Nelipak talks healthcare packaging

Sean Egan gives us a bite-size view of Nelipak Healthcare Packaging

Nelipak Healthcare Packaging …

… a full-service global provider of custom thermoformed packaging that provides superior protection for pharmaceuticals and medical devices. We fulfil customers’ healthcare packaging needs including: concept, design, development, prototype and production tooling, validation, and commercial product output, including AVS and sealing machines.

What makes you stand out?

Nelipak is a strategic packaging partner that’s 100% focused on the healthcare market. We offer medical trays and blisters, surgical procedure trays, pharmaceutical handling trays, custom built sealing machines, total packaging solutions and other value added services. As well as using best-in-class manufacturing processes, we apply a combination of freehand design capabilities and technology to help our customers develop better products for end-user needs and to proactively innovate to industry trends.

Something you are proud of …

Our global presence means our team is highly accessible and can provide innovation and quality to our customers wherever they are located.

We have facilities in the US, the Netherlands, Ireland and Costa Rica with more than 500 employees worldwide. We are also totally focused on the healthcare market and the needs of medical and pharmaceutical customers. All Nelipak sites are equipped with cleanroom capabilities and certified to ISO 13485 standards.

What’s great about this industry?

As you can guess, our passion is packaging! We are excited by new opportunities we are pioneering to bring change to all parts of the product lifecycle and how improve the way users interact with packaging.

We have a team of healthcare-focused designers and engineers who apply a combination of freehand design capabilities with technology including sketching, solid works simulation software, 3D printing to support our customers in developing packaging that offers an improved level of user experience.

The ability to proactively innovate even at the earliest stages of development by applying a thorough understanding of industry trends and end-user needs and challenges helps create optimised packaging that can better serve its purpose, reduce waste and even minimise risk factors when used in the operating room. 

What’s going to happen in 2016?

We’re seeing more and more pharma and medtech companies merging to deliver more targeted treatments for a range of conditions. As a result, I think we’ll continue to see an increase in drug combination devices over the next 12 months and beyond.