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CCL Label Montreal inaugurates new facilities with one-of-a-kind event
SAINT-BRUNO, QC , Oct. 24, 2013 /CNW Telbec/ - Pierre Déry, General Manager of CCL La...
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\nSAINT-BRUNO, QC, Oct. 24, 2013 /CNW Telbec/ - Pierre Déry, General\n Manager of CCL Label Montreal, today presided over the official opening\n of the company's new facilities, following more than six months' work\n to expand the existing plant, which had become too small to keep pace\n with the company's robust sales growth. Geoffrey T. Martin, President\n and Chief Executive Officer of CCL Industries, attended the ceremony,\n which took place in conjunction with the exhibition Pharmaceutical Printing, The Human Factor a one-of-a-kind event dedicated to pharmaceutical printing and\n packaging.\n\n\nCCL Label Montreal is the only printing firm in Quebec entirely\n dedicated to the pharmaceutical industry. In 2013 it invested close to\n $5 million to add 20,000 square feet to its Saint-Bruno facility and\n bring it up to state-of-the-art standards, including new flexography\n printing equipment.\n\n\n\"In the past five years, we've seen growth of approximately 75%, and our\n workforce has expanded from 75 employees in 2008 to more than 140\n today,\" Mr. Déry said, adding: \"This outstanding progress is the result\n of a constant quest for quality aimed at improving our response to\n clients' requirements.\" This latest investment will eventually lead to\n the hiring of some 20 new employees.\n\n\nPrinting and packaging for the pharmaceutical industry require specific\n expertise, not the least of which is the need for rigorously accurate\n presentation of information so as not to endanger users' lives. \"For\n the past nine years, we've invested several tens of millions of dollars\n in support of our Quebec operations,\" Mr. Martin explained.\n\n\n\"Our employees are trained to the strictest industry standards, and our\n processes are internationally renowned. This is what differentiates us\n from the competition and enables us to continually grow our market.\"\n\n\nThe exhibition Pharmaceutical Printing, The Human Factor: a first for Montreal\n\n\nMore than 400 people turned out for the trade exhibition Pharmaceutical Printing, The Human Factor. In collaboration with some 40 suppliers, CCL Label Montreal devoted\n considerable human and financial resources to put together this\n specialized exhibition and organize tours of its pharmaceutical\n printing facility. With its emphasis on the primary reason for the\n c...