PrePak Systems, Inc. - Pharmaceutical Packaging, Pharmaceutical Repackaging and Unit Dose Packaging

May 2009

Huggins Joins PrePak Systems as Vice President of Sales

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. Don Huggins joins PrePak Systems as the Vice President of Sales. In this role Don will be responsible for the sales growth of PrePak Systems as well as a sister company, Celeste Contract Packaging.

Prior to joining the senior leadership team at PrePak Systems, Don was the Vice President of Business Development for Catalent, formerly Cardinal Health Pharmaceutical Technologies and Services. During those twelve years his most recent responsibility was for the US and European Packaging sales teams. Don has thirty five years of successful experience in the medical products, consumer products, and pharmaceutical industries. During his career, the first twenty years were in operations and the past fifteen were in sales and business development
Don and his family reside in Wayne, New Jersey.

December 2008

PrePak Systems names Welch Vice President, General Manager

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. PrePak Systems, a six-year-old packaging company based in Cookeville, recently announced that William "Butch" Welch will take the responsibility of running their Cookeville location as vice president and general manager.

I have had the pleasure of working side-by-side with Butch for over 20 years," said Bob Allen, PrePak founder and chairman of its board of directors. "I know this is a great fit for Butch and that he will grow and continue to move PrePak in the right direction.

Allen hired Welch in the early '70s to work with him at the Keene Corporation in Cookeville. Welch graduated from Jacksonville State University with a B.S. in accounting and served at Keene as an accountant, material manager and controller.

He left Keene in the late '70s to work at Aquatech, a prewash denim business in Cookeville that grew to employ 1,600. There he served as plant manager, environmental director, production manager, controller and, later, as vice president of international operations with Greenwood Mills, the company that bought Aquatech in 1987. Welch moved back to Cookeville and joined PrePak Systems in 2006 as their controller.

"Butch has proven himself with his ability to grow domestic and international companies as well as raising a wonderful family, so he will be a great leader and public voice for PrePak Systems," said Allen.

Welch and his wife, Carol, have three children and six grandchildren. In his spare time, he enjoys golfing.

PrePak Systems, located on Fisk Road, runs a four-shift rotation with 160 employees.

About PrePak Systems

PrePak offers primary pharmaceutical fulfillment services for government, commercial and institutional markets. The company is a registered FDA facility and maintains DEA, GSA and Tennessee Board of Pharmacy licenses. Its capabilities include schedule drugs (CII-CV), Rx, OTC and Nutraceuticals, with batch or high volume fulfillment in bottling, blisters, pouching, kitting or reworks.

To learn more about PrePak Systems Inc, call 866-465-4506.