The focus at AR Packaging to develop sustainable packaging solutions has once again been confirmed by winning the German Packaging Award in the sustainability category. A clever construction for a complex medical-technical application reduces the use of plastics and simplifies disposal after use.
The more sustainable packaging solution for the diagnosis of blood parameter use has been developed and produced by the AR Packaging plant in Graz, Austria.
“With sustainability as a top of priorities for most customers, AR Packaging is perfectly positioned to be the partner of choice,” says Ralf Mack, Group Innovation Director at AR Packaging. “Our range of different packaging solutions meet the environmental requirements of today and tomorrow, while our well proven innovative capabilities ensure that product safety and pack functionalities are optimised, also for the more complex products.”
The biggest challenge for the design team of the awarded packaging solution was the complex use of the medical product and associated special requirements for the packaging. Conventional product solutions use plastic containers to operate diagnostic devices. The interior of the new smart carton divides the box into segments, supporting and mechanically stabilising the pouches for reagents and waste liquids and allowing to adapt their volume over time. The use of cartonboard makes it easier and more sustainable to dispose of the hazardous medical waste.
