Pharma Production Line Specialist Joins Travtec

Jake Barnes has been appointed Technical Sales Manager to strengthen Travtec’s Sales and Technical Support service, developing tailored coding and verification solutions utilising the company’s wide product portfolio, which has recently been further expanded with the introduction of the extensive Lixis range of systems, including blister vision, pin hole detection, OCR/OCV, code reading and grading.

A trained mechanical biased engineer, Jake has extensive experience of the pharmaceutical sector, including the design, installation and validation of new production and packing lines, having spent over 12 years with Catalent Pharma Solutions and Cardinal Health in a variety of engineering and project roles.  

“We are delighted to welcome Jake to Travtec,” commented Managing Director Harry Thomason. “His in-depth knowledge in areas such as track and trace and validation will be invaluable to help develop systems to meet the specific needs of our pharmaceutical customers, and this has particular relevance with the requirements of the forthcoming Falsified Medicines Directive.”

Travtec Ltd, www.travtec.co.uk.