Harro Höfliger szállít csomagológépet a koronavírus elleni vakcinához

Az Harro Höfliger telephelyén Backnangban jelenleg egy csomagológép épül a vials vakcina csomagolására. (Fotó: Harro Höfliger)

Most everything now needs to happen quickly – the production and transportation of the BioNTech and Pfizer vaccine pose a significant challenge. The Harro Höfliger Verpackungsmaschinen GmbH from Allmersbach im Tal plays a key role in packaging the vials with the vaccine.

Aim is close: The vaccine from BioNTech and Pfizer has already been approved in some countries. But in order for this coveted and valuable commodity to reach patients, millions of filled injection vials must be securely packaged. At the Backnang site of Harro Höfliger Verpackungsmaschinen GmbH, a high-performance packaging line has been built in record time over the past few weeks. It will package the delicate glass vials into folding cartons, label them, and print relevant data on them.

The joy is great among the medium-sized company from Allmersbach im Tal, to be able to contribute to combating the Corona pandemic. "We are proud to be a link between the production of the vaccine and the supply chain to the people," says CEO Thomas Weller. Nonetheless, he respects the challenge: "This is not our first packaging line for vaccine vials. Still, we have never before faced the task of manufacturing such a system in such a short period. We only manage this because the motivation and support within our workforce for this project are extremely high."

To deliver its machines as quickly as possible to Pfizer's Belgian production site, Harro Höfliger pulls out all the stops. For this order, production capacities were redistributed, and a shift model was created for mechanical and electrical assembly as well as commissioning. Even on Saturdays and during the typically quieter days between Christmas and New Year, work continues at the Lerchenäcker site on the horizontal cartoning machine MKT under high pressure. Simultaneously, the Modular Quality System (MQS) is being developed at the Satteldorf location near Crailsheim for labeling, serialization, laser coding, and quality control of the folding cartons filled with the vaccine.