Packaging system and manufacturing thereof

A method of packaging a product comprising:

• heating a first film of plastic material to a forming temperature at a thermoforming station until it is thermoformable;
• positioning a plurality of products to be packaged in the thermoforming station along with the heated first film;
• moving at least one of the heated first film and the plurality of products to be packaged in relation to each other until the plurality of products deforms the heated first film and forms a plurality of pockets in the heated first film, each of the pockets at least partially encapsulating at least one of the products in the plurality;
• forming flange portions in the heated first film around each of the pockets;
• curing the deformed first film with the plurality of products at least partially encapsulated in the pockets in the first film;
• attaching security tags to a first side of a packaging panel;
• covering the security tags with a second plastic film, the second film being placed over each of the security tags and attached to the first side of the packaging panel around each of the security tags;
• securing the flange portions of the first film to a second side of the packaging panel;
• and
• singulating the cured first film and the packaging panel to form a plurality of packaging assemblies, each of the packaging assemblies including a portion of the first film and a portion of the packaging panel, the portion of the first film having a pocket in which at least one of the products is retained and a flange which surrounds the pocket, the flange being secured to the portion of the packaging panel, the portion of the packaging panel of each of the packaging assemblies including one of the security tags covered by the second film.