Compass Pharma Expands Capacity

CLIFTON, N.J. Compass Pharma Services LLC expanded its blister packaging capacity for contract pharmaceutical and supplement packaging with the installation of a new high-speed blister packaging machine from Uhlmann USA. According to Compass, the new blister packaging system (Uhlmann thermoformer UPS4) operates up to 50 cycles per minute depending upon product size, configuration and packaging material.

Blister packaging and unit dose packaging continues to grow in popularity among our pharmaceutical packaging and nutritional packaging customers, said Tony Fenno, chief operating officer. Our investment in additional blister packaging capacity was necessary to keep pace with this increased demand.

With the installation of the new machine, Compass Pharma can produce cold foil blisters or thermoformed blister packages from PVC, PVDC and barrier films such as PCTFE (Aclar®). Package and fill consistency are assured with a fully integrated vision detection system that continuously inspects manufacturing quality and tablet or capsule fill accuracy.