Rexam Healthcare, global leader in healthcare rigid plastic packaging and medical devices, will launch the latest version of its industry reference child resistant closure (CRC) – the Clic-Loc 4, in a few months.

The introduction is in anticipation of the rapid, worldwide growth in demand for oral dose packaging protection.

Rexam’s Clic-Loc is the first and only CRC available to combine more than 40 years of demonstrated safe and effective oral dose protection, adult-friendly operation and multiple manufacturer benefits. The Clic-Loc delivers superior ergonomics, is easily used on production lines, and creates an audible warning click to alert parents and caregivers.

The new Clic-Loc 4 will provide enhanced functionality and aesthetics, for industry-leading protection, production efficiency and product differentiation. For example, it is designed with a wider application torque window and offers enhanced decoration.

Importantly, the Clic-Loc 4’s senior-friendly, deeper and coarser outer knurling pattern improves grip and offers easier operation for adults, based upon market research. V-rings allow for a liner-less option and versatile 38mm stock options include printed word, printed pictogram, or raised and highlighted word versions. Custom graphics, printed with up to three colours, are available for superior visual appeal. Overall weight and height are reduced. With a positive on-drive, no push-down is required.

Like the current Clic-Loc, the new edition is shrink wrap friendly, and offers unsurpassed capper flexibility and variety. Importantly – with the ageing of the worldwide population – the Clic-Loc is designed for secure and frustration free usage by seniors and those with disabilities.

“The design of our Clic-Loc 4 underscores our commitment to putting patients first. There is worldwide awareness of, and concern about, the tragic increase in young children who are accidentally exposed to medicine. Organisations such as Safe Kids Worldwide report chilling statistics and, as global industry leaders, we have pre-emptively developed the CRC we believe is the answer – for children, parents and our customers,” said Russ Bryant, Global Marketing – Containers & Closures, Rexam Healthcare.

The Rexam Clic-Loc design was first introduced in 1972 and has earned over four decades of trust and confidence from the world’s most innovative, and leading healthcare product manufacturers, primarily because of its performance, features and production line compatibility.