Ampoule line packs in more flexibility

US-based blow-fill-seal contract manufacturer Ritedose Corporation has expanded its ampoule packing capacity with the help of Sigpack Systems.

The Ritedose Corporation (TRC), a leading blow-fill-seal (BFS) contract manufacturer located in South Carolina, US, has expanded the capacity of its packaging system several times for the primary and secondary packaging of inhalation solution products. To increase its capacity still further, TRC turned to Sigpack Systems, which has provided the company with highly flexible, high-output packaging systems.

TRC operates its packaging lines 24/7 and the lines are very flexible with multi-format capability. Sigpack Systems designed the original system in such a way that it could potentially have additional packaging legs to increase TRC’s packaging capacity further.

‘When placing the original order, the customer emphasised the importance of having a system that could be extended in a flexible manner at a later date, and which would be adaptable to changing market needs,’ said J?rg Kleiner, Sigpack Systems’ head of pharma sales. ‘Even when adding this extension,