news release

HUECK FOILS NAMES GENE MATTHEWS
AS MANAGER OF APPLICATION ENGINEERING FOR HEALTHCARE

WALL, NJ -- Gene Matthews of Charlotte, North Carolina has joined HUECK FOILS, LLC as Application Engineering Manager for the company’s healthcare products, it was announced by George N. Thibeault, Jr., Hueck President and CEO. Based at Hueck’s Columbia, South Carolina plant, Mr. Matthews will serve as a liaison between the firm’s R&D and Applied Technology sectors located at their Weiden, Germany headquarters.

According to Mr. Thibeault, HUECK FOILS is currently expanding its South Carolina operations by adding a new, state-of-the-art coater/laminator which will enable the company to offer their pharmaceutical and food customers in the U.S. faster, more efficient service in providing flexible packaging materials.

Prior to joining HUECK FOILS, Matthews served as Technical Service Manager for Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Packaging at Reynolds’ (Alcoa) Flexible Packaging. With over 30 years of experience in the packaging field, he holds numerous patents in his name.

“Gene Matthews brings a wealth of in-depth knowledge of blister foils, pharma packaging machinery and the pharmaceutical market to his new position and HUECK FOILS, and we look forward to the contributions he can make in our overall product development and to our worldwide technical sales force,” Thibeault said.
A leading converter of foils and films for the healthcare industry, HUECK FOILS is a subsidiary of Hueck Folien GmbH & Co. KG, Germany, one of the world’s largest independent foil and film converters. With facilities in Columbia South Carolina; Weiden, Germany; Baumgartenberg, Austria; Weinstadt, Germany; and Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium, Hueck holds ISO 9001/EN 29001 certification for professional competence and customer-oriented emphasis on quality.

Hueck technologies and services include lamination, coating, rotogravure and flexographic printing, metallizing, slitting, in-house graphics preparation and cylinder engraving. The company’s products include push-through and peelable blister foils; cold-formable foils for absolute barrier to moisture and oxygen; heat-seal coatings for PVC, PVdC, Aclar‚ laminations, PET, PP and Barex; two-sided registered printing for compliance-style packaging; text- and bar code-printable white-lacquered foils; and child-resistant and senior-friendly structures. In addition, Hueck’s Pharma Finishing Services program provides quick turnaround for customers who require materials for clinical trials, stabilities, and other special needs.

HUECK FOILS is a member of both the Healthcare Compliance Packaging Council (HCPC) and the Flexible Packaging Association. For more information, contact Angela Roggenhofer, HUECK FOILS, LLC, 1955 Highway 34, Building Two, Wall, New Jersey 07719; telephone (732) 974-4100; fax (732) 974-4111.