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Belmark’s Bruce Bell was bestowed with the R. Stanton Avery Lifetime Achievement Award at the ceremony (pictured) to honour his continuous commitment to supporting the industry throughout his long career. A highly regarded ambassador fofor label printing, Bell was singled out for not only his success in establishing Belmark in 1977,
r. 7, but fofor actively encouraging and
inspiring upcoming talent through his involvement with the TLMI. In addition, three other category winners were unveiled. The Award for Innovation (for companies with over 300 employees), sponsored by Flint Group NarrowWeb, was presented to Jindal Films Americas for its development of PlatinumThermal. It is said to be one of the few ‘breakthroughs’ that come once every 20 years.
Eshuis BV collected the Award for Innovation (for companies with less than 300 employees), sponsored by Flint Group NarrowWeb. Eshuis was requested by Coca-Cola to develop a three-layer bow that could be applied at 40,000 bottles per hour as a standard Coke wrap-around label. In association with Constantia Flexibles,more than 130million labels were produced, divided over 21 different sizes. It increased Coca-Cola ’s sales volume and had a huge impact on socialmedia channels. Dow Chemical Company received the Award for Sustainability, sponsored by Jindal Films for its Chemical Sustainability To
y, Tool initiative. The
tool enables teams to evaluate sustainability challenges and opportunities, document their thoughts and communicate the results. Mike Fairley,
y, chair of the judging panel, commented: “It is the
anniversary of the Label Industry Global Awards and again, our have demonstrated that the sector is showing no sign of slowing down with regards to the level of technological innovation going on. The judges deliberated long and hard and we congratulate all of our winners and finalists on their achievements.”
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PCI Pharma Services announces European clinical site expansion
announced the expansion of its Bridgend UK Clinical site, one of ffo
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provide 37,500sq t of additional space in support of the secondary packaging and logistical services provided at the Clinical Services Centre of Excellence. PCI fefeatures highly specialised capability and expertise in supporting
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temperature-sensitive therapies, including Cold Chain and Ultra Cold Chain, at temperatures
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This is the latest in a series of significant investments by PCI in developing its Bridgend site as its business has flourished,most recently with a purpose-built and dedicated -40°C facility, as well as a broader Cold Chain capacity
harmaceutical outsourcing services provider, PCI Pharma Services, has
our PCI European-based locations supporting inve materials. Const September 12.
ruction began on stigational study
expansion that increased site storage by over 400 per cent. These investments at Bridgend mirror PCI investments at other European and North American sites, supporting services fofor clinical trials and its considerable business growth in this segment. The newbuilding is expected to open fofor business in early 2018. KevinWilliams, operations director at PCI, said: “With the market growth in biologics and the advent of biosimilars, the need for temperature-controlled therapies continues to increase. “It is estimated that up to 37 per cent of al l drugs in th e
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pharmaceutical industry pipeline currently are biologics. Likewise with advances in cell therapies and other cell- and tissue- derived treatments, there is increasing need fofor cryogenic temperature storage.
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Innoviaopens facilitytomanufacturenewbanknotesubstrate I
nnovia, one of the world’s leading providers of technologically advanced polymer banknote substrate, has opened its new start-of-f-the-art, high security plant at itsWigton site in Cumbria. The Bank of England’s new polymer £10 banknote substrate is being produced there, ready fofor circulation next summer. This fofollows the launch of the Bank of polymer ‘Fiver’, alsomanu
fafactured by Innovia, England’s new
which went into circulation in September. Both notes aremanufactured using Innovia’s
6 October 2016
Guardian polymer substrate and high-security ClarityT
yTMC film, whichmeans that the new
banknotes are uniquely identifiable due to an in-built ‘fingerprint’ in the polymer film.
The company hasmanufafactured approximately 50 billion banknotes fofor central banks around the world,which representsmore than 99 per cent of all the polymer banknotes ever circulated. This newfafacility inWigtonwill also be central to Innovia’s plans tomanufafacture Guardian polymer banknote substrate fofor global export.
The opening of the newplant brings the total amount invested in the past two years by Innovia, fofor its polymer banknote business in the Wigton site, towell over £40million and has led to the creation of an additional 80 skilled jobs. Mark Robertshaw, CEO of Innovia Group, said: “This is a proudmoment fofor everyone at
Innovia.We are delighted and honoured to be a key part of the Bank of England’s introduction of polymer banknotes and to inaugurate a truly state-of-the-art plant.”
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