Chesapeake launches pharma packaging design center

Chesapeake Corporation has launched a design studio and product development group in Europe, dedicated to pharmaceutical and healthcare packaging.
The new design center will focus on constructional design and new product development and is located at the company’s Field Boxmore subsidiary manufacturing plant in Nottingham, England.  A dedicated team of professionals there is now evaluating paperboard and plastic substrate materials and printing processes for a wide range of packaging formats including cartons, labels, leaflets, leaflet-labels, booklets and various combinations.  The latest computer-aided design equipment with 3-D simulation and a new Kongsberg sample-making table enable the design group to produce prototypes for customer evaluation.
The studio is also developing solutions in response to ethical pharmaceutical legislation that could require anti-counterfeiting protection, Braille or child-resistant safety features. 
Chesapeake believes that its new pharmaceutical and healthcare packaging design studio is the first of its kind in the industry.  The company also operates a large design center in Bradford, England, which focuses on packaging for international and branded products such as alcoholic drinks, confectioneries and cosmetics.