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Prent Wins Three SPE Thermoforming Awards
JANESVILLE, WI—October 17, 2007—Prent Corporation, the global leader of custom medical thermoform
packaging, won three top awards at the 17th Annual Thermoforming Parts Competition of the Society of Plastics
Engineers’ (SPE) Thermoforming Division. The awards ceremony was held in conjunction with the groups’ Annual
Conference held recently in Cincinnati.
Two medical packages and an industrial product proved to be winning designs for Prent Corporation. “ These awards
not only honor our talented product development teams, but also our manufacturing division, who worked hand-inhand to achieve the design and production innovations introduced in these projects,” says Joseph T. Pregont,
President and Chief Executive Officer of Prent Corporation, one of the world’s largest custom thermoformers of
medical and precision electronics packaging.
Gold Award Winner: VertiKlean MAX
Winning a Gold Award in the Industrial Roll-Fed category was Prent’s
VertiKlean® MAX©, a light-weight disposable applicator from Contec,
Inc., for spreading disinfectant solutions onto clean room surfaces. A
proprietary retractable snap design allows the user to attach a sterile mop
onto a reusable frame with just one hand. A rigid APET thermoform is
glued onto the estar foam applicator to provide rigidity without added bulk,
improve cleaning capabilities and reduce supply costs.
Silver Award: EndoGastric Solutions’ StomaphyX Tray
A Silver Award in the Medical Roll-Fed category went to Prent’s
StomaphyX™ tray for EndoGastric Solutions, Inc. The 40” long, one-piece
tray holds a sterile, single-use device for treating patients with severe
obesity. The design combines flaps, snaps and precise cavitations to securely
present device components in sequential order of use, plus offers numerous
cost savings.
Bronze Award: St. Jude Introducer TS Tray
Garnering a Bronze Award in the Medical Roll-Fed category was the St.
Jude Introducer TS Tray, designed to hold and protect a product used to
access the left atrium during complex cardiac procedures. A small
clamshell lid protects delicate distal-tips for transit, while a larger lid
holds a guide wire and catheter handle in place. Products can be removed
all at once in the operating room or remain in the tray for individual use
as needed. Ten different product lines can be assembled and shipped in
this tray, providing cost and labor savings for the manufacturer and the
end-users.
ABOUT PRENT C ORP ORATION: Prent is the world’s leading
designer and producer of thermoform packages for the medical industry. Headquartered in Janesville, WI, it has over
1,000 employees worldwide at its operations in Wisconsin, Arizona, Singapore, Malaysia, Shanghai and Puerto Rico.
Prent is ISO 9001:2000 certified, manufactures in Class 100,000 production and secondary clean room
environments, and utilizes Six Sigma lean initiatives, process excellence and continuous process improvement.
For more information visit www.prent.com or contact Vicki Damron, Prent Marketing, at 608-758-1150 or
[email protected]