Tamper evidence and brand protection are of utmost importance—especially for pharmaceutical packaging. Therefore the Schreiner ProSecure Competence Center together with the Schreiner MediPharm Business Unit, the market expert serving the pharmaceutical industry, has developed a new solution exposing any tampering attempt like cutting through the closure seal. The special design enables particularly flexible and cost-efficient integration of the cut-through indicator function.

Tampering with a folding box is frequently done by cutting through the closure seal and subsequently resealing the box with a transparent adhesive tape. The new cutthrough indicator function clearly signals this type of tampering, thus effectively protecting the contents of the packaging.

Flexible and Cost-Efficient

Schreiner ProSecure did not develop the cut-through indicator function as a standalone standard label but specifically as an additional modular feature. This enables the integration of the innovative feature in existing closure seals for current products as well as in newly developed seals. The single-layer structure ensures that the new feature can be integrated costefficiently into a wide variety of materials and printing substrates.

The graphic design of the seals can be customized, for instance by integrating guilloches.

Tailored Security

The special graphic design of the cutting layout with thin, long, and highly movable bars ensures that lateral shifts and small defects catch the eye particularly effectively. In addition, raised structures and irregular outer contours can optionally be integrated into the label. These measures enhance the visibility of any attempt to reclose the package by taping over and make tampering attacks even easier to notice. Moreover, specific wishes in terms of graphic design can be considered, such as guilloches as an additional authentication feature. The cut-through indicator function thus offers attractive and effective protection against the exchange of medicines in folding boxes.