SAINT-BRUNO,
QC, Oct. 24, 2013 /CNW Telbec/
- Pierre Déry, General Manager of CCL Label Montreal, today
presided over the official opening of the company's new facilities,
following more than six months' work to expand the existing plant,
which had become too small to keep pace with the company's robust
sales growth. Geoffrey T. Martin,
President and Chief Executive Officer of CCL Industries, attended
the ceremony, which took place in conjunction with the exhibition
Pharmaceutical Printing, The Human Factor a one-of-a-kind
event dedicated to pharmaceutical printing and packaging.
CCL Label Montreal is the only printing firm in
Quebec entirely dedicated to the
pharmaceutical industry. In 2013 it invested close to $5 million to add 20,000 square feet to its
Saint-Bruno facility and bring it
up to state-of-the-art standards, including new flexography
printing equipment.
"In the past five years, we've seen growth of
approximately 75%, and our workforce has expanded from 75 employees
in 2008 to more than 140 today," Mr. Déry said, adding: "This
outstanding progress is the result of a constant quest for quality
aimed at improving our response to clients' requirements." This
latest investment will eventually lead to the hiring of some 20 new
employees.
Printing and packaging for the pharmaceutical
industry require specific expertise, not the least of which is the
need for rigorously accurate presentation of information so as not
to endanger users' lives. "For the past nine years, we've invested
several tens of millions of dollars in support of our Quebec operations," Mr. Martin explained.
"Our employees are trained to the strictest
industry standards, and our processes are internationally renowned.
This is what differentiates us from the competition and enables us
to continually grow our market."
The exhibition Pharmaceutical Printing,
The Human Factor: a first for Montreal
More than 400 people turned out for the trade
exhibition Pharmaceutical Printing, The Human Factor. In
collaboration with some 40 suppliers, CCL Label Montreal devoted
considerable human and financial resources to put together this
specialized exhibition and organize tours of its pharmaceutical
printing facility. With its emphasis on the primary reason for the
company's success — the human factor — the exhibition allows
attendees to familiarize themselves with every facet of the
industry.
CCL Industries, a world leader
CCL Industries is a world leader in specialty
label and packaging solutions for global corporations. With
headquarters in Toronto, the
parent company operates three divisions (Label, Container and Tube)
that employ 9,800 people in 87 sites on 5 continents. CCL
Industries is a publicly traded company in Canada (TSX: CCL.B).
Originally known as Graphiques Apex, CCL Label
Montreal has been specialized in printing and folding of
information leaflets as well as pharmaceutical labels since 1984.
In 2004, the company became a subsidiary of CCL Industries and has
since seen its market expand from Quebec to the United
States, as well as Australia, Europe and Asia.
SOURCE CCL Industries Inc.