Multinational packaging specialist to the healthcare, personal care and beauty industries, Essentra Packaging, recently acquired by MM Packaging, will exhibit at the upcoming PACK EXPO International event. The business will focus on the supply chain challenges impacting the global market, and how Essentra Packaging (MM Packaging) is lighting the path forwards with its product and service range.

Taking place 23 – 26 October in Chicago, Illinois, US, PACK EXPO International returns from a 4-year absence. Set to be bigger and better than ever, the event attracts packaging and processing industry professionals from across the world and more than 40 sector verticals, including health and pharma.

Essentra Packaging (MM Packaging) will be situated on stand W-15059 in the Healthcare Pavilion. Adding further strength to its international operations and fresh opportunity for innovation in pharmaceutical packaging design, Essentra Packaging (MM Packaging) has been acquired by MM Packaging, one of the Europe’s leading suppliers of folding cartons.

Following MM Packaging’s acquisition of Essentra Packaging, the event signals the expansion of the company’s operations in the pharmaceutical and healthcare packaging industry. The development pulls on the experience and expertise of Essentra Packaging, while adding MM Packaging’s global supply chain strength.

As market volatility still brings complexity to the healthcare packaging supply chain, the Essentra Packaging (MM Packaging) team will show attendees how the business solves key supply and sourcing issues through its extensive innovation capabilities.

Russell Hill, VP of Sales and Technical Innovation Management at Essentra Packaging (MM Packaging), comments: “At PACK EXPO, we are focusing on the real challenges that impact today’s market. There is a perfect storm of heightened consumer demand and supply chain disruption. It’s all about volume and speed, but without compromising in areas such as sustainability, security, quality and efficiency. In short, there are a lot of plates to spin!

“As demand continues to outstrip supply, the need for a slick pharma and health supply chain has never been greater. With the powerhouse backing of MM Packaging as they enter the pharmaceutical packaging market for the first time, Essentra Packaging (MM Packaging) the ideal collaborative partner - which we’ll demonstrate to PACK EXPO attendees. With a network of facilities around the globe, we make carton, label and leaflet design work harder for our customers. For us, it’s about turning these elements into a real supply chain and commercial edge. With our technologies, speed, precision and agility become the norm!”

Essentra Packaging (MM Packaging) will have highlights from its healthcare and pharma-focused secondary packaging range on display, including its Clear Code® next-generation coding system for superior pharma label serialisation. Designed to bring benefits over traditional inkjet, thermal transfer and laser etched coding, Clear Code uses low or high wattage CO2, fibre or UV laser, alongside a proprietary colour change technology.

With high-contrast imaging on a robust coating, Clear Code supports pharma supply chain security by making label serialisation clear, effective and durable even under the toughest manufacturing conditions.

In another example, Essentra Packaging (MM Packaging) offers Piggyback®. This pharma leaflet service was developed in direct response to market complexities and comprises two or three folded leaflets glued back-to-back. Deceptively simple in concept, Piggyback maximises the printed area while limiting the folded size of the finished leaflet, adding greater flexibility and speed.

With regulatory needs at the forefront, Essentra Packaging (MM Packaging) will also be on-hand to discuss its comprehensive range of security and anti-counterfeit products and services. Helping businesses in the pharmaceutical industry to add new dimensions of security, its portfolio include a selection of tamper evident labels, overt and covert anti-counterfeit measures, and pre-serialisation solutions.

Russell adds: “The PACK EXPO event highlights the trends that markets need to stay ahead of, as well as the solutions that are designed to disrupt the status quo. It’s a perfect fit for what we’re doing at Essentra Packaging (MM Packaging)!

“We believe that smarter choices in cartons, label and leaflet design are the key to building a fundamentally more effective supply chain, and we look forward to sharing that ethos at PACK EXPO!”

To learn more about Essentra Packaging (MM Packaging), please visit https://www.essentrapackaging.com.