To improve sustainability of the packaging and shipping of filter products, Optimized Pack solutions for Millistak+^® HC Pro Process Scale Pod filters have been developed to optimize transport and receiving processes as well as to reduce waste.

Process Scale manufacturing Secondary clarification post depth filtration or centrifugation. Effective removal of aggregates post viral inactivation or before virus filtration. Can also be utilized in downstream processing steps to protect chromatography columns.

The key benefits are:

• 42% average reduction in corrugated packaging material per product.
• 29% decrease in the number of pallets further reducing energy use and emissions.
• 75% reduction in operator time to open and manage the product and packaging.

36/pack Optimized packaging configuration includes 36 pods distributed in 3 boxes on one APAC standardized pallet (pallet size: 1100*1100mm).

Integrity is maintained after 1 autoclave cycle of 60 minutes at 123 °C. Filtration performance may be impacted post autoclave. Recommended for post-use decontamination only

MILLISTAK+ is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany