Alcan Global Pharmaceutical Packaging launches new StabilitySolutions™ product line of high barrier bottles

Alcan Global Pharmaceutical Packaging, part of Rio Tinto Alcan’s packaging unit, has launched a new StabilitySolutions™ product line of high barrier plastic bottles. The product development and production come from the Alcan Packaging plastics business headquartered in Pennsauken, New Jersey.

“This is a groundbreaking, innovative product for pharmaceuticals that require the highest moisture and oxygen barrier,” said Michael Rubenstein, chief growth and innovation officer, Alcan Packaging. “StabilitySolutions™ DRY and StabilitySolutions™ BARRIER use patent pending technologies to ensure that the customers’ products maintain their efficacy longer, delivering the greatest possible benefit to patients.”

StabilitySolutions™ DRY is a bi-layer desiccant container for oral solid products that offers improved product protection and product shelf life.  The patent pending technology incorporates desiccant material into the product contact layer of the bi-layer container, eliminating the need for a desiccant sachet or canister. The integration of this feature into the bottle wall thickness itself can add filling line efficiencies resulting in significant cost savings to customers.

StabilitySolutions™ BARRIER is a tri-layer container for oral solid dose products using patented and patent pending technology that sandwiches the high oxygen barrier ethylene vinyl alcohol (EVOH) between two layers of high density polyethylene (HDPE). This approach results in pharmaceutical bottles that provide remarkable oxygen barrier protection coupled with the reliable moisture barrier characteristics offered by HDPE.

“The StabilitySolutions™ product line demonstrates our belief that packaging can add exceptional value to our customers’ products”, commented Mike Schmitt, president, Alcan Global Pharmaceutical Packaging. “Our innovation efforts are uniquely focused on our customers’ specialized needs, working collaboratively with them to optimize product integrity while delivering a high level of customization for their individual product requirements.”