The Blister Pack Collective
Eliminating PVC and other plastics in tablet packs
Calling all pharma, consumer health, and FMCG businesses – join the Blister Pack Collective from PA and PulPac to create the world’s first planet-friendly, Dry Molded Fiber tablet blister pack.
The Blister Pack Collective utilises Dry Molded Fiber (DMF) technology to develop blister packs that eliminate or minimise the use of plastics in over-the-counter and prescription drugs plus nutraceuticals.
DMF technology significantly reduces the use of plastics and water, cutting carbon emissions. The process is designed to be high speed and low cost, using a proprietary process to create highly versatile tablet arrays that match the pitch design and tablet count of commodity PVC, providing a like-for-like, scalable solution.
Join the collective
PA and PulPac have seeded the collective and developed the underlying technology needed to bring a functioning DMF tablet blister pack to life. We have now demonstrated market-ready packs and a viable process for commercial scale production.
We are offering all pharma companies and select partners across consumer health and FMCG industries an opportunity to participate in the collective to further accelerate development.
By joining the collective, you will:
- Pioneer the world’s first planet-friendly DMF blister pack
- Deliver on sustainability goals and help accelerate industry transition from PVC
- Ensure first access to commercial DMF blister packs
- Participate in peer-to-peer knowledge sharing to tackle big challenges faster
- Accelerate adoption by making it easy for consumers to use.
Complete
- Opened Collective to partners
- Validated core process technology – continuous rotary forming of DMF
- Integration of barriers and lidding
- Production of first prototype packs
- Sustainability testing – LCA, collection, sortation, reprocessing.
In progress
- Brand-specific pack designs and product stability testing
- Production process optimization and automation
- Define commercial machine architecture.
What’s next?
- Scale-up of production
- New user experience features
- Continued barrier development.
Technical specifications
Sustainability benefits of DMF
- Uses 1/3rd of water vs wet molded pulp
- Raw material is obtained from a renewable source
- The dry process requires no energy for drying and creates no wastewater
- The process produces down to 10x less CO2 vs wet pulp and plastic
- Low manufacturing waste due to reuse of fibers.
End of life
- 90 to 100% reduction in single use plastic depending on barrier needs
- Recyclable in the paper waste stream
- ~30 to 50% reduction in carbon footprint vs. conventional PVC/Alu blister packs
- Positive fiber quality and yield in recyclability studies
- Waste fibers can be recycled back through process
- Meets increasing global regulatory requirements.
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