Alcoa Flexible Packaging Introduces Pouch Express Printing

Alcoa Flexible Packaging, a leading supplier of pharmaceutical packaging materials, including extrusion and adhesive-mounted pouch rollstock, recently launched its Pouch Express rapid response printing program. Pouch Express provides pharmaceutical manufacturers with fine rotogravure printing from the Alcoa Flexible Packaging Downingtown Pharmaceutical Packaging Center on small quantities, as little as 3 million square inches, in six weeks or less.

Alcoa Flexible Packaging, a leading supplier of pharmaceutical packaging materials, including extrusion and adhesive-mounted pouch rollstock, recently launched its Pouch Express rapid response printing program. Pouch Express provides pharmaceutical manufacturers with fine rotogravure printing from the Alcoa Flexible Packaging Downingtown Pharmaceutical Packaging Center on small quantities, as little as 3 million square inches, in six weeks or less. Eight industry standard Alcoa Pharma-PouchTM specifications, designed for multiple end-use applications, such as gel-caps, capsules, powders and tablets, are available for surface printing within the Pouch Express printing program, and include both paper and film exteriors. Alcoa Flexible Packaging, based in Richmond, Virginia, manufactures a variety of packaging materials including extrusion and adhesive laminated pouch materials, overwraps and linerstock, blister lidding foil, thermoformed trays, cable wrap, plastic shrink sleeve body labels, and Reynolon® Shrink Film. These packaging materials serve the world's leading consumer products manufacturers within the pharmaceutical, medical, food & beverage, and industrial markets. Alcoa is the world's leading producer of primary aluminum, fabricated aluminum and alumina, and is active in all major aspects of the industry. Alcoa serves the aerospace, automotive, packaging, building and construction, commercial transportation and industrial markets, bringing design, engineering, production and other capabilities of Alcoa#s businesses as a single solution to customers. In addition to aluminum products and components, Alcoa also markets consumer brands including Reynolds Wrap® aluminum foil, Alcoa® wheels, and Baco® household wraps. Among its other businesses are vinyl siding, closures, precision castings, and electrical distribution systems for cars and trucks. The company has 127,000 employees in 39 countries.