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NewsLetter
06/2010
Verpackungslösung „Green Package Solution (GPS)“
Green Package Solution (GPS),
the packaging innovation from Bosch Packaging Technology from the Product Group Pharma
Solid in Waiblingen. Developed in cooperation with the folding carton manufacturer Faller from
Waldkirch/Breisgau.
Up to now, insulin pens were packed on horizon-
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tally working Bosch cartoning machines. Moeller &
Devicon A/S, from the Product Group Bosch PA-PH
in (Pharma) Denmark, integrate the assembly and
labeling machines, including their pen handling
systems for inserting the pens in the cartoning machine, as a line.
The format diversity covers individual and multiplepiece packages. One to five pens, or up to 10 pens
per flip top with 2-layers (comparable to a pack of
cigarettes) are packed with inserts (outserts, booklets, etc.). As the pens are not fragile, no special
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product protection is necessary.
Fragile products, such as syringes, vials, carpules,
small bottles and ampoules, or a combination of
these (multiple-piece packages), require product
protection together with gentle handling.
Based on these requirements, Bosch and Faller
developed and patented a carton tray with productadapted inlays.
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The innovative tray package inlays meet a wide
variety of demands:
- Mechanical production protection against impact, falling
during transport, pressure during storage (multipacks, pallets), by means of divided compartments with products
firmly latched into place.
- Ergonomic removal of the products from the inlay. The inlay
is held securely in the reclosable carton tray.
- Format-flexible packaging on conventional horizontal cartoning machines with an output rate of up to 180 cycles/
min.
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- Shapely, optically attractive and recyc-lable, ecological
mono-material packa-ging.
- Additions, such as instructions for use in the form of booklets, outserts and pre-folded instructi-ons, from a reel or
sheet, inclu-ding additions such as syringes - needles or
pipettes, etc. are all possible.
Cost and logistics advantages of GPS:
- Inlay and carton tray can be manufactured by a single supplier.
- Fast and costeffective implementation
- Mono packaging material means that a plastic tray or thermoforming machine is not required. This a-voids the need
for additional processes and saves on investment (thermoforming machine), staff, repair, maintenance, energy costs,
room costs, logistics and handling costs
- Format-flexibility: i.e. a wide range of sizes are possible,
inexpensive size parts, fast size change
- Horizontal cartoner makes subsequent application adaptations possible (insert)
- Horizontal cartoner can also be used for other packaging
applications
- Product handling as a complete, compact unit
- Track and Trace can be integrated in the line as a complete
unit
The initial market reaction is very positive.
The smart Green Package Solution, a package
form with a future.
Imprint
Robert Bosch GmbH
Packaging Technology
Stuttgarter Straße 130
D-71332 Waiblingen
Tel.: +49 711 811 - 5 7175
Fax: +49 711 811 - 5 7184
E-Mail: guenther.lade@bosch.com
www.bosch.com/pa