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PolyOne Announces Expansion in Costa Rica with Healthcare-Focused Distribution Services

PolyOne Corporation, a premier global provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions, has announced it is expanding its successful distribution business into Costa Rica. PolyOne’s presence in this new market will initially focus on healthcare applications and could broaden...

David F. Harty Joins Systech International as Vice President

Systech International, a leading provider of Packaging Execution System (PES) technology to help protect product integrity and authenticity, today announced that David F. Harty has joined the team as Vice President. Mr. Harty will be responsible for leading the architecture,...

Nordson Corporation Enters Agreement to Acquire EDI Holdings, Inc.

Nordson Corporation today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin-based EDI Holdings, Inc. (Extrusion Die Industries), a leading provider of slot coating and flat polymer extrusion dies for plastic processors and web converters. The...

Nonin Medical, Inc. Announces FDA 510(k) Clearance Expanded Labeling for Onyx® Vantage 9590 Professional Fingertip Pulse Oximeter at ATS Annual Meeting

Nonin Medical, Inc., the inventor of finger pulse oximetry and a leader in noninvasive medical monitoring, today announced commercial release with expanded labeling claims for its Onyx® Vantage 9590 professional fingertip pulse oximeter. The new labeling allows the Onyx Vantage...

B. Braun management to discuss risk mitigation in medical device outsourcing at 2012 MD&M East conference

Three top managers from B. Braun Medical Inc. will discuss risk mitigation in contract manufacturing of medical devices at the 2012 Medical Design & Manufacturing (MD&M) East conference, May 21-24 in Philadelphia. The B. Braun OEM Division (www.bbraunoem.com) of B....

Aspect Automation partners with Universal Robots to become first US distributer

Aspect Automation, a leading manufacturer of custom automation machinery, and Universal Robots, a global Danish robotics manufacturer, are pleased to announce their partnership in the US market. Aspect Automation will introduce one of the robots at the ATX East Show...

Ferguson new technical manager at INX International

Ken Ferguson recently joined INX International Ink Co. as Technical Manager for Distributors. With more than 25 years industry experience, he has assumed national responsibilities in his new position. Mr. Ferguson comes to INX after spending the last 18 years...

Bemis, DDL, Earth911 and Heinz Join the American Institute for Packaging and the Environment (AMERIPEN)

The American Institute for Packaging and the Environment (AMERIPEN) announced that four additional companies in the packaging value chain have joined the organization as Voting Members: Bemis Company, Inc., an international supplier of flexible packaging and pressure-sensitive materials; DDL, a...

PRISYM ID to Exhibit Best-of-Breed Labeling Solution at the Medical Design & Manufacturing East Conference 2012

PRISYM ID, leaders in labeling and identification solutions will be exhibiting at the Medical Design & Manufacturing (MD&M) East Conference on May 22 - 24 in Philadelphia, USA on booth #1465. PRISYM will be demonstrating Medica, a purpose designed enterprise...

Berlin Packaging Acquires Lerman Container

Berlin Packaging, a leading full-service supplier of plastic, glass, and metal containers and closures, today announced the acquisition of Connecticut-based Lerman Container in a transaction that expands the company's geographic coverage and team of packaging solution experts. The combined company...

MN Thermal Science announces the expansion of their Regional Service Center facility in Plymouth, MN.

In alignment with their strategy of providing "outside-the-box " solutions to address their clients' "inside-the-box" business challenges; MN Thermal Science is pleased to announce the expansion of their Regional Service Center in Plymouth, MN. The decision to increase capacity was...

Green Bay Packaging Coated Products Operations earn FSC® Certification

All U.S. locations of Green Bay Packaging Inc.’s Coated Products Operations achieved the Forestry Stewardship Council™ (FSC®) chain of custody certification (FSC-C110428) for pressure-sensitive roll label stock. By achieving FSC® chain of custody certification, Coated Products joins a select global...

Bio/Pharmaceutical Publications at the PDA Bookstore

Cleaning Validation: Practical Compliance Solutions for Pharmaceutical Manufacturing, Volume 1 and 2 By Destin LeBlanc The two volumes Cleaning Validation: Practical Solutions for Pharmaceutical Manufacturing by Destin LeBlanc contains a complete, modified and updated collection of his Cleaning Memos. Volume...

PharMEDium Highlights Enhanced Labeling for ICU Services at Critical Care Expo

Amy Langan, Vice President of Marketing and Business Development, announced that PharMEDium will highlight its enhanced labeling for sterile intravenous compounded ICU Services at the National Teaching Institute (NTI) and Critical Care Exposition, May 19-24, 2012 in Orlando, Florida. Ms....

Guillaume Fauche, one additional Expert at Cermex Inc.

We, at CERMEX Inc. are pleased to introduce Guillaume Fauché as our new Customer Service Manager handling all the retrofit projects in North America. Guillaume has been gaining experience at both our manufacturing facilities in France since January 2nd and...

AlpVision and Nolato Medical Announce Joint Collaboration to Protect Primary Plastic Packaging for the Pharmaceutical Industry

Coined the “crime of the 21st century,” counterfeiting of pharmaceutical products accounts for an estimated $600 billion in global trade. Among other preventive measures, packaging can play an important role in deterring copying, tampering or package pilferage. In response, AlpVision,...

Contract Manufacturing in India and China Backed by Government Policies

Contract Manufacturing Organizations (CMO) will reap the rewards as pharmaceutical production becomes increasingly globalized, according to a new report by business intelligence experts GBI Research. The new report* anticipates that the global CMO market will grow steadily due to the...

Aer Lingus signs master lease agreement with CSafe LLC

Aer Lingus Cargo, which offers airport to airport cold chain transportation services to and from key markets in Ireland and the US, has signed a master lease agreement with CSafe LLC, manufacturer of the only FAA approved active temperature-controlled RKN...

Crown Holdings, Inc. To Build New Beverage Can Plant In Sihanoukville, Cambodia

Crown Holdings, Inc., a leading supplier of metal packaging products worldwide, announced today that it will build a new beverage can plant in Sihanoukville, Cambodia to meet growing demand. Sihanoukville is on the Gulf of Thailand approximately 200 km from...

Messe Düsseldorf to promote medical trade fairs at AACC 2012

Messe Düsseldorfwill participate in the 2012 AACC Clinical Lab Expo in order to promote its worldwide program of international medical trade fairs, including MEDICA 2012, International Trade Fair with Congress - World Forum for Medicine (to be held from November...

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