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Days 2020 – we are here for you! Created and inspired by principles that the Marchesini Group has always believed in – X Days focus on the extraordinary power of sharing knowledge in a time when personal contact, trade shows and international travel are limited.
"The Axoblock 160 is quick and easy to setup in less than four hours, making it ready to use in less than a day and easy to install anywhere in the world"
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ow, more than ever, the industry needs extraordinary events to remain connected. In May, the Marchesini Group, represented locally by MGSA Projects, would have connected with its customers at Interpack. But the trade show was postponed due to COVID-19. The group was planning to showcase new technologies to package pharmaceutical and cosmetics products; instead it decided to do something extraordinary to support its customers without putting anyone’s health at risk. The result is X Days – a sequence of exclusive online events broadcast from a specially-created space.
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AUGUST 2020 // WWW.PHARMACOS.CO.ZA
All you have to do is register to get your front row seat. Just like a live Marchesini Group event, the X Days feature important discussions centred on the company’s new brand positioning, its new website and the launch of industrial technologies that are set to impact the global packaging industry. The X Days platform also features exclusive content available to anyone who has registered for a particular event, and a live chat service to answer all your questions in real time.
COSMETIC PACKAGING IN FOCUS Pharmaceutical & Cosmetic Review attended an X Days event on 7 July to find out more about this webinar series from Marchesini. X Day 3 centred on filling and capping in the cosmetics industry, highlighting the Axoblock 160. This machine redefines the standards of cosmetic packaging thanks to its countless strengths. Its innovative cGMP and FDA compliant monoblock design, solid mechanics and the
THE LATEST NEWS AT MGSA PROJECTS In South Africa, MGSA Projects is the appointed agent and local Marchesini technical service provider. Owned and managed by Myles Davis, MGSA Projects employs two Marchesini-trained technicians, Lukas Appel and Jaco Jones, who recently joined the team. Appel and Jones have more than 15 years’ combined experience in working on Marchesini machines. “We strive for the ultimate service experience and provide our customers with exceptional support,” says Davis. “Our admin manager, Robyn Thomas, who joined the company over a year ago, is also instrumental in upholding our ethos of excellent customer service and support.” Over the past two years, MGSA Projects has completed various installations at South African pharma manufacturing and life sciences facilities, including an effervescents line, an eye drop line and an aseptic line for vials. MGSA Projects is based at Gateway Industrial Park in Jet Park, Boksburg, Gauteng. The company operates out of two units, which include a showroom, administrative office and factory for spare parts, as well as a site for the technicians. Although the market is tough, the company is staying strong. MGSA Projects has some great ideas in the pipeline to meet local market demands and will continue to innovate to meet the needs of the South African cosmetics and pharma industries.
