Nelipak Healthcare Packaging Joins Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council
July 10, 2017 /3BL Media/ - The Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council (HPRC) welcomes Nelipak Healthcare Packaging, a global leader in custom thermoformed packaging that provides superior protection for medical devices and pharmaceuticals, as its newest member. Headquartered in Cranston, Rhode Island, and with ten production facilities across the United States, Central America and Europe, Nelipak produces medical trays and blisters, surgical procedure trays, pharmaceutical handling trays and custom built sealing machines among other value added services.
“As a manufacturing leader in healthcare packaging, Nelipak offers important insights into new technologies and design best practices that can help increase the recyclability of these materials,” says Peylina Chu, Director of HPRC. “Their input and wide range of expertise will be vital in helping support our goal of increasing the overall recycling of healthcare plastics.”
“Nelipak is committed to sustainable practices and works with our customers to provide a systematic approach to the packaging process which results in efficient design, material use, pack configuration, handling, shipping and end user costs,” said Seán Egan, Director of Global Marketing, Nelipak Healthcare Packaging. “We look forward to collaborating with the other members of HPRC to advance our mutual goals of reducing packaging waste during production and optimizing waste recycling for hospitals.”
Other HPRC members include Baxter, BD, Cardinal Health, DuPont, Eastman Chemical Company, Johnson & Johnson, Medtronic and Ravago Recycling Group. Each HPRC member company is a leader in their respective industry, whether healthcare, recycling or waste management, with a demonstrated expertise, commitment and passion for shaping the future of plastics recycling and reducing the environmental footprint of not only their own operations but also the operations of their customers.
HPRC is currently engaged in multiple initiatives aimed at enabling recycling of healthcare plastics, including: recycling pilot study programs at select healthcare facilities, development of a how-to guide, called HospiCycle, for hospitals seeking to recycle healthcare plastics generated in their facilities, development of plastic product and packaging design guidelines to improve end-of-life recyclability, and resin testing of the technical limitations in plastics reprocessing.
About HPRC
HPRC is a private technical coalition of industry peers across healthcare, recycling and waste management industries seeking to improve recyclability of plastic products within healthcare. HPRC is made up of brand leading and globally recognized members including Baxter, BD, Cardinal Health, DuPont, Eastman Chemical Company, Johnson & Johnson, Medtronic, Nelipak Healthcare Packaging and Ravago Recycling Group. The council convenes biannually at meetings hosted by an HPRC member that regularly include stakeholder engagement events and facility tours to further learning and knowledge sharing opportunities through first-hand demonstration of best practices in sustainable product and packaging design and recycling processes. For more information, visit www.hprc.org and follow HPRC on LinkedIn.
About Nelipak® Healthcare Packaging
With facilities in Cranston, RI; Phoenix & Tucson AZ: Whitehall, PA; Liberty, NC; Venray, the Netherlands; Galway, Ireland; Juncos & Humacao, Puerto Rico; and San Jose, Costa Rica, Nelipak® Healthcare Packaging designs, develops and manufactures custom thermoformed packaging products that provide superior protection for medical devices and pharmaceuticals. The company offers medical trays and blisters, surgical procedure trays, pharmaceutical handling trays, custom built sealing machines and other value added services. Nelipak’s customers consist of some of the largest and most reputable medical device and pharmaceutical companies in the world. With over 700 employees worldwide, Nelipak is focused on delivering superior quality and customer experience through world class manufacturing at each of its locations. More information about Nelipak can be found at www.nelipak.com.
Nelipak® Healthcare Packaging is a trade name of Nelipak® Corporation
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Nelipak Marketing Contact:
Seán Egan
Group Marketing Manager
Nelipak Healthcare Packaging
+353-91-709-163
sean.egan@nelipak.com
