Resource Label Group’s Newest Acquisition Strengthens Presence in Pharma & Medical Industries
Headquartered in Franklin, Tennessee, Resource Label Group (RLG) already employs more than 1,900 associates in the U.S. and Canada, and the full-service provider of label and packaging solutions is getting bigger. Resource Label Group has announced the acquisition of Pharmaceutic Litho and Label Company.
PLLC has locations in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and Simi Valley, California. PLLC, which is known for its manufacture of printed inserts, labels, and packaging components for pharmaceutical, biotech, and medical device manufacturers, will combine efforts with RLG’s recently acquired MedLit Solutions to expand and strengthen RLG’s national capabilities for the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries. Kevin Grogan, CEO of MedLit Solutions, will lead the combined teams. PLLC is RLG's 28th acquisition.
In a written statement by RLG, PLLC president Jason Laurence says, “We are excited to join the team at Resource Label Group and MedLit Solutions as they share that same focus and commitment. Their expanded capabilities will enable PLLC to bring even more value to our customers.”
In the same statement, RLG president and CEO Mike Apperson says, “The pharmaceutical and healthcare segments require a deep expertise and constant innovation to ensure the safety of their products. The combination of MedLit Solutions and PLLC further strengthens RLG’s pharmaceutical business and commitment to providing customers an exceptional full-service, national solution to support their increased needs and requirements.”
As editor-in-chief of Packaging Impressions — the leading publication and online content provider for the printed packaging markets — Linda Casey leverages her experience in the packaging, branding, marketing, and printing industries to deliver content that label and package printers can use to improve their businesses and operations.
Prior to her role at Packaging Impressions, Casey was editor-in-chief of BXP: Brand Experience magazine, which celebrated brand design as a strategic business competence. Her body of work includes deep explorations into a range of branding, business, packaging, and printing topics.
Casey’s other passion, communications, has landed her on the staffs of a multitude of print publications, including Package Design, Converting, Packaging Digest, Instant & Small Commercial Printer, High Volume Printing, BXP: Brand Experience magazine, and more. Casey started her career more than three decades ago as news director for WJAM, a youth-oriented music-and-news counterpart to WGCI and part of the Chicago-based station’s AM band presence.
