Alcoa Flexible Packaging Introduces Safety-Pak Plus

Safety-Pak Plus offers a broader sealing window that allows for secure seals at lower temperatures, a benefit to temperature sensitive pharmaceuticals; this also adds valuable seal processing latitude for high speed rotary sealing equipment.

09/03/07 Alcoa Flexible Packaging, a leading pharmaceutical packaging supplier, is pleased to provide three specifications within its Safety-Pak Plus line of trusted Safety-Pak blister lidding specifications. Safety-Pak Plus PP is Alcoa’s peel-push version of this consumer-friendly, child-resistant specification. It utilizes the traditional CR opening process, but provides the ability for a full-panel-peel without tearing, making this child-resistant material much easier for an adult consumer to open. Safety-Pak Plus PL lidding offers a child-resistant, peelable opening process developed for fragile pharmaceuticals or unique drug delivery medication systems. Safety-Pak Plus LT is Alcoa’s “lock-tight” lidding specification providing the ultimate in child-resistant lidding. Safety-Pak Plus LT requires a tool, such as scissors, for accessing drugs that require an F-1 rating.

All three Safety-Pak Plus specifications utilize the same exterior film that provides a higher quality printing substrate than paper, thereby enhancing brand graphics. The 200 gauge white polyester film is compatible with solvent-based, water-based and CSAT inks, and in-line printing processes. Safety-Pak Plus offers a broader sealing window that allows for secure seals at lower temperatures, a benefit to temperature sensitive pharmaceuticals; this also adds valuable seal processing latitude for high speed rotary sealing equipment. All Alcoa Safety-Pak Plus blister lidding specifications are available in trial quantities, unprinted, in as little as two weeks.

Alcoa Flexible Packaging will be providing daily demonstrations of Safety-Pak Plus at Interphex 2007, April 24 – 27, Booth 755, at 10:30 AM, 11:30 AM, and 1:30 PM daily. Alcoa Flexible Packaging will also be exhibiting its extensive packaging options including Safety-Pak & Drug-Pak blister lidding, Alcoa Cold Form™ 3000 blister materials, printed shrink sleeve labels, pouch materials, tamper evident bands, foil overwraps, custom thermoformed packaging and Reynolon shrink film overwraps. In addition, Alcoa Flexible Packaging will be offering its new Alcoa AdvantageSM program, a premium customer service program that provides speed-to-market benefits with sheet samples and trial rolls of Alcoa’s proven industry-standard materials delivered within days for evaluation, backed by Alcoa’s experienced, professional technical support.

About Alcoa Flexible Packaging

Alcoa Flexible Packaging, based in Richmond, Virginia, manufactures a variety of packaging materials including extrusion and adhesive laminated pouch materials, overwraps and linerstock, blister lidding foil, thermoformed trays, cable wrap, plastic shrink sleeve body labels, shrink film and laminated foil. These packaging materials serve the world’s leading consumer products manufactures within the pharmaceutical, medical, food & beverage, and industrial markets.