Europe Pharmaceutical Blister Packaging Industry Overview
The European pharmaceutical blister packaging market is fragmented, with various significant players, such as Amcor Limited, Constantia Flexibles, Klockner Pentaplast Group, Sonoco Products Company, and Tekni-Plex Inc. The players are focused on expanding their business in the region through acquisitions, collaborations, and mergers.
- May 2024: Amcor Limited expanded its packaging innovation and opened its Amcor Innovation Center Europe (AICE) in Ghent, Belgium. The AICE will pioneer new material technologies to make packaging more sustainable and performant while focusing on attractive designs. The AICE facilitates various activities, including testing whether a child-resistant push-through blister pack for pharmaceuticals is easy for an adult with arthritis to open.
- January 2024: TekniPlex Healthcare and Alpek Polyester developed the pharmaceutical-grade PET blister film containing post-consumer recycled content. The new blister film is expected to meet all requirements for PET in pharmaceutical applications as per the European Pharmacopoeia Section 3.1.15, and 30% of the film is made of post-consumer recycled monomers.
Europe Pharmaceutical Blister Packaging Market Leaders
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Amcor Limited
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Constantia Flexibles
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Klockner Penteplast
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Sonoco Products Company
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Tekni-Plex, Inc.
- *Disclaimer: Major Players sorted in no particular order
