As featured in the May 2009 issue of PKN Packaging News, Cormack Packaging discussed their partnership with MWV Calmar in providing accurate, reliable and consistent pharmaceutical solutions to the Australian market including the profiled AccuPump range.

 As a global leader in dispensing systems, MWV Calmar offers a diverse range of products for a wide spectrum of markets, from food and beverage to pharmaceutical and personal care. With an extensive product range including trigger sprayers and lotion pumps, through to fragrance and pharmaceutical pumps, MWV Calmar (represented in Australia by exclusive distributor Cormack Packaging) continues to develop leading edge solutions for dispensing closures. A strategic vision to focus on innovative and specialised market solutions has seen MWV Calmar expand its pharmaceutical division, developing a comprehensive portfolio of high quality, FDA-compliant solutions to suit a broad customer segment.

MWV Calmar's dedicated European Design Center, headquartered in Hemer, Germany, has highlighted this burgeoning market opportunity and as a response to customer needs has continued its evolution of the company's Pure Path technologies alongside its medical range of products. The fit-for-purpose design centre has the technological capabilities to rapidly respond to customer briefs and provide customised design alternatives - utilising state of the art laboratories, CAD equipment and a fully equipped R&D functional workshop with pilot injection moulding capabilities.
s a global leader in dispensing systems, MWV Calmar offers a diverse range of products for a wide spectrum of markets, from food and beverage to pharmaceutical and personal care. With an extensive product range including trigger sprayers and lotion pumps, through to fragrance and pharmaceutical pumps, MWV Calmar (represented in Australia by exclusive distributor Cormack Packaging) continues to develop leading edge solutions for dispensing closures. A strategic vision to focus on innovative and specialised market solutions has seen MWV Calmar expand its pharmaceutical division, developing a comprehensive portfolio of high quality, FDA-compliant solutions to suit a broad customer segment.

Designed with both functional and aesthetic purpose, Pure Path technology allows fluid to be easily dispensed through the pump with no contact between the substance and the metal spring. Clear benefits include less risk of contamination or corrosion with the metal spring and the ability to increase the active constituents of the product if required.
Another key functional benefit from the product includes highly controlled atomisation to deliver a particle size that meets FDA requirements.
The delivery of less than 10 strokes to prime, providing a consistent rate of output for the duration of the package use - a clear consumer benefit - also allows the potency of the formulation to be increased due to the small variation per stroke of dispensing. This low deviation in output rate is necessary for products with an everyday usage application.
MWV Calmar has developed a total range of product solutions. From entry-level or ‘over the counter' specific products ranging from mist sprays for topical and external body applications, to more specialised offerings such as the high performance Accupump range of nasal sprays.
The entire product portfolio has been developed and manufactured to exacting standards in the company's class 10,000 facility. The range includes a broad variety of adaptors for nose, ear, throat and hair dispensing applications. It also provides screw on, push on and crimp on closure options to suit a variety of customer needs.

PKN Packaging News, May 2009 page 12

For more information on the AccuPump range featured or for more generalised product enquiries please contact us at www.cormack.com.au

On September 23, 2008 Today Tonight featured a story on the potentially serious dangers for children, of common household oils including Baby oil, massage, hair and bath oils and essential oils.

 In Australia at least 3,000 reported ingestion accidents to young children occur every year. In the US, it is reported that 20 children die a year from ingesting small quantities of household oils, 5 deaths from baby oil.

Seven years ago, the US market moved to legislate that child resistant packaging was mandatory for oily liquids containing hydrocarbons. These include:

• Baby oils
• Bath oils
• Body oils
• Massage oils
• Sunscreens

In Australia, the largest supplier was quoted in this article as stating that they will, after 48 years change to child resistant caps on all their baby oil products in Australia and worldwide.

For the full story aired on Today Tonight click go to:

http://au.todaytonight.yahoo.com/article/5035273/consumer/dangers-baby-oil

Cormack Packaging is Australia's largest supplier of Child Resistant Caps. We manufacture and supply:

• Multi piece caps from 20mm to 38mm with a push turn system
• Squeeze and Turn caps from 28mm to 38mm
• Squeeze and Turn caps with restrictor plugs

As well as our large range of standard caps, we also design custom closures for customers where volumes allow.

For more information on our caps contact Cormack Packaging on 1800 801 758 or email sales@cormack.com.au