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TG Eakin Ltd continue to support Young Enterprise NI

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In January and May of this year, representatives from TG Eakin Ltd were invited to attend Young Enterprise NI events, having assisted with this event for the past few years now.

YENI is an education charity who help thousands of young people every year to learn about business and the world of work under the guidance of volunteers from local companies. This ensures that young people acquire the skills they will need to become enterprising, creative and commercially aware.

The Mock Interview event that we attended in January was designed to train young people for pending interview situations, where Jeremy Eakin and Elaine Toner acted as the interview panel.

In May, we attended the Trade Fair where the young people formed teams to manufacture and sell products ‘Apprentice’ style, where they had to deal with finance, marketing, sales techniques, etc. Elaine and Jenny McIlroy attended the event and judged each team across various categories.

Once again the event was a huge success and YENI thanked TG Eakin Ltd for our continued support with local schools.

A Wonderful WCET Congress

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The long journey to Adelaide, South Australia was more than worthwhile as eakin enjoyed an extremely successful 19th WCET congress.

This year the eakin booth embraced the new purple branding that you should now all be familiar with and the main product focus was on wound care, with an exciting new Maxi Wound Pouch measuring a staggering 250 x 385mm revealed at the event.

There are a number of people who contributed to the success of the event. Firstly we would like to thank Åsa Gustafsson from Sweden and Lorraine Andrews from New Zealand for presenting their impressive case studies using Eakin Wound Pouches in the Fistula Session on Sunday. We are always encouraged by your hard work and creativity. Secondly, a big thank you goes to our colleagues and friends in Omnigon, who were such a great help on our stand. Thirdly we would like to thank the WCET Organising Committee for a really well organised WCET congress – congratulations on a fantastic event!

And last but by no means least, we would like to thank all of the ET nurses who took the time to enter our competition. As many as 150 delegates added their thoughts on why eakin seals are still the best stoma seals around. The winning comment was written by Julie Isherwood of St John of God, Geelong, Victoria who wrote ‘Eakin seals are still the best because they were the original, everybody else has tried to copy it. That’s flattery. They work!’ We hope you are enjoying your pamper pack prize post congress Julie! The wall with all eakin Cohesive Comments is now available to view.

Eakin crowned ‘All Ireland’ Best Company

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TG Eakin Ltd came out tops in an all-island competition to identify best business practice.

TG Eakin Ltd came out tops in an all-island competition to identify best business practice. Comber-based TG Eakin Ltd was crowned the ‘Ulster Bank Business Achiever 2011’ at the all-island final of the awards, which took place at the Mansion House, Dublin on 19th April. Ben Mahood, Aaron Hewitt, Barbara-Ann Hitchens and Paul Hastings from TG Eakin Ltd are pictured accepting the award.

On 26th January TG Eakin Ltd were awarded the Ulster International Business Award at a special ceremony to celebrate the 2011 Ulster Bank Business Achievers Awards. We then went forward to represent the county of Ulster in the All-Ireland finals.

The awards, in association with Enterprise Ireland and InterTradeIreland, now in their 18th year, attracted over 360 entries.

Barbara-Ann Hitchens from TG Eakin Ltd accepted the award by saying: “We are delighted to have been named Ulster Bank Business Achiever 2011 and winner of the International Business Award. This is a huge boost for the company and our dedicated staff – without whom, this would not be possible. Each person in TG Eakin plays an integral role in the company’s success and continued development. I would like to accept this award on their behalf.”

David Thomas, Managing Director of corporate markets with Ulster Bank said the award winners were “an inspiration” to businesses in Ireland, north and south.

TG Eakin Ltd sponsor local awards

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TG Eakin Ltd was pleased to sponsor the local ‘Ards Women of Achievement’ Awards once again this year. Held on International Women’s Day, the Awards recognise the successes, progress and attainments of local women.

TG Eakin Ltd was pleased to sponsor the local ‘Ards Women of Achievement’ Awards once again this year. Held on International Women’s Day (8th March 2012), the Awards recognise the successes, progress and attainments of local women.

TG Eakin Ltd was sponsoring the ‘Woman in the Community’ category and this award went to a long-serving member and the current Secretary of Cloughey and District Community Association, Margaret Adair. She is credited with almost single handedly securing the funding required to stage events from sandcastle competitions to annual Halloween and Christmas celebrations and is also an active campaigner, championing everything from a drive to reduce speed limits at local schools to lobbying to have more bins at the local beach.

Commenting on the awards, member of the judging panel, Councillor Deborah Girvan, said: “I was completely bowled over by the quality and high standard of the applicants who were entered for the Women of Achievement Awards and consider it an honour to have been in the company of some truly inspiring local women. Too often our unsung heroines never get the recognition they deserve for quietly working away in the background and making such a difference to the lives of others. My congratulations go to all our winners and thanks go to our sponsors – the Eakin Group, Mash Direct, Pritchitts and Warden Bros – for their support of the awards scheme once again”.

Pictured above: Mrs Margaret Adair receiving her award from local entertainer, May McFetteridge and Mayor of Ards, Councillor Mervyn Oswald.

International Business Award for Eakin

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On 26th January TG Eakin Ltd were awarded the Ulster International Business Award at a special ceremony to celebrate the 2011 Ulster Bank Business Achievers Awards.

On 26th January TG Eakin Ltd were awarded the Ulster International Business Award at a special ceremony to celebrate the 2011 Ulster Bank Business Achievers Awards.

The Awards recognise the outstanding contribution made by companies and entrepreneurs to the Irish economy across all industry sectors. With almost 400 companies entering the Awards, North and South, we were honoured to win the International Business category.

The Awards were judged on a variety of merits including financial performance, company milestones and achievements, future strategy for the business and development of innovative products and services. The judges were most impressed with how Eakin performed across all areas and in particular the success of our export strategy.

We will now go forward to represent Ulster in the All- Ireland awards process, taking place later this year.

New Product Launch: Protect™ Barrier Film

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We are delighted to announce the launch of a new product in the eakin range, Protect Barrier Film.

We are delighted to announce the launch of a new product in the eakin range, Protect™ Barrier Film. eakin Protect™ is an advanced barrier film designed to protect the skin against harmful bodily fluids, excoriation and harsh medical adhesives. With its quick drying formula Protect™ dries in seconds to form a durable silicone film on the skin. And with added Vitamin E, Protect™ will nourish and moisture the skin whilst at the same time providing the optimum in skin protection. Similarly to eakin Release™ Adhesive Remover, Protect™ has a fresh spearmint scent and a non-sting formula which means no pain on application.

Whilst use of Protect™ with other creams, oils or lotions is not recommended as it may reduce its effectiveness, the combined use of eakin Release™ Adhesive Remover and Protect™ Barrier Film is ideal.

For further information please refer to the Accessory Product page or contact your local distributor for samples.

Cohesive Slims® now available in Japan

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We are pleased to announce the launch of eakin Cohesive SLIMS®, Surround Skin Protectors and Release Adhesive Remover in Japan.

We are delighted to announce the launch of a new product in the eakin range, Protect™ Barrier Film. eakin Protect™ is an advanced barrier film designed to protect the skin against harmful bodily fluids, excoriation and harsh medical adhesives. With its quick drying formula Protect™ dries in seconds to form a durable silicone film on the skin. And with added Vitamin E, Protect™ will nourish and moisture the skin whilst at the same time providing the optimum in skin protection. Similarly to eakin Release™ Adhesive Remover, Protect™ has a fresh spearmint scent and a non-sting formula which means no pain on application.

Whilst use of Protect™ with other creams, oils or lotions is not recommended as it may reduce its effectiveness, the combined use of eakin Release™ Adhesive Remover and Protect™ Barrier Film is ideal.

For further information please refer to the Accessory Product page or contact your local distributor for samples.

Another successful Danish Congress

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Eakin and Focuscare were once again exhibiting at the annual Danish stoma nurse conference, FS, held from 6th – 8th November.

It was great to meet all of the Danish nurses again, who took the time to come by our booth and find out more about the Eakin products. There was great enthusiasm for the new additions to the Eakin Wound Pouch range as well as the new soft convex paediatric ostomy pouch which is a world first for paediatric stoma management.

Congratulations are extended to Ulla from Kogeshospital, who was this year’s competition winner and went home with a hamper of Danish niceties.

We look forward to seeing you all again next year!

Factory extension plans unveiled

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TG Eakin Ltd has recently been granted planning permission to extend our County Down based headquarters which will lead to the creation of more than 25 new jobs.

TG Eakin Ltd has recently been granted planning permission to extend our County Down based headquarters which will lead to the creation of more than 25 new jobs. The £6 million investment will see a 5000m2 extension to the current premises at Ballystockart with the creation of five additional production lines.

The current factory at Ballystockart has already been extended twice to meet the growing demands of the business. Back in 2001 as Eakin began moving into more international markets, an extension to the factory premises was undertaken and then again in 2008 the office and factory premises were extended once again to coincide with the company’s significant growth.

The new extension which will double the size of the existing premises, is expected to start at the beginning of 2012 with an anticipated completion date of early 2013. To mark the granting of planning permission, Jim Shannon MP and Mayor of Ards Borough Council Alderman Mervyn Oswald visited the Factory to meet with staff and senior management and view for themselves the extension proposals.

Managing Director, Jeremy Eakin expressed his pride and satisfaction with the recent planning approval which he felt assured would lead to the next stage of development of TG Eakin Ltd.

“TG Eakin Ltd is both a family owned and locally based company and we are pleased that we are able to continue to remain at Ballystockart and bring additional employment to the area with this substantial investment. The extension to our premises will enable us to increase our production levels and continue to develop new products in order to maintain and hopefully increase our market share in a very competitive market.

Our company has seen significant development in recent years, with our turnover increasing by over 50% since 2009. We now export our products to over 30 countries worldwide. The cooperation of the Planning Department and local representatives has been a major factor in helping us achieve this result in these difficult times.”

Member of Parliament for the local area, Jim Shannon also commented:

“This project is one which I have been involved with for some time and I am delighted to see it coming to fruition. We are pleased to see the continued success of this local manufacturing based firm and welcome the news of its forthcoming expansion and the consequent creation of new jobs in the Co Down area. TG Eakin Ltd is a great example of a Northern Ireland company exporting and excelling on a worldwide level and all efforts should be made to support its continued success”.

Eakin attend Romanian Conference

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TG Eakin Ltd has recently attended the Romanian Conference of Urology which was then followed by the 11th Central European Meeting of Urologists organised by the European Asscoiation of Urology.

The meeting was held in Timisoara, Romania on 26-29th October 2011 and was the first time that our Romanian distributor, Euromedical Distribution Grup, had exhibited at this event. The feedback on the quality of the Pelican Urostomy pouches was very positive from all of the Romanian participants.