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Comprehensive packaging solutions for every phase of your product lifecycle
Cencora provides an array of packaging and labeling services for every step of your product journey. We are ready to serve as your licensed repacking organization, offering primary and secondary packaging and labeling services that ensure product safety, stability, and security. Then, with a suite of offerings that include innovative temperature- and climate-controlled shipping containers, we can provide packaging solutions for global transport and distribution that meet the strictest requirements, no matter the product.
Product packaging, kitting and labeling
Our engineers can design and develop custom processes to satisfy your packaging or kitting – the process of assembling multiple individual components into a single packaged set, ready for distribution, dispensing, clinical use or patient administration. We employ specialized temperature controls and processes on our production lines to protect your products from environmental factors and contamination. We can also support anti-counterfeiting features such as serialization, RFID and tamper-resistant labeling. We comply with good distribution practice (GDP) guidelines, to ensure that your products comply with regulatory standards and are packaged under the strictest quality controls and applicable regulations.
Packaging for transport and distribution
Our pharmaceutical cold chain experts have extensive experience in protecting pharmaceutical products. We draw upon decades of experience to determine how to build a solution to your exact requirements, by leveraging an array of custom, proprietary, or third-party shippers, containers, and packaging.
Pharma displays
Effective point of sale (POS) marketing plays an essential role in pharmaceutical marketing and sales. We offer tailored display solutions for the effective presentation of pharmaceutical products, including customized tray and floor displays.
IT protection
Our advanced IT systems ensure the accuracy and efficiency of our packaging systems, providing enhanced track-and-trace capabilities and guaranteeing safe and efficient packaging and distribution.
Features and services
Active shipping containers achieve precise temperature controls using internal refrigeration or heating systems to maintain a variety of required temperature ranges. They are available in several payload sizes ranging from one to five EUR-pallets, the larger of which is represented by our fleet of state-of-the-art refrigerated vehicles. Active containers are a good option when reliable infrastructure is guaranteed throughout the route.
Passive packaging solutions provide extended temperature stability against a variety of environmental conditions. Passive container solutions leverage various insulators — expanded polystyrene (EPS), expanded polyurethane (PUR) and vacuum-insulated panels (VIPs) — and a variety of coolants — water/gel packs, dry ice, or phase change materials (PCMs).
Cryogenic shipments use a “dry shipper” — a strongly engineered cylindrical metal container enclosed in a rigid outer case. With your samples protected in a safe compartment, the container is filled with nitrogen vapor that maintains internal temperatures between -150° and -180°C for extended periods and is suitable for air transport routes.
End-to-end solutions designed to help ensure safety, efficacy, and quality assurance. Primary capabilities include blister packaging, filling, and assembly — with custom solutions for biologics and specialty drugs. Secondary services include cartoning, shrink-wrapping, cold chain packaging, and serialization to meet regulatory and supply chain requirements.
Product packaging solutions
Pharmaceutical serialization
Maintain compliance with global serialization requirements while delivering products to your patients more efficiently.
Co-packing and bundling services
Customized packaging workflows that adapt to demand, helping you launch at pace, remain compliant, and protect integrity.
Transport solutions
Smart packaging from World Courier
A real-time location monitoring (RTLM) solution enabling end-to-end visibility into shipments in transit globally. Enhance your team’s ability to proactively monitor shipments, anticipate and identify potential risks, and take corrective measures to enable timely and secure deliveries.
Cocoon®
A breakthrough temperature-controlled packaging solution that set a new standard for volumetric weight efficiency. Cocoon® established a benchmark for multi-use, passive cold chain systems, with its ability to handle larger payloads flexibly. Available in various sizes and temperature configurations with real-time location monitoring.
