Australian healthcare label company acquired by CCL

18 March, 2010

Canadian label giant CCL Industries has acquired Purbrick, a privately held company based in Melbourne, which supplies patient information leaflets and pressure sensitive labels to global pharmaceutical customers located in Australia. The purchase price was $2 million.

Geoffrey Martin, president and CEO of CCL, comments: “Purbrick will change its trading name immediately to CCL Label and become part of our global network of GMP-designated label supply facilities for the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies. I am very pleased that the company’s management team has agreed to remain with us on a long-term basis.”

CCL Industries now employs some 5,600 people and operates 59 production facilities globally.