First-of-its-kind Dry Molded Fiber tablet blister packs by Pulpac

PA Consulting and PulPac are appealing to pharmaceutical, consumer health, and fast-moving consumer goods industries to join the Blister Pack Collective to introduce the first Dry Molded Fiber tablet pack. This will further reduce dependency on plastic for over-the-counter and prescription drugs and vitamins.

100,000 tonnes of Plastic Waste

PulPac, a Swedish R&D and IP company, and PAConsulting (PA), a consultancy focused on innovation, have launched the Blister Pack Collective to provide a renewable and sustainable fiber alternative with minimal plastic use to conventional non-recyclable PVC (Polyvinyl Chloride) blister packs. Every year, 100,000 tonnes of plastic are utilized globally in medicine packaging; the Blister Pack Collective seeks to reduce this usage through its groundbreaking technology.

Less CO2 in Process

Dry Molded Fiber has developed a proprietary manufacturing process using renewable pulp and cellulose resources to produce cost-effective, high-performance fiber-based packaging. This process utilizes significantly less CO2 and almost no water than traditional methods, creating versatile tablet arrays with the same design and tablet count as those produced with PVC. This provides an efficient, scalable solution for pharma and consumer healthcare companies.

Philip Fawcus, Dry Molded Fiber Technical Lead and Sustainable Materials Expert at PA Consulting, commented: “PulPac’s Dry Molded Fiber technology blended with the ingenious PA team has permitted the shapes, functions, and elements of current plastic blister packs to be translated into cellulose – a huge step for the industry as they seek sustainable packaging options.”

Having successfully proven its potential viability, collaboration among industry stakeholders is now needed to expedite the development process.

Dry Molded Fiber blister

Sanna Fager, Chief Commercial Officer at PulPac, commented: “The innovative tablet blister packs designed by the PA team demonstrate a viable fiber-based concept of a circular solution in cellulose that can solve a global challenge. Leveraging the benefits of our Dry Molded Fiber technology – instead of single-use PVC – these packs would be circular in paper streams and still be functional, scalable, and, most importantly, affordable. Industry players seeking to be a force for sustainable change in the packaging industry are welcome to join the collective in support of this transition to sustainability with rapid adoption and global impact.”

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Jamie Stone, Dry Molded Fiber Design Lead and Sustainability Design Expert at PA Consulting, said: “It will take innovation and collaboration to tackle the climate crisis, and our partnership with PulPac epitomizes this. Using our collective strengths, we have found a solution to tackle one of the huge plastic waste issues across industries reliant on tablet blister packs. We now need the industry to join us and help accelerate the development of this ingenious solution and help remove tonnes of plastic problem waste from the planet.”