Pharmaceutical Glass Packaging Market
• November 2023- The manufacturer of primary packaging glass solutions has introduced their brand-new eco-friendly PharmaCos line, specially designed for wellbeing and healthcare products, at the CPHI Barcelona trade show. Unveiled at the CPHI show, held in Barcelona from October 24 to 27, 2023, the PharmaCos line boasts a diverse range of glass jars, available in sizes ranging from 5 ml to 500 ml, all in amber with a screw neck design, as well as flat-shoulder bottles in capacities ranging from 20 ml to 150 ml, offered in both amber and flint glass. These bottles are equipped with neck finishes of 22/400 GPI and 24/410 GPI to meet all specific needs. The new line of standard packaging solutions features high recycled glass contents (73% recycled content in amber glass and 38% in flint glass), coupled with the lightweight design of the bottles. Stoelzle Pharma, in a statement, said that The PharmaCos range is a sustainable choice for healthcare products. Also, to meet the requirements of the health sector, the new line is manufactured "in a pharmaceutical-grade environment, adhering to the rigorous standards set by the pharmaceutical industry. For added convenience, Stoelzle Pharma offers a wide array of caps and closures for the PharmaCos flat-shoulder bottles and cosmetic jars. The selection includes caps, cream or spray pumps, snap caps, flip tops, and pipettes. The caps are available in various materials, including vegan options, wood, and child-resistant closures. Stoelzle Pharma's comprehensive one-stop-shop concept also includes decoration. Stoelzle provides over 20 different in-house decoration techniques, including screen printing, spraying, acid etching, and environmentally conscious options like eco-friendly ink developed from recycled rubber waste.
April 2022: In their Schleusingen, Germany, factory, Wiegand-Glas started a new furnace. Despite the extremely volatile supply and pricing situations on the energy market, Wiegand-Glas management chose to start the second furnace at the new glass facility in Thuringia.
May 2023: Schott AG announced the launch of its new range of pharmaceutical glass vials for injectables. The vials are made from borosilicate glass and are designed to provide high levels of protection for injectable drugs.
June 2023, New York-based sustainable health care company Cabinet Health is launching its first-ever nationwide pill bottle recycling program aimed at addressing pharmaceutical plastics after previously creating a refillable and compostable medicine system. According to Cabinet, anybody across USA can ask Cabinet Health about getting a recycling bag then send it back to Cabinet with old empty plastic pill bottles devoid of personal information without paying any fee where they will either be upcycled or recycled by Kellie Gillespie interdisciplinary artist into a continuously changing art sculpture piece. In fact only an estimated five percent of plastics waste generated annually in America ever gets recycled while around one hundred sixty five billion plastic pill containers go into the waterways, oceans and landfills each year.
The market major player such as Schott AG (Germany), Nipro Corporation (Japan), Piramal Glass (Mumbai), Sisecam Group, Owens-Illinois Inc.(US), and others
