About DDL: Testing Services Protocol Design Documentation Quality Assurance Pricing & Terms Contact DDL DDL In The News Package Prototyping Can Prevent Re-Testing & Product Recalls Time Is Still Money "Package Testing Firm Heads East" Greetings, The buzz words for today are Package Design and Prototyping. DDL is now offering complete package design, development, prototyping, consulting and qualification services to companies in the lifesciences industries. We are very excited to offer this new division of custom designed engineering services and look forward to helping you achieve packaging success now and in the future. Our principals leading this effort are expert lifesciences packaging engineers, with combined 50 years of package design, development and qualification experience for top tier medical device and pharmaceutical companies. Our package design and prototyping professionals have broad and deep packaging industry contacts which will provide you unparalleled access to the best packaging suppliers in the nation. Virtual Package Engineering In her article "Six Benefits of Outsourcing Your Packaging Engineering Activities - A Case for Virtual Package Engineering for the Medical Device Industries", Karen Greene discusses the challenges of advancing technology and life expectancy to the medical devices industry relative to the impact on the packaging professional and those responsible for the corporate package engineering function.  There are 6 major benefits to your company's business objectives to be derived through outsourcing: Benefit #1: Benefit #2: Benefit #3: Benefit #4: Benefit #5: Benefit #6: Reduced time to market Significant cost savings Innovation and design excellence More effective problem solving Regulatory compliance expertise Extended sourcing network, including rapid prototyping These 6 benefits illustrate how a product design team can leverage their own resources to effectively deploy the tools available in the market place. By outsourcing, your company demonstrates their keen business sense through the utilization of a virtual package engineering support team. Download Karen's article for a more in-depth look at these six benefits. Another big concept these days is Contract Package Testing. Packaging is a secondary process that must be performed in order to get a product to market. Because of the different set of skills required for package design and testing, many companies are outsourcing these functions to DDL. DDL offers all of the services required for package validation testing and provides those services in a timely and professional manner. A key component for successful contract package testing is the responsiveness of the company, as package validation is often the last critical point in the product design cycle. The use of a contract package testing lab can become a critical step in determining the best way to produce and market your new product. We are now pleased to offer our complete webinar series on-demand. DDL webinars are designed to give packaging professionals and manufacturers valuable insight into changing industry standards and emerging trends. All webinars are available on-demand, which means that you can access them whenever it is most convenient for you. Please pass this newsletter onto a colleague who may benefit from quarterly medical device packaging industry updates. Sincerely, Patrick Nolan COO, DDL & John E. Hart CEO, DDL