In response to the trend toward increased potency, extended release drugs that must pass F-1 and F-2 child resistant protocol testing, Alcoa Flexible Packaging introduced today Alcoa Pharma-Pouch® P1221. Alcoa’s P1221 offers a quantum leap in tear resistance and is ideal for the most demanding child resistant applications. Pharma-Pouch® P1221 is a 4-ply film/poly/foil/poly structure. This combination provides significant improvements in tear and puncture resistance over similar film/foil structures. Alcoa Pharma-Pouch® P1221 pouches can be opened only with scissors, an opening feature that thwarts children who typically resort to biting or tearing, actions that will prove fruitless with P1221. The exterior film is clay coated to give it the familiar white background of many paper-out containing pouch materials used in the pharmaceutical industry today. Alcoa Flexible Packaging’s Pharma-Pouch® P1221 can be surface printed and overcoated in multiple colors for brand identification and is available for sampling purposes.

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 manufacturers within the pharmaceutical, medical, food & beverage, and industrial markets.

Alcoa is the world’s leading producer of primary aluminum, fabricated aluminum and alumina, and is active in all major aspects of the industry. Alcoa serves the aerospace, automotive, packaging, building and construction, commercial transportation and industrial markets, bringing design, engineering, production and other capabilities of Alcoa’s businesses as a single solution to customers. In addition to aluminum products and components, Alcoa also markets consumer brands including Reynolds Wrap® aluminum foil, Alcoa® wheels, and Baco® household wraps. Among its other businesses are vinyl siding, closures, precision castings, and electrical distribution systems for cars and trucks. The company has 120,000 employees in 41 countries.