Horizontal form,fill and seal (HFFS)

Horizontal form, fill and seal (HFFS) technology was originally developed as a high speed alternative to the flow wrapper. HFFS thermoforming combines two materials together – resulting in an effective sterile barrier system combined with a sealed, rigid, semi-rigid or flexible tray – enhancing aseptic presentation by obviating the need to transfer or touch the device prior to use. a variety of formable films (both rigid and flexible) and lidding stocks (including paper, Tyvek, and coextruded or laminated films).

This packaging concept is very application specific and requires specific thermoforming tools, sealing tools and cutting systems. Typical thermoforming applications would be syringes, instruments and procedural trays.