The coronavirus vaccine from BioNTechand Pfizer is on the market. Now it needs to be packaged safely for transport. Harro Höfliger Verpackungsmaschinen GmbH has therefore been building a high-performance packaging line in record time for several weeks.
The vaccine from BioNTech and Pfizer has already been authorised in some countries. But in order for the coveted and precious commodity to reach the patient Millions of filled injection vials securely packaged be. At the Backnang site of Harro Höfliger is working flat out on a high-performance packaging line. It will pack the sensitive glass vials in folding cartons, label them and print the relevant data on them.
"We are proud to be a link between the production of the vaccine and the supply chain to the people," says CEO Thomas Weller. Nevertheless, he has respect for the challenge.
"It's not our first packaging line for vials of vaccine. Nevertheless, we have never faced this task before, to produce such a system in such a short time. We can only do this because the motivation and support of our employees for this project is extremely high."
Corona vaccine is packaged in Belgium
The machines should to the Belgian production site as quickly as possible. from Pfizer be delivered. Harro Höfliger has therefore redistributed the production capacities for this order and created a shift model for mechanical and electrical assembly as well as for commissioning. Work also continues on Saturdays and on the usually quieter days between Christmas and New Year. on the MKT horizontal cartoning machine continue.
At the same time, the Satteldorf site near Crailsheim is being Modular Quality System (MQS) for labelling, serialisation, laser coding and quality control of the folding boxes filled with the vaccine.
Source: Harro Höfliger
