- Integrated packaging system for blister, case and package insert
- Birth control pill packaging solution for Warner Chilcott
- Output of over 170 packages per minute

In cooperation with the US client Warner Chilcott, Sigpack Systems developed a specific packaging solution for birth control pills. At a production rate of over 170 packages per minute, blisters with pills wrapped in tin foil are hermetically packaged and sealed. The blister package contains, apart from the blister, a plastic wallet as blister case, a humidity absorber and a package insert. These packaging elements are inserted automatically into the feeding chain of the tubular bag machine. A control unit checks to ensure accurate insertion of the components. Bosch was the only system provider that was able to supply all system components from a single source and could guarantee the high production capacity required by Warner Chilcott while preserving product quality.

At the Achema in Frankfurt, this customer-specific packaging solution will be presented together with an additional robot solution for product handling and an integrated top loader platform for end of line packaging. The combination of the system components demonstrates Bosch's flexible and economically sustainable system approach that increases efficiency and convenience in the production process.

This project underscores Sigpack Systems' knowledge of the market. Packaging must provide reliability, efficiency in production, and shelf appeal. At the same time, the market requires packages to be functional and easy to use, on the commercial as well as on the consumer side. Blister packages, which offer these advantages, remain one of the most important target applications for Sigpack Systems.

Contact for reader inquiries:
Andreas Graf
Head of Industry Management
Pharma, Medical & Healthcare
Sigpack Systems

Sigpack Systems AG
Bosch Packaging Technology
Industriestrasse
CH-8222 Beringen
Rheinfall
Phone: +41 52 674 6695
Fax: +41 52 687 5952
Email: andreas.graf@sigpacksystems.com
Internet: www.sigpacksystems.com

Contact for press inquiries:
Patrick Farinato
Manager Communication
Bosch Packaging Technology Division

Bosch Packaging Technology
Sigpack International AG
Rheinstrasse 36
CH-8212 Neuhausen am
Phone: +41 52 674-6228
Fax: +41 52 674-6350
Email: patrick.farinato@sigpack.com
Internet: www.bosch.com/pa

The Bosch Group is a leading global manufacturer of automotive and industrial technology, consumer goods, and building technology. In fiscal 2005, some 251,000 associates generated sales of 41.5 billion euros. Set up in Stuttgart in 1886 by Robert Bosch (1861-1942) as ``Workshop for Precision Mechanics and Electrical Engineering,`` the Bosch Group today comprises a manufacturing, sales, and after-sales service network of more than 280 subsidiaries and more than 12,000 Bosch service centers in over 140 countries.

The special ownership structure of the Bosch Group guarantees its financial independence and entrepreneurial freedom. It makes it possible for the company to undertake significant up-front investments in the safeguarding of its future, as well as to do justice to its social responsibility in a manner reflective of the spirit and will of its founder. 92 % of the shares of Robert Bosch GmbH are held by the charitable foundation Robert Bosch Stiftung. The entrepreneurial ownership functions are carried out by Robert Bosch Industrietreuhand KG.

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