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Kenneth De Muynck to Lead Expansion with New Manufacturing Plant in Malaysia

Singapore, 7 August 2023—Oliver Healthcare Packaging, a leading supplier of sterile barrier flexible packaging solutions to the global healthcare market, today announced the appointment of healthcare industry veteran Kenneth De Muynck as General Manager of its Asia Pacific division. In this new role, De Muynck will lead strategy and growth across Asia Pacific and will be based in Singapore, Oliver’s regional headquarters. De Muynck will leverage his vast experience in the healthcare and life sciences industries to provide general direction and oversight of all programs that impact productivity, continuous improvement, and customer satisfaction. 

In late June, Oliver Healthcare Packaging announced the acquisition of German-based packaging company EK-Pack Folien GmbH. The announcement was well received by the industry, and our team is excited to begin this journey together. To that end, we sat down with Oliver CEO Mike Benevento to talk about why expansion like this is so important. Here is what he had to say.

Acquisition of EK-Pack latest investment to bolster commitment to customers throughout Europe.

Philadelphia United States AND Wiggensbach Germany (29 June 2023) – Oliver Healthcare Packaging, a leading supplier of sterile barrier flexible packaging solutions to the global healthcare market, today announced the acquisition of EK-Pack Folien GmbH, a manufacturer of high-quality film and foil technology, located in Ermengerst-Wiggensbach, Bavaria, Germany. This acquisition includes Vacopack H. Buchegger AG, a fully owned subsidiary of EK-Pack, based in northeastern Switzerland. 

The Covid-19 pandemic exposed severe weaknesses in the global supply chain for medical device packaging. As a result, Oliver is committed to investing in regionalizing our supply chain. Recently, Oliver CEO, Mike Benevento, sat down with Medical Device Development magazine to discuss key developments, such as the expansion of our Venray, Netherlands facility, in preparation for any similar disruptions in the future. 

Singapore, 20 February 2023 - Oliver Healthcare Packaging (Oliver), a leading healthcare company driving quality and innovation in medical packaging, has announced that it will establish a new manufacturing facility in the southern state of Johor in Malaysia, its largest regional plant. The company broke ground on the 122,000-square foot facility today, which is located within the i-Tech Valley, an integrated industrial park in the established economic zone of Iskandar Puteri, Johor. The plant is scheduled to open in the first quarter of 2024 and will supply its rapidly growing Asia-Pacific customer base. 

Our team in China, along with many people around globe, just celebrated the 2021 Spring Festival and entered the Lunar New Year, the Year of Ox. Ox is one of China’s Zodiac and in Chinese culture the ox is a hard-working and docile animal. It symbolizes diligence, dependability, strength, and determination. In Western culture, the ox symbolizes wealth and power, and Hinduism sees ox as representing good luck. 

Trevose, Pennsylvania, USA – Tuesday, September 29, 2020 – Last week, Oliver Healthcare Packaging Company celebrated the grand opening of an expanded manufacturing facility in Feasterville, Pennsylvania.

Trevose, Pennsylvania, USA – August 25, 2020 – Oliver Design LLC, a new business unit of Oliver Healthcare Packaging Company, a leading provider of global healthcare packaging, today announced the acquisition of Kansas City Design (KCD). KCD is a premier product and packaging design firm, having served customers in the life sciences industry since 2004 from their design center in Lambertville, New Jersey. KCD has deep expertise in the design and development of complex packaging systems for pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical therapies. Some of these therapies include cold form foil, blister packaging, prefilled syringes, autoinjectors, transdermal and microneedle patches, wearable devices, and other biomedical therapeutic applications.

To our readers … you know by now that we never push our product through PackTalk. In this blog, we aim to educate & inspire, and ultimately start a discussion. But we’re breaking our own rule for this article.  The healthcare industry is conservative (rightfully so—in healthcare, lives are impacted). But with that said, we get excited when we see innovation in the industry, whether it comes from Oliver or someone else.

Its pioneering Dispos-a-vent® Barrier Pouch improves sterility and lowers costs for medical device manufacturers.

To Our Valued Customers:

First, let me begin by saying this: I hope you and your families, friends, and colleagues are safe and healthy during this challenging time. I recognize that many in the healthcare community are fighting COVID-19 from the front lines, and we appreciate everything that is being done to protect the health and well-being of people everywhere.

Trevose, Pennsylvania (USA) and Singapore – 26 February 2020 – Oliver Healthcare Packaging, a global leader in medical packaging, is proud to announce an expanded presence in Southeast Asia. With a larger team and a brand-new office & technical development center in Singapore’s Cintech 1 Science Park, Oliver is well positioned to support customers in the medical device, drug delivery, and diagnostics industries throughout Asia Pacific.

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Coating technologies reduce particulate generation by up to 96% in pharmaceutical manufacturing.

As the demand for prefilled and prefillable syringe applications grow, one consideration for many pharmaceutical manufacturers is particulate; in particular, how particulate can be reduced in the manufacturing process.

Medical device packaging is an important part of delivering your device to market safely and securely, yet there is no doubt that navigating the process can be a bit confusing and complex for device manufacturers. With decades of experience in assisting device manufacturers with their packaging design solutions, we offer the following three tips for a successful packaging design as a way of avoiding costly and time-consuming mistakes.

TREVOSE, Pennsylvania and ANAHEIM, California (January 29, 2019) – Oliver Healthcare Packaging, a leading supplier of sterile barrier flexible packaging to the global healthcare market, today announced the acquisition of CleanCut Technologies, a medical packaging provider based in Anaheim, California.

Grand Rapids, Michigan (USA) and Singapore – 7 August, 2018 – Oliver™ Healthcare Packaging, a leading provider of sterile barrier flexible packaging for the global healthcare industry, recently announced the opening of a new office in Singapore to support their growing customer base in the Asia Pacific market. 

Businesses of any kind find that, when doing business in China and other global locations, it helps to have facilities on the ground. Packaging is no exception.

Oliver Healthcare Packaging, based in Grand Rapids, Mich., provides sterile barrier flexible material and other packaging for pharmaceuticals, medical devices and related items. It recently opened a 68,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Suzhou, China, about 38 miles east of Shanghai.

Grand Rapids, Michigan and Suzhou, P.R. China - Oliver™ Healthcare Packaging, a leading provider of sterile barrier flexible packaging for the global healthcare industry, today announced the opening of a new 68,000 square-foot manufacturing facility in Suzhou, P.R. China. 

Oliver-Tolas^®Healthcare Packaging and Mangar Medical Packaging joined forces in May of last year and announce today that they will do business as Oliver. The new name and brand identity preserve the company’s legacy while reflecting its commitment to delivering the highest standards of Quality and Service for innovative healthcare packaging solutions.