Royal seal of approval for Merseyside manufacturing

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1 Royal seal of approval for Merseyside manufacturing International team at PSL receive official recognition for hard work and innovation On Friday 30 th September 2016, Powder Systems Ltd. (PSL) one of the UK s leading pharmaceutical process engineering companies, welcomed officials from the Merseyside Lieutenancy. The dignitaries included Her Majesty s Lord- Lieutenant, Dame Lorna Muirhead DBE and The High Sheriff of Merseyside, Mr James Davies OBE who presented PSL with two awards from the Queen s Awards for Enterprise. Picture 1 PSL employees gather behind officials and directors with the two Queen s Awards Rose Bowls (pictured, third in from left; Mr Ron Odunaiya - Liverpool City Council, Maria Eagle - MP for Garston and Halewood, Councillor Ann O Byrne - Deputy Mayor of Liverpool, Amanda Gowans PSL Managing Director, Councillor Roz Gladden - The Lord Mayor of Liverpool, Dame Lorna Muirhead DBE - Her Majesty s Lord- Lieutenant, Karen Pitcher - PSL Financial Director and Becky Reardon PSL Marketing Director.) PSL are delighted to receive these two honours, being awarded the Queen s Award for Innovation and also International Trade. PSL was one of the six small and medium sized companies to achieve the double recognition. It was 17 years ago when PSL won the Queen s Award for Export Achievement and these new awards confirm PSL s international strategy as sustainable and successful. Winning a Queen s Award for Enterprise is a huge achievement for a business particularly in a special year, as we celebrate H.M. The Queen s 90 th birthday. The Award is a prestigious honour for a company to receive and demonstrates what an enterprising nation we are. The fact that small businesses can share these honours with large household names illustrates that they are the backbone of our economy and deserve to be recognised as such. Her Majesty s Lord- Lieutenant, Dame Lorna Muirhead DBE 1

2 PRESS RELEASE 7/10/2016 Powder Systems Limited Picture 2 The High Sheriff, James Davies OBE and Lord- Lieutenant, Dame Lorna Muirhead DBE with PSL Managing Director, Amanda Gowans. As well as guests from the Liverpool City Council, Mayors Office and Department for International Trade, PSL were joined by Member of Parliament, Maria Eagle. In 2015, PSL was chosen to be the Export Champion of its constituency for the Export By Britain campaign run by Maria Eagle, MP for Garston and Halewood. Guests arrived at PSL s UK headquarters in Speke, Liverpool to be greeted by MD Amanda Gowans, Directors and key managers. Her Majesty s Lord- Lieutenant and other guests were then escorted around the facility to meet with other employees and for a tour of the factory. The proceedings lead to a presentation of the two Rose Bowls and a reading of the official Scroll of Association. PSL will have the honour of representing British manufacturing with the Royal mark for 5 years, until April The Ceremony follows a Royal Reception for the announcement of the awards at Buckingham Palace in July. PSL employees travelled to London and attended a ceremony held at the Palace where they were honoured by a meeting with H.M. The Queen. Picture 3 PSL staff invited to Buckingham Palace to meet The Queen. 2

3 Looking to the future at PSL we never stand still. We pride ourselves on being inventors of new technology and unique ways of doing things to continue contributing to global pharmaceutical innovation. Amanda Gowans, PSL Managing Director Group expands to include new structure As part of the organisation s continued growth PSL are delighted to announce the formation of a group of process development companies that includes Powder Systems Limited and the new pioneering facility C.O.P.E. Inc. The new group structure, Powder Systems Group, is the parent organisation for both PSL and the new C.O.P.E. (Center of Process Excellence). This provides a wider range of services for process development to the pharmaceutical industry. C.O.P.E. is a new state of the art Center of Process Excellence, which has been set- up in Broomall, Pennsylvania, USA. The primary function of the facility is progressing process development and scale- up. Key areas of focus are microsphere processing, API development, filtration trials and scale up, milling trials, powder property testing, qualification batches and consultation services. The formation of C.O.P.E. Inc. represents a new pioneering offering of drug development and process from the frontend of molecule formulation to the provision of full process hardware. The first trials have been conducted at the new Center with positive results and feedback. The Center allows a synergy with PSL s process engineering to develop the drugs of tomorrow. #ends# 3

4 Notes to Editor PSL press contact: +44 (0) Accompanying images: Please see attached images. For print- ready files please contact Marketing above. Picture 1: PSL Awards 2016.jpg Caption: PSL employees gather behind officials and directors with the two Queen s Awards Rose Bowls (pictured, third in from left; Mr Ron Odunaiya - Liverpool City Council, Maria Eagle - MP for Garston and Halewood, Councillor Ann O Byrne - Deputy Mayor of Liverpool, Amanda Gowans PSL Managing Director, Councillor Roz Gladden - The Lord Mayor of Liverpool, Dame Lorna Muirhead DBE - Her Majesty s Lord- Lieutenant, Karen Pitcher - PSL Financial Director and Becky Reardon PSL Marketing Director.) Picture 2: High Sheriff DLM AG.jpg Caption: The High Sheriff, James Davies OBE and Lord- Lieutenant, Dame Lorna Muirhead DBE with PSL Managing Director, Amanda Gowans. Picture 3: Queen meets PSL.jpg Caption: PSL staff invited to Buckingham Palace to meet The Queen Company information: Powder Systems Limited (PSL) +44 (0) info@powdersystems.com Follow us on PSL was established in 1989 as one of the pioneers in high containment systems for the pharmaceutical industry. PSL design and engineer advanced containment processes for highly potent and valuable products, from small scale production to full process systems. Our solutions enable clients to bring new generation drugs into the market place faster, using the latest technology in containment and production equipment. Now a multimillion pound business with global offices and over 60 employees, the company enters a new page in its history with sustainable growth and constant innovation to the benefit of our customers and ultimately suffering patients around the world. The Queen s Awards for Enterprise are the UK s most prestigious business awards, designed to recognise and encourage the achievements by businesses in the UK, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man in the fields of Innovation, International Trade and Sustainable Development. The Queen s Awards Scheme, originally known as The Queen s Awards to Industry, was instituted by Royal Warrant in The first Awards were made in

5 Her Majesty's Lord- Lieutenants are the representatives of the Crown for each county in the United Kingdom. There are 98 Lord- Lieutenants, who cover all areas of the UK. Lord- Lieutenants in each County are men or women of all backgrounds who are appointed by The Queen on the advice of the Prime Minister. Here in Merseyside the Lord- Lieutenant is Dame Lorna Muirhead DBE, appointed Lord- Lieutenant of Merseyside in The Office of High Sheriff is an independent, non- political Royal appointment for a single year. The origins of the Office date back to Saxon times, when the 'Shire Reeve' was responsible to the King for the maintenance of law and order within the Shire, or County and for the collection and return of taxes due to the Crown. The current High Sheriff of Merseyside is James Davies OBE whose period of office began in April 2016 and lasts for one year. He became a Deputy Lieutenant in In terms of protocol, the High Sheriff comes next in precedence after the Lord- Lieutenant. 5