We’ve created our very own 12 days of Christmas for the life science sector. Medical Plastics News, Digital Health Age and European Pharmaceutical Manufacturer put a festive feel on the news in 2016.
12 Days of Xmas
On the first day of Christmas life science gave to me…
…voices from the industry
As a fond farewell to 2016, MPN’s movers & shakers, the key figures behind some of the sector’s most well-known companies, revealed some interesting facts about their success in the medical plastics sector
Aaron Johnson, Accumold revealed that after micro-moulding (what else?) he loves nothing more than telling a story:
Aaron Johnson
“I have the great pleasure in telling the Accumold story to the world. We offer a great service to our customers and I love spreading the news. The opportunity to meet new people, in new places is an exciting aspect of what I do.”
Johnson picked out he best business moments of 2016 as being Medtec Japan, Accumold’s first Japanese tradeshow.
“It was an excellent week meeting current vendors and customers as well as creating new opportunities,” he revealed.
For more than 30 years Accumold has been dedicated to the art of micro-moulding. When it comes to pushing the limits with micro plastics, it’s the experience that is key, not the machine, he said.
Looking good
He says the best piece of advice he’s ever received was to “make his boss look good” and adds that he strives to be a good reflection of his boss’ trust”.
So is there anything Johnson would do differently?
“If I could go back in time I would explore the world more as a young person. I would look to have spent time working abroad stretching my perspectives of different places and cultures,” he revealed.
The fifth Beatle
Revealing that if he could do things differently he would “practice harder on my bass guitar and come back as the next Paul McCartney”, Bing Carbone, told MPN that he loves working with the talented people at Modern Plastics, loves his customers and that his leadership skills have played a key part in the success of the business.
Bing Carbonne
“As I’ve said before, I manage my business, but my customers run our business,” stated Carbone who said the best piece of advice he’s ever been given is to remember he’s ALWAYS on display.
Holding her hands up to over-booking and battling her own schedules, Caitlyn Scaggs, Polymer Solutions, revealed it’s the people that make her job so enjoyable – “brilliant passionate, scientists”.
Scaggs said that her best business moment of the last year was the purchase of a high-temp GPC which represented the health and growth of the company.
Being curious and consistently looking for new ways to accomplish goal is what Scaggs said has led to success - “I ask questions and surround myself with smart people” she admitted.
Caitlyn Scaggs
Best piece of advice ever received? “Give someone the opportunity to say no. There is nothing to lose in asking for what you want, if you ask in a professional way. This is my father advice, which makes it all the more meaningful,” she shared with MPN.
Questioning mind
Terry Whitmore, Henniker revealed that it’s the diversity of the organisations he deals with that make his job so pleasurable.
“Plasmas can solve numerous manufacturing issues relating to a range of materials. I can be speaking to a global manufacturer one day and a start-up the next – the materials and challenges are often similar,” he revealed.
Terry Whitmore Henniker
Believing that Henniker’s people are behind the company’s success, Whitmore told us that the best piece of advice he ever received was someone asking him ‘would you be happy with that? He now asks himself this same question many times a day.