UK-headquartered Contego Packaging has announced major investments in new die-cutting and finishing technology totaling over €1 million at its plants in Piacenza and Cervia, Italy.
The company, which has a major focus on the healthcare sector, will use a new BAMA R3000 paper collating and assembling machine, being installed at the Piacenza site, to produce its Plurium multi-page booklets for patient information.
And the installation of a new Bobst Novacut 106 E die-cutting machine – said to be faster and easier for operators to use – at the company’s Cervia site is enabling the start of a new project within the production area to improve the factory layout.
Contego Packaging Italy managing director Enrico Folchini said: “This is a very exciting time for us, with new investments delivering operational improvements to benefit our customers. Further developments are also in the pipeline.”
Specific control systems that check the gluing process, the page overlap and the final thickness of the assembled Plurium booklet will make the BAMA R3000 machine “the first of its kind in the pharma and healthcare field”, the company claims.
The investment will mean that Contego can produce Plurium booklets in-house to comply fully with GMP and legislative requirements, as well as allowing comprehensive in-line inspections.
Plurium is a multi-page booklet which offers more space for information but is compact when folded.
The company is also installing additional capacity in Piacenza for rewinding and production of PFL and triple PFL leaflets.
The Healthcare business within Contego Packaging, which is owned by Platinum Equity, operates from ten manufacturing sites across Europe, supplying cartons, leaflets, labels and blister pack foils for the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries.
Contego Packaging Group site in Piacenza, Italy
