The SPE (Society of Plastics Engineers) honored Perfecseal recently with the Critical Barrier Package Award at the 2005 Thermoforming Conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  Faced with the challenge of reducing the packaging on an over-packaged product, Perfecseal Project Engineers went to work.  By rearranging the orientation of the medical devices, they were able to redesign a customer’s current tray system to:

1) Reduce the size of the outer trays
2) Reduce the starting material thickness
3) Allow denesting without tissue interleaving

This redesign generated an estimated $1.5 million in savings to the customer.  The Operations Engineering Manager stated that “Customers have applauded the reduction in shelf space required to store the products, the ease of use and the large reduction in packaging material waste.”

For further information on this and other Perfecseal innovations, please e-mail Perfecseal at perfecseal@bemis.com or call 920-303-7000.