Country Business Reports interviews and articles by Discovery Reports Discoveryreports.com Pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies invest significantly in innovating and manufacturing medicines to ensure their products comply with stringent quality and safety regulations. Such valuable life-saving products need to be securely transported to patients across the globe. For this reason, pharmaceutical companies turn to Körber for its expertise in cartoning machines that produce sustainable parenteral secondary packaging and provide the highest level of protection. “The journey starts when customers discuss packaging design and not with the machine, which follows later. We discuss customer needs in detail and we do not stop until we arrive at the right solution. That is Körber’s commitment,” says Christoph Hammer, CEO of Körber Pharma Packaging, Switzerland. Körber specialises in monomaterial packaging solutions and machines. With its two Swiss-made machine types, its pharmaceuticals business area can serve order volumes from sizes of one lot up to millions. The German Design Award 2020-winning Dividella NeoTRAY, for example, is for high-speed and high-volume applications, while the Dividella NeoTOP is for small- to large-sized lots. NeoTRAY and NeoTOP by Dividella Solutions are engineered to produce compact and sturdy packaging. This translates to cost savings in logistics and warehousing for customers. End users such as physicians and patients also reap the benefits of smaller and lighter monomaterial packaging, which is more convenient to store, easier to use, and environmentally safe and recyclable. Continuously innovating to improve machine functionalities, Körber’s packaging lines are future-fit for digitalisation and support remote services for its global clientele. Now, Körber looks to Asia as the next growth frontier. It has started making inroads to China and South Korea, and is looking to further expand its Asian footprint. With the number of pharmaceutical companies focused on generic products in Asia, Körber sees opportunities to provide them with the same quality packaging used by their branded counterparts. Körber is also open to working with material suppliers who can deliver cardboard of consistent quality. www.koerber-pharma.com