The global label industry looking up for the future
Posted on November 23rd, 2009
Here are some interesting facts about the label industry in North America.
- NA label market is projected to increase to 11 billion dollars by 2013 (bigger than Western Europe and Japan)
- The food market is the biggest contributor to label market, but this expects to change hands to the pharmaceutical market by 2013.
- The US is the biggest producer and consumer of labels.
- Canada consumed 775 million square meters of labels in 2008.
Interestingly enough the reason that the pharmaceutical will end up being the largest player in the label industry is due to all the new and changing regulations that are expected to take effect in the coming years requiring more detailed and extensive material be placed on these labels.
With the changes will also come the need for proper label inspection and packaging inspection tools. Automated inspection solutions will be come more and more important in quality control, regulatory and design departments.
There is more information available in a great article called North America: The World’s Label Powerhouse in the Sept. issue of Flexography Magazine.
Tags: FDA, pharmacetuical quality control, pharmaceutical industry, pharmaceutical labeling, quality control
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Pharmaceutical & Medical Packaging News: great blog.
Posted on November 4th, 2009
I thought I would share a great blog for pharmaceutical packagers. It is the Pharmaceutical Medical Packaging News Blog.
Daphne Allen and her team of experts definitely have some interesting insights in to the pharmaceutical industry and the latest trends relating to regulations, pharmaceutical packaging and much more.
Worth checking out…keep up the great blogging!
Tags: packaging, pharmaceutical
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Packaging, Labels & Regulations
Posted on November 2nd, 2009
As of 2006 the FDA made certain requirements for drug product labeling which meant an increase in the size of package inserts. They added the need for certain content to be present on the label and made adjustments to the font sizes and design requirements.
Now add European packaging, labeling and inserts to the mix. Not only are there strict requirements overseas in terms of labeling, but they also have numerous languages to account for. They are now considering the use of expanded content labels instead of having to have various SKUs for different languages. Phew…that’s already a lot to think of…
Just to extend it a little further now…in Europe there is an October 2010 deadline that specifies that some information be printed in Braille on cartons. This deadline will likely be extended even further seeing as there is still much work to be done to establish the proper guidelines as far dot height and measuring dot quality.
This brings up an interesting topic; with all these modifications to the package insert, how will they keep it accurate? What sorts of quality control or label inspection solutions do they have in place? And to even further that, will these changes ever stop long enough for a proper process to be put in place?
Tags: packaging, pharmaceutical labeling, regulations
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Packaging quality control issue or just a hoax?
Posted on October 23rd, 2009
After taking a sip of a Diet Pepsi a customer found something funny in the can… After dumping out the can, Mr. Denigris said it looked like “pink linguini followed by black stuff.” The FDA was called in to pick up the “foreign matter”, they confirmed it was in fact remnants of a toad.
Confident in their quality control process, Pepsi denied that it could have ever entered the can during the manufacturing process. The FDA later conducted an inspection of the manufacturing facility and said there was no cause for concern.
Denigris also said that after they gave the specimen to the FDA, Pepsi has neglected to call them or even issue an apology.
Could this have all been a hoax by Denigris or does Pepsi really have a bigger quality control issue on their hands?
Tags: packaging, quality control
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The iopp; definitely a favorite packaging association
Posted on October 19th, 2009
There are so many great packaging organizations out there these days, but one of our favorite here at Global Vision is the IoPP organization. IoPP is the Institute of Packaging Professionals, dedicated to creating networking and educational opportunities that help packaging professionals succeed. Global Vision has been a member of the IoPP for a number of years now. They offer truly great networking opportunities.
A few years back Global Vision was fortunate enough to have hosted the IoPP annual meeting with a full casino night. We had so much fun that are we are hoping to do the same for 2010.
For more information on IoPP, check out their website at www.iopp.org.
Tags: iopp, packaging
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Belgium? A pharmaceutical distribution hub?
Posted on October 8th, 2009
I stumbled upon this interesting article in Pharmaceutical Technology Europe today. It gives an a good overview of the Belgian pharmaceutical industry and how it is thriving. Although one of the smallest countries in the EU, it boasts being one of the largest centers for pharmaceutical distribution.
Read the whole article here.
At the same time, check out the new Pharmaceutical Technology website, it has just been redesigned and includes so much good, quality information relating to drug delivery, label inspection, pharmaceutical packaging, regulatory issues and much more.
Tags: pharmaceutical
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Pharmaceutical packaging demand on the rise
Posted on October 7th, 2009
By the year 2013 expect the pharmaceutical packaging industry to reach a high of $62.3B. A large part of this is due to the increasing number of new packaging options being developed in the US these days with prefillable syringes and inhalers being the amongst the fastest growing. All of this growth combined with the varying languages and dosages leads to other concerns, such as label inspection, packaging inspection and managing and maintaining an optimum level of packaging quality control.
Both pharmaceutical companies and their printers alike are going to have to stay on their toes in terms of the latest automated proofreading technologies.
If you’re one of them, you’re going to want to check out what’s new in automated proofreading technologies at Global Vision.
Tags: automated proofreading, packaging, pharmaceutical
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Packaging goes green.
Posted on October 5th, 2009
So over the past few years we have seen a number of “green” initiatives being taken by large and small companies alike. The packaging industry has been no exception. Everywhere we look packaging is being cut.
David Bellm had an interesting video relating to this in his blog on Packaging Digest Magazine website. The blog is called “Eye on Packaging” and the post is “Undies be free! Patagonia lets it all hang out”.
Definitely something to check out…
Tags: packaging
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Manual Inspection or Automated Label Inspection…That is the question.
Posted on September 23rd, 2009
So some of you might be reading about automated proofreading solutions or automated inspection solutions for the first time and wondering, what the heck is the difference and does it really work? Well, let me just outline a few of the differences between the two here for you:
Manual proofreading:
- lots of proofreaders
- lots of time
- high potential for errors
- higher costs
Automated Proofreading:
- 100% accuracy
- complete confidence
- perfect quality control
- faster turnarounds
- total process control
Not convinced? Read the Global Vision whitepaper; “How to Prevent Packaging Errors on Copy & Artwork”, its sure to change your mind…
Tags: automated proofreading, proofreading, quality control
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