The DualDose packaging is manufactured using recyclable resins with UPI’s proprietary in-line modified BFS process.
“UPI's DualDose system is designed to keep two components separate until the point of use. When the user bends the outer tube to snap the inside vial, the two components become mixed,” said Les Greer, UPI’s Senior Packaging Engineer.
“The mixed components are then dispensed by twisting the tip of the outer tube off and squeezing.”
The outer tube can be pre-printed to meet customer's product marketing needs, UPI also stated.
Market shift toward single use packaging
The Idaho-headquartered company views DualDose, as applicable to a wide range of cosmetics and personal care products, as well as for medical purposes.
Market segments such as Medical Device, OTC drugs, Personal Care & Cosmetics and Veterinary are all moving to single use packaging options, according to UPI, which has a long history of manufacturing packaging for cosmetics and personal care products in unit dose, bottle, pouch and tubes.
Earlier this year the firm expanded its unit dose packaging capacity for contract cosmetic and personal care packaging, oral health care, veterinary and pharmaceutical customers with the addition of pouch and sachet packaging machinery.
Vice president of business development, Clint Marshall, described pouch packaging as one of the best ways to market sample or retail products.
“We will continue to invest to keep the pace with the increased demand for unit dose packaging,” he said.