Universal BIB-BOB®

Decouple your primary and secondary packaging processes—enabling late-stage customization and greater efficiency—using our customizable, vendor-agnostic solution.

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Achieve late-stage customization in brownfield site operations

Increase efficiency by up to 25 percent, reduce downtime by up to 90 percent, and minimize disruption caused by frequent country batch changes—with Universal BIB-BOB®. 

Benefits

Higher OEE through decoupled manufacturing

Buffering blisters in bulk magazines allows your blister line to keep running while market-specific packaging steps happen later.

Reduced changeover-related downtime

Shift changeovers from the blister line to recipe-driven late customization achieve up to 90 percent less downtime.

Faster time-to-market 

Start neutral blister runs without waiting for pre-printed materials and bring new market introductions forward by 4 to 6 weeks.

Small batch flexibility

Produce personalized medicines, rare disease treatments, and other high-value, low-volume products with minimal setup loss, reduced downtime, and lower material waste.

Multi-OEM compatibility 

The logistics module interfaces with both Körber and third-party blister machines. It fits into existing line layouts for maximum flexibility. 

Scalable workflows

Adopt the late-stage customization concept quickly without replacing your existing blister machine.

Magazine material flexibility 

Standardize the buffering concept across sites with magazines available in cardboard, aluminum, plastic, and stainless steel.

Improved sustainability 

Reduce energy consumption and storage footprint by using generic materials, lowering your SKU count and eliminating outdated pre-printed stock.

In numbers

Higher OEE

+25%

By removing blister-line changeovers from the process you support continuous operation and more predictable production.  

Reduced downtime

90%

Batch bundling and late-stage customization avoid re-ramping after each market-specific run.

Micro-batch sizes 

70 blisters

Enable reliable production of very small batches starting from 70 blisters while meeting diverse market requirements and GMP constraints. 

Throughput

250 

The module supports one or two lanes and delivers throughput of up to 250 blisters per minute. 

Changeovers

< 30 mins 

Perform changeovers requiring very few parts in under 30 minutes, using recipe-driven settings for reproducibility and minimal downtime.

Faster go-to market time 

< 6 weeks

Accelerate global delivery by 4 to 6 weeks through on-demand secondary packaging and the elimination of pre-printed component lead times.

Specifications 

Industrial performance for small-lot optimization 

Universal BIB-BOB® covers common solid and parenteral blister formats within small-lot workflows and features: 

  • 1 to 2 lanes 
  • 120 or 180 pitch 
  • Blister format window ranges from 60 by 30 by 12 mm, to 195 by 110 by 12 mm 

Compare our BIB-BOB® platforms.

Machine series 

BE-BIB-BOB® 

Universal BIB-BOB® 

Compatibility 

Works exclusively with Körber BE series (BE3, 4, 6, 8). 

Works with any blister machine (Körber or 3rd-party OEMs). 

Ideal use case 

New installations or full-line Körber ecosystems. 

Brownfield upgrades or mixed-brand factories. 

Mobility 

Usually fixed or semi-integrated into the BE line. 

Mobile module, designed to be moved/docked. 

Operating mode 

Deeply integrated: shares the same HMI/UI as the BE. 

Universal interface: acts as a bridge between machines. 

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