{"id":59247,"date":"2022-04-19T15:28:06","date_gmt":"2022-04-19T13:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/?p=59247"},"modified":"2022-04-19T15:28:06","modified_gmt":"2022-04-19T13:28:06","slug":"english-2022-03-hapa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/english-2022-03-hapa\/","title":{"rendered":"Everything in the workflow"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Efficient inline and \u201eon-demand\u201c printing solutions for the pharmaceutical industry are more in demand today than ever before. The focus of developments is always on two goals: reducing the high complexity in the packaging process and realising significant efficiency potential. The Swiss company, Hapa AG has more than 50 years of experience in this segment.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The triumph of pharmaceutical blister packaging, which began exactly 60 years ago, is closely linked to another innovation: with the introduction of the contraceptive pill two years earlier, the search for an easy-to-control dosage over a defined period of time had become necessary. When the first blister machine was introduced in 1962, the course was set. Within a very short time, this packaging format developed into a standard. Pharmaceutical companies very quickly used its advantages for other medicines as well. But how could these blisters also be flexibly labelled, marked and coded<\/strong>? Hapa AG<\/a> was the first company to provide answers and subsequently acted again and again as an innovation leader.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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From patents to printing presses<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Machine developed for coding cartons: The \"Druma\" by Hapa was created in 1953.\n(Image: Hapa)<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Today's Swiss machine manufacturer had already been founded in 1933 in Zurich by Curt B\u00e4bler. The original purpose of the company was to \u201etrade in patents\u201c. The name \u201eHapa\u201c was derived from this. One of these patents was used by those responsible in developing a machine for coding cartons as early as 1953<\/strong>. Hapa sold several thousand copies of this \u201eDruma\u201c printing machine. It was Hapa's first entry into printing technology.<\/p>

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When the new blisters appeared, Hapa recognised early on the special need for printing technology that would develop in the pharmaceutical sector. Not to mention what advantages could result if the printing process took place inline and be practically integrated into the blister production process.<\/p>

When the Hapamatic was presented in 1970, it was the world's first inline printing system for printing aluminium foils for blister machines<\/strong>. The groundbreaking system convinced users immediately and for a long time, of the 2,500 units sold worldwide, hundreds are still in operation today. At the same time, the solution laid the foundation for an arguably unique understanding of highly flexible printing solutions in the context of pharmaceutical packaging<\/strong>. Today, the Swiss company, which finally moved to Volketswil in the early 1990s, has its headquarters there near Zurich and employs around 175 people, is the international technology and market leader in inline and \u201eon-demand\u201c printing solutions for the pharmaceutical industry.<\/p>