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Supporting the pharmaceutical industry with labels and labeling machines

IWATA LABEL CO., LTD.

"It's only a label, but it is the label that tells you the identity of the product. Our mission is to relay the messages given to consumers."

Leading manufacturer of labels for medical products that require strict quality control

Labels are used everywhere today. It is the label that identifies a product and gives you accurate information. As labeling is becoming more and more important, increased accuracy and safety are required of labels. Among others, labels for medical products require very strict quality control, because a speck of dust or a minor printing error on them might involve human lives. They are often said to be " part of the medical products." Iwata Label is the leading company in this field.

The strict quality control practiced at Iwata Label is illustrated by its plant operated in compliance with GMP standards, manufacturing and quality control standards defined by the WHO for the pharmaceutical, cosmetic, and food industries. Labels are manufactured in a clean room-like environment shutting out any specks of dust.
On the other hand, hoping to help medical staff in the field solve their problems, Iwata has exerted its creativity and expertise to develop various types of value-added labels such as split-off labels preventing medication errors and LPE packs that shade, pack, and label, ampoule by ampoule, products that don't like light. Today, the company has more than a 50% market share in the field of injectable solutions and eye-drops.

Proposing systems optimized from both the aspects of labels and labeling machines

The company also manufactures labeling machines. In addition to accuracy, these machines require various qualities such as speed and check functions to ensure safety and accurate printing. Iwata Label is the only company in the industry that manufactures both labels and labeling machines. As the only company capable of offering an optimal system with " labels that are adapted to labeling machines" and " labeling machines that are adapted to labels," it enjoys the fullest confidence of the pharmaceutical industry.

Customers demand ever more diversified and value added labels. Based on the technologies and know-how on labeling systems it has developed, Iwata Label continues to offer the best labels to customers.

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Company Profile

Company name
IWATA LABEL CO., LTD.
Head Office
5-15-18 Mitsui, Ichinomiya, Aichi, 491-0827 Japan
Telephone
+81-586-76-1611
Fax
+81-586-76-1724
URL
http://www.iwatalabel.co.jp
E-mail
info@iwatalabel.co.jp
President
Masato Iwata
Established
1962
Capital
162.8 million yen
Employees
167
Sales
3,925 million yen (FY to September 2004)
Business lines
Manufacture and sale of tack labels and labeling machines.
Unique products, leading technologies, and (domestic) market product share
Shrink tack labels, 100% (No. 1 share)
LPE pack labels, 100% (No. 1 share)
Hanger labels, 20% (No. 2 share)
Rod stopper assembly syringe labeler, 50% (No. 1 share)
ISO
ISO14001 certification (2001)
ISO9001 certification (2000)

(All information and data are as of May 2005.)