Envirotainer opens new Singapore office to focus on pharmaceuticals

ENVIROTAINER has opened a new office in Singapore to expand its active temperature-controlled air cargo containers and cold chain management services across Asia Pacific.

With Asia Pacific expected to grow 97 per cent and account for 29 per cent of global pharmaceutical sales by 2016, the company's increased investment in Asia is part of its strategy to be a market leader and to build on its partnerships with healthcare companies and their airline and logistics partners across the region, a company statement said.

The new Singapore office will work closely with the company's Asia Pacific Operations Centre located in Sydney, Australia.

CEO Gustaf Ljunggren said: "Envirotainer is today locally represented in Australia, India, Japan, New Zealand and Singapore and we intend to actively develop further in the region."

Mr Ljunggren highlighted that the "acceleration of research, development and manufacturing seen in the last two-to-three years was unparalleled compared to that of earlier years. Driven by its large population, growing economies and improved access to life saving medicines, the Asia Pacific region is expected to see substantial growth in the coming years thanks to these changing market conditions and access to lower cost manufacturing."

Singapore has become an important biopharma, medical, and logistics hub in the Asia Pacific region with major companies in the sector building strong commercial, manufacturing, distribution and warehouse presences there. Australia and Japan are also showing promising growth, and the pharmaceutical industries in South Korea, China and India are also developing rapidly, according to the company.

Envirotainer has appointed Suat Toh as head of healthcare sales for Asia Pacific, based in Singapore. Further new appointments in the Asia Pacific region include Theng Hui Low as regional sales manager, Paul Seet as regional partner manager, and Sunny Jaggi as global service network coordinator.

In 2011, Envirotainer worked with 400 companies in the pharmaceutical and healthcare industry, helping to transport the equivalent of 75,000 pallets to 100 countries around the world.