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Eakin attend APETNA

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Business Development staff at Eakin were delighted to have the opportunity to attend the 5th Congress of Asia Pacific Enterostomal Therapy Nurses Association (APETNA) last week.

The congress was organised in conjunction with the Korean Society of Coloproctology and the Korean Association of Wound Ostomy and Continence Nurses. Around 500 attendants from 15 different countries attended the event.

Sejong University in Seoul was chosen as the venue for the congress, which made it extra special for Eakin; Seoul is also the home city of our South Korean distributor SeHo Medical & Organic. Mary and Stuart thoroughly enjoyed working with Youngran Lee on our stand, who was there to greet the Korean nurses and demonstrate our products.

A large amount of interest was shown in the whole Eakin range, with particular interest in Surround™ Skin Protectors, Cohesive® Seals, Cohesive® Paste and the Wound Pouches™. An Eakin Seminar was held immediately after the congress due to a number of nurses requesting more detailed information on the products. We would like to thank all the nurses for their attendance and their interest in our products.

ECET Review 2013

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Eakin staff enjoyed another successful conference at ECET in Paris last month. The focus of our stand was on our core product – eakin Cohesive®.

We would like to draw your attention to 3 new case studies, which have been sent to us by ET nurses from Australia and Denmark. Throughout the examples, the authors make use of a wide range of eakin products, including Cohesive® Seals, Cohesive® Paste, Wound Pouches™ and Release™ Adhesive Remover to treat their patients.

‘The mysterious case of Bullous Pemphigoid’ by Ian Whiteley demonstrates the healing potential of Eakin Cohesive® in caring for skin lesions associated with this autoimmune disorder. The capacity of our new Maxi Wound Pouch™ was put to the test in Nicole Wienhold’s case study. Finally, Emma Vernon shows us how she cared for a large wound with multiple fistulae by combining Cohesive® with NPWT and Wound Pouches™.

Our sincere thanks to all 3 authors for taking the time to document their valuable experiences and share them with us. We hope they will be useful to many ETs around the world.

One of Ireland’s Best Managed Companies for a 4th Year!

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Eakin Holdings Ltd, has been named as one of Ireland’s ‘Best Managed’ companies in the Deloitte Best Managed Companies Awards Programme for the fourth year in a row.

Eakin Holdings Ltd, the parent company of TG Eakin Ltd, Pelican Healthcare Ltd and Pelican Feminine Healthcare Ltd, has been named as one of Ireland’s ‘Best Managed’ companies in the Deloitte Best Managed Companies Awards Programme for the fourth year in a row. Companies that have been recognised as a Best Managed Company for four years running were awarded with a special ‘gold standard’ accolade. In total just 14 companies throughout Ireland were designated with the gold standard this year.

The Best Managed Companies Awards Programme, in association with Irish Life Corporate Business, recognises indigenous Irish companies across the island of Ireland which are operating at the highest
levels of business performance. As well as looking at the overall success of the company, the awards process considers the management strength, ability to innovate, strategic initiatives and financial performance so is the only awards programme that considers a business’ performance from every perspective.

Speaking at the gala awards dinner on 1 March 2013 Brendan Jennings, Managing Partner, Deloitte and judging panel member commented: “This year’s Best Managed Companies represent the best of innovation, creativity, dynamism, tenacity and excellence in the indigenous sector. Deloitte is proud to celebrate their success and potential. These awards acknowledge their hard work and commitment and we are delighted to showcase their achievements.”

Commenting on the award Jeremy Eakin, Managing Director of TG Eakin Ltd, said: “To be recognised at this level for 4 years in succession is an absolute honour. Everyone at Eakin works extremely hard to produce a first class product and also deliver a first class service to our customers so our success is down to all members of staff, not just the management team. We are currently undergoing a large extension which will double the size of our manufacturing space in Comber, Co. Down so we hope to build on our success in the years ahead.”

A Christmas Visit from the Colostomy Association

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Staff at Eakin, in conjunction with Georgina McKeown from Pelican Healthcare, were delighted to welcome members of the CA to our premises on 6th December.

Throughout the morning, our guests enjoyed a presentation from Jeremy Eakin and a factory tour.

Jeremy introduced the company and demonstrated how both the company and the products have evolved over the years. The guests were given a tour of the factory, during which they were hugely impressed by
the quality control standards in place. The visit concluded with a Christmas lunch.

The Colostomy Association are a UK registered charity representing the interests of people with a colostomy. They provide support and advice to families and carers both before and after surgery. They strive to raise awareness of what it is like to have a stoma. We wish them continued success in their good work.

TG Eakin Ltd awarded Environmental Standard

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TG Eakin Ltd has been awarded ISO14001 certification, an internationally accepted environmental standard.

Environmental impact is becoming an increasingly important issue across the globe, with pressure to minimize that impact coming from a number of sources; local and national governments, regulators, customers, employees, etc.

Although we were always aware of our environmental impact, as a socially responsible company we wanted to control and improve our performance in this area.

We now operate a robust Environmental Management System (EMS) in compliance with BS EN ISO14001:2004 and have identified the following key areas which we will focus on:

  • Minimising waste produced in our operations
  • Being cognizant of waste management for the end of product life
  • Segregating and recycling waste from our manufacturing operations
  • Being efficient in our use of energy resources for all our operations – manufacture through to distribution
  • The careful storage, use and handling of any necessary chemicals, ozone depleting substances and liquids which have potential to cause pollution
  • Ensuring that those working on our behalf adhere to the high standards we maintain ourselves.

Tom Eakin is Innovation Founder of the Year 2012

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Following public nominations and a subsequent judging panel, the Northern Ireland Science Park (NISP) has announced Tom Eakin as winner of the ‘Innovation Founder of the Year’ Award.

Tom Eakin receives the Award for 2012 in recognition of his extraordinary success as founder of TG Eakin Ltd. The judging panel believed that Tom was a very deserving recipient, in recognition of his contribution to
building and shaping our local economy and significantly improving the quality of life of many people across the world.

The Innovation Founder of the Year Award recognises the efforts of entrepreneurs whose innovative ideas and positive contribution to the community have helped put Northern Ireland innovation on the map.

Speaking about news of the award Tom Eakin said; “I was surprised and humbled when I heard that I was going to receive this prestigious award. It is a great honour and I am delighted to be considered in the same class as the two previous recipients. If we are to develop a strong knowledge economy in Northern Ireland I recognise the importance of celebrating and showcasing entrepreneurship to prove to the next
generation that there is nothing stopping them from developing and commercialising their own innovative thinking. This award is a great incentive for me and my company to do even more to encourage entrepreneurship in Northern Ireland.”

At the 25k Award Gala Dinner being held on 27th September, Tom will tell his story to an audience of
more than 250 executives, entrepreneurs, investors, service providers, and academics. The organisers hope that by showcasing Tom’s incredible story it will inspire more like him to come forward to realise their full potential.

Director of NISP CONNECT, Steve Orr, said: “The judges are delighted to name Tom Eakin as the ‘Innovation Founder of the Year’ of 2012. In order to grow Northern Ireland’s knowledge economy we
need to unearth, nurture and celebrate the entrepreneurial talent that come from these shores. Tom’s story is the perfect illustration of what is possible if innovators can be motivated to act on their inherent desire to innovate. Through the NISP CONNECT network as an ‘Innovation Founder of the Year’, Tom will now be presented with the opportunity to champion high-growth start-ups, use his expertise to mentor upcoming entrepreneurs and help nurture new technology from research green-houses into commercial reality.”

This is the second accolade for Tom in as many years, having received ‘Family Business Director of the Year’ as well as runner-up in the ‘Overall Director of the Year’ at the UK IOD Director of the Year Awards in 2011.

Eakin Distributor Meeting

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A huge thank you to many of our Eakin distributors who took time out of their busy schedules to join us for a distributors’ meeting in London this week.

We had a busy schedule ranging from marketing and business development workshops to an exquisite dinner cruise along theThames. The meeting was designed to be interactive. We discussed the range of services that TG Eakin Ltd can provide, whilst also gaining input on market and product feedback and providing a forum for our distributors to exchange their ideas for best practice.

Your suggestions were all gratefully received!

Eakin welcome visitors from Russia

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Viacheslav Sukhanov and Daria Nasarova from ASTOM visited Eakin in August 2012 along with Paul Robertus from Vogt Medcial, our Russian distributor.

ASTOM is a stoma patient association based in Moscow that is concerned with securing the supply of ostomy products for patients in Russia as well as providing assistance with medical and social rehabilitation. ASTOM work with the local Russian authorities to obtain reimbursement for products so that the patients do not have to pay out of their own pocket for their supplies.
ASTOM also liaise with stoma product manufacturers so that the patients in Russia are aware of all of the products and ranges available to them.

During their visit to Eakin they enjoyed a tour of the Eakin factory and learnt alot more about the Eakin products as well as taking in some of the famous sights of Northern Ireland.

German Visitors Prepare for Irish Weather

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Although it is officially summer time, our German visitors were not taking any chances with the weather, as they all arrived in their purple Eakin-branded raincoats.

Although it is officially summer time, our German visitors were not taking any chances with the weather, as they all arrived in their purple Eakin-branded raincoats.

Staff at Eakin were delighted to welcome the visitors, who travelled from all over Germany to attend an Eakin presentation and workshop. During their visit they also learnt the history of TG Eakin Ltd and had an opportunity to tour the factory. A little time was left for our visitors to take in some of the tourist attractions, by way of the traditional black taxi and enjoy the beautiful Culloden Hotel.

We thank all our visitors for taking the time to visit us and we look forward to welcoming them again in the future.

Pictured (l-r) are Veit Koeppler (Eakin GmbH), Martina Haussmann, Albert Lotter, Friedrich Klenovsky, Sven-Peter Moeller, Claus-Peter Ober, Mike Becker, Edith Guse, Jenny Mcilroy (TG Eakin Ltd), Manuela Bell, Ilka Esser (Eakin GmbH).

Solve Launch Wound Pouches

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Our recently appointed Japanese distributor, Solve Corporation, launched our complete range of Wound Pouches at a conference this month.

Japanese ET nurses were delighted to have access to the comfortable, skin friendly, cost effective and time saving pouches to help them in their day to day work managing fistulas, multiple or irregular stomas and high-output wounds. They were particularly impressed with the flexible Cohesive skin barrier on the pouches and the option to use an Access Window to view, dress or irrigate the wound. Stuart Menary, TG Eakin Ltd, is pictured at the conference (left).

Solve Corporation were pleased to have the opportunity to welcome Dr. Grace McGroggan, TG Eakin Ltd to the conference to present her enzyme study, ‘Are all ostomy seals equal?’ Grace’s findings, in conjunction with Queen’s University Belfast, concluded that Cohesive® seals are the most absorbent seals on the market. In addition, they are the most effective at binding aggressive faecal enzymes, lipase and elastase, and therefore stopping them from harming the skin.