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Recyclable Paper Blister Wins German Packaging Award

The paper blister can be printed on both sides, and both base and lidding are recyclable. The design allows for the tablets to be pushed through the barrier layers without breaking.

The thermoformable barrier and seal layer are also heat-sealable.
The thermoformable barrier and seal layer are also heat-sealable.

“Blister meets Paper,” developed in partnership with Syntegon and Huhtamaki, offers an alternative to plastic blisters for tablets and capsules. The German Packaging Institute awarded Syntegon with the German Packaging Award this summer in the “Sustainability” category for the innovation.

“While eco-friendly and health-conscious customers can already find sustainable packaging solutions for a wide range of products, an environmentally friendly alternative for push-through packaging for tablets and capsules was not available to date,” Torsten Sauer, sustainability project manager at Syntegon, explains. Seeking to change this, the paper-based blisters are particularly suited for nutraceuticals. In the submitted version, each blister has seven cavities for one tablet per weekday.


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