Pharmaceutical

Marchesini Group is counting down toward the opening ceremony of its new logistics building, which will be held during a five-day open house October 18-22, 2010. The new structure, which will house the group’s logistic activities, is the result of a project focusing on eco-compatibility and environmental sustainability. The new building will be located in Pianoro, Bologna, next to the Marchesini Group Headquarters.

Canon Communications, the B-to-B leader exclusively serving the advanced manufacturing sector, is pleased to announce the acquisition of four key media brands worldwide assets from Reed Business Information including Packaging Digest, Electronic Design News (EDN), Design News, and Test & Measurement World.

Premier Purchasing Partners LP awards Safecor Health L.L.C. (Woburn, MA) a three-year, multi-source agreement for pharmaceutical repackaging services. Under terms of the agreement, Safecor Health will provide Premier members a flexible and comprehensive menu of unit-dose and bar-coded repackaging services geared toward each client's unique packaging needs and medication safety initiatives.

The Mornshausen facility of Optima Group Pharma, where Klee manufactures its freeze driers, has been busy recently with an open house day for employees, open door days for clients, which was then followed by a training course on pharmaceutical lyophilization.

The first open door day was dedicated to Klee’s employees and their families, which highlighted the lines’ mere dimensions: The systems in the vast assembly halls — custom-built to contain them — soar up 13 meters high.