Ease of changeover was a key machine characteristic sought by contract packager Brecon Pharmaceuticals, Brecon, Wales, for its new tablet blister packing and cartoning line.

The new Blister Express Center 500 from Uhlmann (PACK EXPO Booth N-5102) is said to be the fastest single-lane blister line in the world with consistently integrated processes and a completely continuous operating mode.

Uhlmann Packaging Systems (PELV Booth N-9412) introduces the world’s fastest thermoformer, the Uhlmann B1880, with an unequalled output capability of 1300 blisters per minute. Launched in the US at the company’s first annual pharmaceutical blister technology roundtable just prior to PACK EXPO, the B1880 was the recipient of a 2005 VDI Red Dot award for excellence in design.