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Innovation & Insights

We combine product design, engineering and science to create core differentiating technologies, leveraged across a variety of end markets. For over 75 years, we have been innovating products and solutions to improve the daily lives of millions of people around the globe.

Our Approach to Innovation

At Aptar, our approach to innovation is guided by our purpose: to transform ideas into solutions that improve everyday life for millions of people around the world. Operating across our Beauty, Closures and Pharma segments, we innovate with intent, leveraging deep consumer insights and market intelligence to develop solutions that meet consumer demands.

  • More Sustainable Solutions
  • Nasal Drug Repositioning
  • E-Commerce Capable Solutions
  • Digital Health Solutions

More Sustainable Solutions

Our sustainable product solutions span the beauty, personal and home care, pharmaceutical and food and beverage markets, aiming to reduce our environmental impact, especially with regard to recycling, reducing plastic waste, and promoting a more circular plastics economy.

Additionally, we innovate alongside our customers, suppliers, industry coalitions and nonprofits to enable progress toward their sustainability goals – and better outcomes for people and the planet. This means designing product solutions with sustainability in mind, striving to create solutions that are more recyclable, reusable and eliminating unnecessary packaging components. This also means creating processes that use less energy, use renewable energy and minimize the waste disposed in landfills.

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Nasal Drug Repositioning

Aptar Pharma is a world leader in nasal drug delivery. We specialize in reformulating existing drugs into nasally administered sprays or powders, offering a faster and less risky development process compared to new drug development. This approach, known as drug repositioning, or drug repurposing can extend the life of mature drugs and has benefits such as rapid onset of action, reduced side effects and non-invasive administration. Aptar Pharma’s nasal drug delivery systems deliver precise dosing and are easy to use.

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E-Commerce Capable Solutions

We specialize at thinking “Inside the Box” to improve the perception of our brand partners and minimize the environmental impact of our solutions. All of our e-commerce capable solutions* are ISTA-6 Amazon certified through on-site testing.

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*Ista-6 Overbox Testing Compliant. Test results may vary based on container shape, container size and sample formula.

Digital Health Solutions

Aptar Digital Health is enhancing the patient experiences through a comprehensive suite of digital health solutions, including Software-as-a-Medical-Device, connected devices, patient services and disease management platforms. Our Digital Health division operates across multiple therapeutic areas and leverages Aptar’s global footprint to deliver value-added products and services to millions of patients worldwide.

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Our Global Innovation Network

We leverage the expertise of the world to innovate and provide collaborative experiences for customers and partners to help them bring their products to life.

InVision Lab | Rueil-Malmaison, France

Aptar’s InVision Lab in Rueil-Malmaison, France showcases our approach to the design, engineering and protection technologies for some of our greatest product innovations. This collaborative space is where high tech and human touch meet to create a memorable experience with our customers and partners.

Go2Lab | Trumbull, CT

Accelerate your speed to market with Aptar Beauty’s Go2Lab.  We partner with you from design to delivery to help you bring your packaging from concept to development faster through our in-house services such as 3-D printing, Rapid Molding & Prototyping, and full lab services.

Asia Innovation Hub | Shanghai, China

Innovation plays a critical role in China’s overall modern development. The Design Innovation Institute Shanghai (DIIS) is a non-profit organization dedicated to collaborative innovation, bringing together experts across multiple industries and disciplines to create an innovation ecosystem. Aptar is part of this innovative infrastructure and works with this organization to access the expertise of the world and create greater customer and partner intimacy.

Aptar’s Innovation Network

Aptar partners with startups and top universities around the world – across 6 continents – leveraging their knowledge and entrepreneurial spirit to improve our products and solutions.

Innovative Product Solutions

  • APF Futurity™
  • Color Code PCR
  • NARCAN® Nasal Spray
  • Future Airless PET®
  • Heinz® Ketchup
  • Clarins Double Serum
  • Micro+ Futurity™
  • Future Disc Top

APF  FuturityTM

Aptar Pharma’s APF  FuturityTM nasal spray pump is our first nasal spray packaging solution that is rated “highly recyclable.” It uses only plastic materials and contains no metal parts. This solution answers the growing need for more recyclable drug product packaging solutions. Equally important, the change in design does not reduce the performance or microbiological integrity of the product, delivering precise and consistent doses of liquid preservative-free formulation every time.

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Color Code PCR Fragrance Pump

Color Code PCR is the first-to-market fragrance pump available in up to 67% Post-Consumer Recycled Resin (PCR) content. Our product offers a chic design and wide range of color options for brand differentiation. The use of recycled material highlights Aptar’s commitment to more sustainable packaging.

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NARCAN® Nasal Spray

Aptar Pharma played a pivotal role in developing a nasal spray delivery device for NARCAN®, an antidote for opioid overdose that can easily be administered quickly by anyone, anywhere. Using Aptar’s Unidose nasal spray system, first-responders can administer the life-saving treatment rather than going through the lengthy multi-step process of fiddling with a syringe and a needle. This product is the first U.S. FDA-approved nasally administered, needle-free, ready-to use medication that can stop or reverse the effects of an opioid overdose.

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Future Airless PET® Dispensing Pump

Aptar’s Future Airless PET® is the first large airless packaging solution that is both fully recyclable* and e-commerce capable**. A joint development by Aptar Beauty and Pinard Beauty Pack, this full packaging option combines Aptar’s multi award-winning, Future pump with Pinard’s patented Airless PET bottle-in-bottle design. This innovative solution is a perfect blend of style and sustainability. Future Airless PET was reviewed by  RecyClass to comply with the highest standards in recyclability.

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*With transparent PET. According Design for Recyclability Guidelines Available.

**Ista-6 Overbox Testing Compliant. Test results may vary based on container shape, container size and sample formula

Heinz® Ketchup

We have partnered with Kraft Heinz for over 40 years, transforming the way condiments are dispensed and enhancing the user experience. In the 1980s, our partnership helped introduce the first flip-top dispensing closure in the sauces and condiments market. In the 2000s, we upended the market, helping Kraft Heinz to launch its first inverted packaging using our SimpliSqueeze® valve technology. Our flow control valve provides a clean, convenient experience for consumers while minimizing product waste. Consumers have shown a clear preference in this packaging format which revolutionized the way condiment aisles look today.

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Clarins Double Serum

Our Aptar Beauty team collaborated with Clarins to develop the innovative pump for Clarins Double Serum. The packaging provides a unique delivery system to preserve the integrity of the formula. Our solution triggers the mixing process and delivers, in a single pump, the right dose to apply to the face. The push button can also be rotated to offer customers a different dosage to meet their needs.

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Micro+  Futurity™: Fully Recyclable Mono-material Airless+ Dispensers

Meet Micro+  Futurity™, our next-level Airless+ dispenser for dermal drug delivery. Our solution is reliable, delivering the formulation efficiently and with minimal waste. Additionally, our innovative solution is fully recyclable. Its Airless+ system is mono-material, consisting entirely of medical grade polyethylene (PE) resin. Aptar Pharma has embraced a systemic approach to incorporating sustainability and recyclability aspects into the design of all our products and validates the respective product features through the independent classifications received from organizations like cyclos-HTP.

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Future Disc Top

Aptar’s Future Disc Top is a fully-recyclable and e-commerce-capable locking disc top closure for beauty and personal care applications. Future Disc Top incorporates a locking/unlocking ring that ensures it remains secure during transit and minimizes potential breakage or leaks. This versatile closure can also help brands meet sustainability goals. Comprised of 100% polyethylene (PE), Future Disc Top closure creates a fully recyclable packaging solution when paired with PE and polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles.

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Technology Innovations

Read about our latest innovations which are transforming the dispensing industry.

15 Aug 2024

Aptar’s Nasal Unidose System Delivers FDA-Approved neffy® (epinephrine nasal spray...

Press Releases, Pharmaceutical, Product Solutions, Innovation & Insights, Customer Success Story, Device Innovations, Brand Differentiation

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4 Jul 2024

Free Access Pass to Meet Aptar Pharma at CPHI Milan 2024

Article, Pharmaceutical, Innovation & Insights, Device Innovations, Market Insights, Product Solutions

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10 Jun 2024

Aptar Digital Health Partners with SHL Medical

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29 May 2024

Aptar Digital Health and Iona Mind Partner to Deliver Mental Health Support

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Market Insights

We invite you to read about our deep understanding of consumer behaviors and what drives our customer’s markets.

22 Apr 2024

Navigating the Shift to more sustainable Low GWP propellants in pMDIs

Publications, Pharmaceutical, Market Insights, Product Solutions, Sustainability, Brand Differentiation

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10 Apr 2024

Aptar Pharma’s Airless⁺ System Delivers China Approved Rosacea Treatment

Press Releases, Pharmaceutical, Market Insights, Product Solutions, Innovation & Insights, Device Innovations, Brand Differentiation

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3 Apr 2024

Aptar Pharma Hosts Webinar on Derisking the Development of Sensitive Injectables with...

Webinars, Pharmaceutical, Device Innovations, Market Insights, Product Solutions

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3 Apr 2024

Delivering Nasally Administered Biologics

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Press Releases

Read our latest press releases focused on technology and innovation.

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15 AugustAug 2024

Aptar’s Nasal Unidose System Delivers FDA-Approved neffy® (epinephrine nasal spray)Aptar’s Nasal Unidose System Delivers FDA-Approved neffy® (epinephrine nasal spray)

Press Releases, Pharmaceutical, Product Solutions, Innovation & Insights, Customer Success Story, Device Innovations, Brand Differentiation

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Awards

Click on the articles below to read about our award-winning products and industry recognition.

25 Jun 2024

Aptar Named One of the World’s Most Sustainable Companies 2024 by TIME

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21 May 2024

Aptar Receives Platinum Rating from EcoVadis for the Fourth Consecutive Year

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2 Apr 2024

Aptar Among 2024 Best Employers in France by Capital

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29 Feb 2024

Aptar Named One of Barron’s 100 Most Sustainable U.S. Companies

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Careers at Aptar

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We’re always looking for smart, talented people to build upon our history of entrepreneurship and innovation.

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Our team of product and service experts is ready to help you create the next ground-breaking product or drug delivery system.

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