Advanced Medical Solutions (AMS) is benefiting from using a single production line to produce printed and packaged sachets, thanks to Hapa, a Swiss-based packaging machinery specialist.
Previously, the many varied shapes and sizes of medical dressings that needed pre-printed sterile pouches created a logistical ‘nightmare’ to manage, says AMS.
Now it has cut out the ‘messy’ pre-printing process and taken control of its stock holding and production schedule.
The system designed for rapid change over is able to print up to two colours in any Pantone shade.
"We can now order stock to print and reduce lead times rather than have the many variants that we had before. We will save significant amounts of money a year on packaging materials alone, and the uplift in productivity and reduction in downtime is immense to us," says AMS General Manager, Steve Platt.