to those whom they are intended for. What is more, innovation in the packaging call for newer approaches such as glow caps which change color when it is time to take the medication. In addition, child resistance is often seen as hard shells combined with senior-friendly packaging. These normally work by squeezing the sides for a blister to pop out with daily or weekly labeling and scheduling as prescribed. Once medication is dispensed, the blister snaps back into the hard shell making it hard for a child to accidentally reach it.
Packaging is following market trends and demands in the shipping and packaging areas. Now that we are on a verge of a medical reform one thing remains certain more changes will follow and pharmaceutical packaging would eventually evolve even more.