Banding for pharmaceutical secondary packaging
Bundle, label, and secure with less material
Rethinking your approach to pharmaceutical secondary packaging?
Banded packaging offers a smart, sustainable way to bundle and label products in one streamlined solution.
Less material. Less waste. More efficiency.
Why choose banding for pharmaceutical packaging?
Bundle and identify
Group products together with banding material, enhancing handling, storage, or distribution.
Support traceability
Print batch numbers, lot numbers, barcodes, data matrix codes or expiry dates directly onto the banding material.
Simplify the packaging process
Combine bundling, labeling, and tamper evidenct sealing in one streamlined operation.
Bundle blister packs
Need to bundle multiple blister packs together?
Banding keeps blister packs neatly bundled and easy to handle. The banding material can also carry product information, batch data or barcodes, helping you bundle and identify products in one step.
Secure cartons and boxes
Banding can be used to group pharmaceutical cartons, folding boxes or medical product packs into stable units for handling and distribution.
The material holds products together without adding bulky packaging. This makes bundles easier to count, move, store and process.
Stable bundles. Clear identification. Less material.
Group vials, syringes or ampoules
Pharmaceutical products often need to be grouped in tubs, trays or containers before they move to the next step.
Banding can help secure these grouped products while adding the required information to the outside of the pack. This is useful for internal handling, logistics, kitting or customer-specific packaging.
Group the products. Add the data. Keep the process moving.
Add traceability information
In pharmaceutical packaging, every product group needs to be easy to identify.
With integrated printing, variable data can be printed directly onto the banding material during application. This can include:
- Batch numbers
- Lot numbers
- Barcodes
- Expiry dates
- Customer or order-specific information
Everything needed to identify the bundle, printed onto one packaging component.
Designed for automated pharmaceutical packaging
Bandall banding machines are built to fit seamlessly into your packaging line, whether at the end of the line or fully integrated inline.
Our options include:
- Stand-Alone units for small-scale packaging
- Automatic banding systems for higher speeds
- Modular machines for seamless in-line integration
- Custom-engineered projects for unique requirements
With efficient and reliable banding technology, you keep your operations agile, streamlined, and ready for full automation.
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Use Case: GTE
Streamlining Sealing and Communication with Banding
For GTE Engineering, it's clear: banding is a valuable secondary packaging solution in the pharmaceutical industry. As a specialist in custom pharmaceutical packaging lines, GTE relies on banding technology to deliver efficient bundling and labeling within fully integrated systems.
Discover how they used banding to solve a specific customer challenge, securely bundling and labeling glass vials in a plastic tub while improving efficiency and maintaining compliance.
Read Use CaseFrequently asked questions
What is pharmaceutical secondary packaging?
Pharmaceutical secondary packaging refers to packaging that is applied around primary pharmaceutical packaging to support identification, grouping, transport and distribution.
Can banding support pharmaceutical traceability requirements?
Yes. Batch numbers, lot codes, serialization information, barcodes and data matrix codes can be printed directly onto the band.
Is banding suitable for pharmaceutical automation?
Yes. Banding systems can integrate into automated pharmaceutical packaging lines and support high speed packaging operations.
How does banding reduce packaging material?
Banding secures products using only a narrow paper or film band, reducing the need for shrink wrap, additional cartons and other packaging materials.
Can banding replace shrink wrap in pharmaceutical packaging?
For many secondary packaging applications, banding provides an efficient alternative to shrink wrap while using significantly less packaging material.
Is banding suitable for blister packs, cartons and vials?
Yes. Banding can be used to bundle blister packs, pharmaceutical cartons, vials, syringes and other pharmaceutical packaging formats.