Thursday, January 5th, 2012
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Sealed Air has announced the acquisition of the Costa Rican operation of Advanced Thermoforming Enterprise (ATE) (Oceanside, CA, USA), a privately-owned medical thermoforming company. The business will be integrated into Sealed Air’s existing Medical Applications unit. Financial terms of ...
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Monday, February 7th, 2011
Two new one-day packaging conferences have been announced by Paul Lippke Handels-GmbH (Neuwied, Germany), a wholly-owned division of MOCON, Inc. (Minneapolis, MN, USA). The Latest Developments and Future Trends in Permeation Measurement and Avoiding Failures in Sterile Medical Packaging will be held at the Schloss Montabaur in Montabaur, Germany, 22-23 ...
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Monday, June 29th, 2009
Rexam Pharma has announced that its facilities in Neuenburg, Germany, and La Verpillière, France, have been certified to ISO 15378:2006. The norm, which was published in August 2006, is a complete quality system that combines ISO 9001 and GMP requirements for pharmaceutical primary packaging manufacturers. Rexam Pharma specialises in rigid plastic ...
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Friday, January 9th, 2009
It’s a wrap: Oliver Medical, a Mason Wells company, has acquired Tolas Healthcare Packaging effective December 31.
The integration of the two organizations will begin immediately; production and customer service at both companies will continue uninterrupted, according to Oliver Medical.
“We’re looking forward to building on the strength of both organizations,” said ...
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Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
The reading system that Frenchman Louis Braille devised in 1821 dramatically changed the life of the blind and visually impaired. The code's tactile features enabled them to read with their hands - after they had learned the Braille alphabet. Louis Braille based his research on an earlier form of the ...
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