Phillips-Medisize Corporation announces the appointment of Iran Bateman to the position of Vice President, Engineering Europe
January 6, 2016 (Hudson, WI) – Today, Phillips-Medisize Corporation announced the appointment of Iran Bateman to the position of Vice President, Engineering Europe. In this role, Mr. Bateman will join the senior pre-production management team in Europe where he will lead the strategy implementation, as well as the European pre-production engineering organization.
“We are pleased to have Iran join the Phillips-Medisize team with nearly 30 years of experience in the drug delivery device segment providing contract design, development and manufacturing services to pharmaceutical companies. Iran brings vast knowledge and leadership experience of complex teams – B2B commercial management and business development, leading the development of operations and pre-production capabilities, scaling up and supporting customer launches of complex drug delivery devices and development,” said Matt Jennings, Chairman and CEO of Phillips-Medisize.
In commenting on his new position, Mr. Bateman said, “I am extremely excited about my appointment and the opportunity this affords me to lead the pre-production activities in Europe while delivering on the existing program commitments. I look forward to expanding the capabilities we offer in Europe, by leveraging our U.S. capabilities to better service our global customers’ needs in Europe. Phillips-Medisize’s capabilities are truly unique and an exception to others in the industry. It is a great pleasure to be a part of this market leading team.”
Mr. Bateman comes to Phillips-Medisize from Tech Group / West Pharmaceutical Services where during his 10 years he held roles encompassing Product Development, NPI and Operations leadership. Prior to joining Tech Group in 2005, Mr. Bateman was Founder and Managing Director of EMS Ltd, a consultancy company to support the industrialization of drug delivery devices. Mr. Bateman spent over 6 years in Consort/Bespak Plc where he held leadership positions spanning account management and business development to program management and site leadership.
Mr. Bateman has an Honours degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Portsmouth, UK and a DMS from Warwick Business School, UK.
In addition to Mr. Bateman, Phillips-Medisize has hired several other experienced individuals featuring backgrounds with industry leaders such as Novo Nordisk, Eli Lilly, Quest Diagnostics, Baxter, and Alcon. These investments represent a continued commitment to grow our pre-production services and expertise, and are part of the ongoing strategy to grow both organically and through acquisition.
About Phillips-Medisize Corporation
Phillips-Medisize is a leading global outsource provider of design and manufacturing services to the drug delivery, consumable diagnostics and medical device, and specialty commercial markets. The company has annual sales of over $600 million with 80% of the total revenue coming from drug delivery, medical device, primary pharmaceutical packaging and diagnostic products such as: disposable insulin pens, glucose meters, specialty inhalation drug delivery devices, single use surgical devices and consumable diagnostic components.
Phillips-Medisize Corporation features a list of blue chip medical device, pharmaceutical and commercial customers. The company partners with its customers to provide design and development services which accelerate speed to market of innovative products and then works with its customers to deploy advanced automated assembly and quality control technologies which reduce manufacturing cost while improving quality. The company’s core advantage is the knowledge of its people to integrate design, molding, and automation to drive low cost and high quality manufacturing solutions.
Phillips-Medisize Corporation is headquartered in Hudson, WI, and employs over 3,400 people in 14 locations throughout the United States, Europe, Mexico and China. The company also has design centers in Wisconsin, California, and The Netherlands.
