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“The facility sets itself apart from most facilities we have seen
in any manufacturing industry,” he said.
“In 2018, we are looking to add a drop lot to our operations to
enhance our direct shipping offering for our customers. This will
allow us to minimize wait time for truckers, creating efficiencies
and saving money for our customers and us.
“We are also assessing adding equipment to existing aerosol
lines to allow for more flexibility and capabilities but not necessarily
capacity,” Wright added.
“We do want to assess additional GMP compliant capacity
for the personal care market. We see personal care customers
as a strong fit to our Lean model. Expanding capacity for this
market is a natural progression of our lean journey.
“Also in 2018, we will replace three case sealers with new stateof
the-art case sealers and replace one case packer with brand
new case packers to address the changing packaging needs driven
by e-commerce. We will also install additional blending tanks to
improve our blending flexibility for our customers.”
Wright concluded, “Aerofil has a strategy of remaining an
independent aerosol filler and not owning competing brands
with our customers. All of our R&D and innovation efforts are
conducted jointly with our customers and under strict confidentiality
agreements.”
International fillers flourish
In September, ASM Aerosol-Service AG, Möhlin, Switzerland,
successfully passed its second U.S. Food & Drug Association
(FDA) inspection since 2015. The intensive, one-week assessment
was both a routine inspection and a Pre-Approval Inspection for
a new pharmaceutical product set to enter the U.S. market in
2018.
The FDA inspected the entire ASM Quality Management System
for cGMP2 compliance and for compliance with applicable
FDA regulations. The evaluation included the review of production
facilities, processes, quality systems and quality control.
“The second FDA inspection proves that ASM operates GMP
production facilities with a high-performance Quality Management
System,” explained Peter Bernauer, CEO of ASM.
“In order to achieve this, our teams broadly invest in development
and continuously implement improvements in order to
comply in all ASM departments to the highest extent possible
with increasingly stringent regulatory standards and requirements.”
In 2017, Toyo & Deutsche Aerosol GmbH, Neutraubling,
Germany, began filling aerosol hair color products for a global
cosmetic brand to be launched in various regions.
Swadlincote, UK aerosol business Reabrook is aiming for
global expansion after landing a £5.5million ($7.2 million)
invoice finance facility from financer HSBC. This will allow Reabrook
to focus on growing its Arrow Solutions brand in China,
which provides degreasing products to manufacturers and the
rail, transport and oil and gas industries. This expansion follows
the set-up of a new company, Arrow Shanghai Trading Co. Ltd.
in 2016, supported by HSBC China.
Filler fast track
The grass didn’t grow under the feet of filler
personnel last year. Precise Packaging promoted
Radhika Srinivasan to Quality Manager.
She oversees both quality assurance and quality
control for the company. Srinivasan joined
Precise in 2015, having previously served in
India as head of quality control analytical at
Novozymes South Asia, Pvt Ltd for five years
and as a team leader at Biocon Ltd.
Srinivasan
Formulated Solutions announced that pharmaceutical industry
executive Trevor Lewis joined the company as VP of Quality
& Regulatory. Lewis has 30 years of leadership experience within
analytical chemistry, quality, regulatory, GxP
compliance, drug development, engineering,
cGMP manufacturing and validation for sterile,
aerosol inhalation, topical and oral solid dosage
forms. Lewis is also joining the Formulated
Solutions Senior Leadership Team, having
previously been employed at Mitsubishi Chemical
Holdings, Catalent Pharma Solutions and
Lewis
Abbott Labs.
Lewis brings to the company extensive regulatory experience in
leading and managing FDA, European Medicines Agency (EMA),
Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (ANVISA) and UK Medicines
& Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) audits
and facility approvals.
As a certified Lean Six Sigma leader, he provides strategic
guidance, leadership and quality solutions designed to help
ensure healthy relationships with regulatory authorities and
customers.
M. Scott Carpenter joined Formulated Solutions
as VP of Marketing & Partner Innovation.
Carpenter has 20 years of experience in the
field of consumer-centric package development,
including his most recent position as Senior
Associate Director of Packaging Innovation &
Development for Bayer Consumer Care. He
Carpenter
has responsibility for acquisition and development of brand
owner partnerships and the co-development of innovative product
platforms servicing the global healthcare, O-T-C, medical
device and pharmaceutical industries. Additionally, he guides
R&D resources on internally funded speculative
development efforts, geared toward creation of
novel technology platforms.
Toyo & Deutsche Aerosol GmbH appointed
Dirk Baeckmann as Head of Sales.
Colep appointed Andres Labadie as the new
Sales Manager for the North American region.
He has extensive experience in international sales
and brand development in the wines & spirits and
packaging technology markets, having previously been Business
Development Manager at Viventions and International Sales
Manager at Amcor. Spray
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