At Booth 8.0F34 at this year’s CPHI, SÜDPACK Medica will showcase prod-ucts that meet both current and future standards for functionality, quality, and traceability, delivering enhanced environmental performance. The spotlight will be on continued development of the recyclable Phar-maGuard® blister concept, as well as low-particle pouch solutions de-signed to meet a wide range of pharmaceutical packaging requirements. Industry professionals interested in learning more about the approaches SÜDPACK Medica is pursuing to support the “green transformation” in healthcare can attend the presentation by Business Development Director Jürgen Bodenmüller, entitled “Sustainable Plastic Solutions for the Phar-maceutical Industry”, on October 28.
Sustainability remains a top priority for the pharmaceutical industry. How-ever, when it comes to developing and producing sustainable plastic film so-lutions, efforts to lower carbon emissions or move toward plastic neutrality through circular economy models often run up against the limitations im-posed by cGMP and other regulatory requirements for pharmaceutical packaging.
PP-based mono blister solution for oral solid doses
With PharmaGuard®, SÜDPACK Medica has developed a pioneering packag-ing concept that already meets the future sustainability requirements of the global pharmaceutical industry – including the PPWR – and is already availa-ble on the market today. This mono-material solution offers a high recycla-bility and delivers a significantly lower climate impact (CO2-eq.) compared to conventional multilayer structures made from aluminum and PET. According to a Sphera LCA verified in accordance with ISO 14040/44, one square meter of the high-performance film – consisting of a 300 μm μm top film – generates just 1.28 kg CO2-eq. across all stages of the value chain, based on the use of green electricity. The mono-material is free from phthalates, vinyl, PFAS, and halogens, and offers an excellent water vapor barrier, outstanding push-through performance, and efficient processing on existing packaging machines. It supports both high-speed inline printing and on-demand printing for small batch sizes – ideal for handling a large number of product variants or rapidly responding to fluctuating demand via late-stage customization.
Alongside the award-winning transparent version, SÜDPACK Medica will al-so unveil a white version of the CPHI blister film. The base and lidding films were also developed in close collaboration with machine manufacturers and the pharmaceutical industry. When printed, the white film ensures im-proved legibility and offers visual protection for sensitive content.
Comprehensive range of pouch-making materials
At this year’s CPHI in Frankfurt, SÜDPACK Medica will also showcase its ex-tensive range of low-particle standard pouch-making materials. These solu-tions are ideal for packaging products such as stoppers, filters, and connect-ors, or for use as simple transfer packaging from cleanroom to cleanroom. In addition to standard options, SÜDPACK’s experts continue to develop and manufacture customized pouch solutions in a variety of formats and materi-al combinations. These solutions can be equipped with tailored opening sys-tems and are available in both printed and unprinted versions.
To meet growing demand in this product segment, the company is currently expanding its site in Coulmer, France – most notably by doubling the size of the ISO 7 cleanroom area. The first machines have already been installed, and the new facility is scheduled to open in 2026.
“Sustainable Futures” panel to feature compelling presentation from SÜDPACK
A highlight on the sustainability agenda is the upcoming SÜDPACK presenta-tion on October 28 – from 2:00 to 2:25 p.m. in Hall 4, 4th floor, Room 36. The topic: “Healthcare – Sustainable Plastic Solutions for the Pharmaceutical In-dustry.” Jürgen Bodenmüller, Director of Business Development, will not only present his team’s pioneering product innovations, but will also demonstrate how SÜDPACK’s holistic EcoTrace® LCA service can be used to develop new solutions – and serve as a data-driven decision-making tool that helps customers select the most sustainable packaging options.
About SÜDPACK Medica AG
SÜDPACK Medica AG is headquartered in Baar (CH) and is one of the leading suppliers of sterile packaging solutions in Europe as well as a pioneering partner for the global medical, pharmaceutical and diagnostics industries. The company is part of the SÜDPACK company group and was founded in 1989. The core competency of SÜDPACK Medica is the development of plas-tic-based packaging solutions for sterile goods. The product and perfor-mance range of SÜDPACK Medica extends from standard solutions to tailor-made, customer-specific packaging concepts. It includes the production of coextruded flexible and rigid films, which are used as base and lidding films, and of pre-made pouch solutions for a wide variety of products. SÜDPACK Medica also benefits from the SÜDPACK Group’s long-standing leadership in technology and innovation in the coextrusion of polymer-based film solu-tions.
The production of SÜDPACK Medica products is performed at four sites in France, Germany, Switzerland and the Netherlands. These sites are equipped with the latest plant technology and manufacture to the highest standards of quality and hygiene, including the capacity to operate under clean room conditions.
For optimal support and collaboration with their customers around the world, SÜDPACK Medica relies on a specialist team working in quality, sales, development and application technology, one that has long-standing exper-tise in polymers and process engineering and in the market for sterile pack-aging.
This makes SÜDPACK Medica a competent solutions partner for their cus-tomers when it comes to the implementation of packaging solutions, includ-ing those with the most demanding requirements.
SÜDPACK is committed to sustainable development and fulfills its responsi-bility as an employer and towards society, the environment, and its cus-tomers. With its own site for processing biopolymers and its own com-pounding facilities, the SÜDPACK Group is also among the trailblazers in the production of forward-looking, sustainable and recyclable packaging con-cepts.
Company contact
SÜDPACK Medica AG
Cordula Schmidt / Corporate Communications
Neuhofstrasse 20
CH-6340 Baar
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