Neopac Wins Swiss Star 2013 for Child-Resistant Nozzle Tube
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The worldwide smallest child-resistant Polyfoil® nozzle tube impressed the jury: Neopac won the Swiss Star award 2013 in the prototypes category. The developers received the prestigious packaging award yesterday, 17 October 2013, at Hotel Seedam Plaza in Pfäffikon.
Child-resistant caps are becoming increasingly important on the pharmaceutical market, particularly in the USA, where new safety regulations for products and packaging are applied.
Neopac has developed a range of tubes with child-resistant caps for their small diameter tubes. That was a big challenge: the cap and the nozzle both had to fit inside only 11 mm. The built-in mechanism only releases the cap if the user pushes and turns the cap at the same time. The new cap fits with the existing nozzle range from Neopac.
The German Institute of Packaging Market Research (IVM) tested and certified the tubes in June 2013: the cap is child-safe and senior-friendly.
Neopac is pleased to have won its fourth Swiss Star Award in five years. The prize is both confirmation and incentive to work on new packaging functions and designs that protect the consumers and make it simpler to use their medications.
(Bild 1 - Christine Tank and Simon B?hlen receive the Swiss Star Award)
(Bild 2 - Detail of child resistant nozzle tube)
(Bild 3 - Swiss Star Award with child resistand nozzle tube)
About Hoffmann Neopac AG
Neopac is a subsidiary of the Hoffmann Neopac Group domiciled in Thun, Switzerland. Its core business is the manufacture of high-barrier tubes (Polyfoil tubes?) for the pharma, dental and high-end cosmetic industries. Hoffmann Neopac also owns the Hoffmann company in Thun/Switzerland and the Tu-Plast company in Debrecen, Hungary. Hoffmann in Thun produces pocket packs and tins out of metal and metal with plastic dispensers for the confectionery, tobacco, cosmetics and food industries, Tu-Plast in Debrecen produces plastic tubes. Hoffmann Neopac employs over 600 people. Roughly 85% of production is exported, in particular to European customers but also the USA, Japan and China. In the USA the company works with partners holding Hoffmann Neopac production licences.
Press contact at Neopac:
Hoffmann Neopac AG
Cornelia Schmid
Burgdorfstrasse 22
3672 Oberdiessbach
Switzerland
T +41 (0)31 770 12 40
F +41 (0)31 770 13 13
E-Mail cornelia.schmid@neopac.com
www.neopac.com
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