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.
Congratulations are extended to Tom Eakin who has been awarded ‘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 2011 held recently.
Open to directors from across the business spectrum, the IoD Director of the Year Awards UK selects regional winners from across the UK to then compete for the overall title. So having won the Northern Ireland award for ‘Family Business Director of the Year’ back in December 2010, Tom was then shortlisted for the UK award.
And on Friday 23rd September he joined the UK finalists at the Lancaster Hotel in London for an afternoon of celebration with award host Michael Portillo, where Tom Eakin was crowned the overall winner in the Family Business category, despite tough competition.
Given the current economic conditions, the judges were looking for individuals who have continued to prosper. They were most impressed with how Tom has developed the Eakin Group of Companies from a manufacturing start-up in 1974 to a 4 company organisation employing more than 200 people.
Commenting on the Awards, the Northern Ireland Minister for Employment & Learning, Danny Kennedy, said “Excellent leadership, provided by well qualified managers, is central to our vision for skills and today’s winners demonstrate the outstanding talent which exists among Northern Ireland’s business leaders. By nurturing these skills, businesses – and indeed Northern Ireland – will reap the rewards of competitive advantage and long-term economic success.”
Congratulations to Tom on a well deserved achievement!
In September, TG Eakin Ltd made their first visit to the ESPEN (European Society For Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism) Conference in Gothenburg as exhibitors.
Now an annual event, ESPEN covers a broad range of scientific areas relating to nutritional science and was very well attended by Doctors, Clinicians and Dieticians from around the world.
The Eakin product focus for this event was the Surround Skin Protector which has a variety of uses in the nutritional care field. The demographic of this conference was very different than any event that Eakin have attended before and the product received a great response from the attendees.
Due to this success, Eakin hope to attend the conference again next year which will be held in Barcelona in September 2012.
TG Eakin Ltd were pleased to be Gold Sponsors of the recent British Transplant Games held in Belfast.
The Transplant Games were formed to help encourage transplant patients to regain fitness and to promote friendship and co-operation between individuals concerned with transplantation, whilst also increasing public awareness of the value of organ donation.
Now an annual event, the Games take place over 4 exciting days during which approximately 700 competitors aged between two and 80 years old (all recipients of a life-saving organ transplant) compete in sports and attend a range of events with their families.
Commenting on the event, Jeremy Eakin said “It was a privilege to sponsor the Games and support the campaign to increase the number of people on the Organ Donor Register. Many of us have family or friends who have benefited from an organ transplant and have witnessed the new opportunity for life which a transplant can bring. These games are a celebration of that gift of life.”
Pictured with Jeremy Eakin, Managing Director of TG Eakin Ltd, are Racheal McCrea (9), Dylan Smyth (7) and Megan Mullen (17) all of whom have received organ transplants.
We are now on the countdown to ECET 2011 in Bologna, being held from Sunday 12th to Wednesday 15th June.
This year the Eakin booth will be displaying the new corporate branding so keep an eye out for the new purple booth! At our stand we will have samples and product demonstrations from across the Eakin range and as always you can have a chat with Eakin staff on new products and new ideas.
Within the Bologna Congressi, the Eakin booth will be located in the Foyer Europa on the ground floor.
We look forward to meeting you there!
Following on from the new-look Eakin website that was launched in January this year, we are now ready to introduce the new Cohesive® packaging.
As you can see from the photo, we will no longer be using specific colours to represent product groups. From our research we know that the strongest element of our brand is the Eakin name itself which we have given more prominence on the new packaging.
Each pack will feature a crisper, cleaner look with easier to read labelling. Don’t worry though – it will still be the same great Eakin product inside.
From 1st July 2011 the new-look packaging will be used for Large Cohesive® Seals
(839001), Small Cohesive® Seals (839002), Cohesive SLIMS® (839005) and Large and
Small Cohesive® Skin Barriers (839003 & 839004). New-look Cohesive® brochures will also be available.
And just to remind you, this is when the remaining product groups will be rebranding:
July 2011: Cohesive®
November 2011: Wound Pouches
January 2012: Cohesive® Paste & Support Belts
March 2012: Eakin accessories
July 2012: Pelican Pouches
At the recent SASA Congress in South Africa TG Eakin Ltd ran a ‘Mould a Seal’ competition where the nurses were asked to mould something using eakin Cohesive® Seals, demonstrating their unique flexibility and mouldability.
At the recent SASA Congress in South Africa TG Eakin Ltd ran a ‘Mould a Seal’ competition where the nurses were asked to mould something using eakin Cohesive® Seals, demonstrating their unique flexibility and mouldability.
The competition winner was Lidia Krijt who moulded Miss Eakin, pictured above.
TG Eakin Ltd has requalified as one of Ireland’s ‘Best Managed’ companies in the Deloitte Best Managed Companies Awards Programme.
TG Eakin Ltd has requalified as one of Ireland’s ‘Best Managed’ companies in the Deloitte Best Managed Companies Awards Programme. Having first received the honour in 2010, we have continued to demonstrate superior business performance for a second year running.
The Awards Programme, in association with Irish Life Corporate Business, recognises indigenous Irish companies across Ireland which are operating at the highest levels of business performance. Within the requalification review process, the judging panel looked at how the company continues to uphold the standard of a Deloitte Best Managed Company. They considered business performance from every perspective including strategy, capability, commitment, financial performance and growth potential across all key functions of the business.
Commenting on the award, Jeremy Eakin, Managing Director of TG Eakin Ltd said: “We are delighted to receive requalification as one of Ireland’s Best Managed Companies. In what has been a challenging year economically, we have continued to grow and prosper. This is a testament to the hard-working staff and dedicated management team that we have in place at TG Eakin”.
The Deloitte Best Managed Companies Awards Programme is open to companies from all 32 counties on the island of Ireland, across all business sectors. Speaking about the winners, Pat Cullen, Managing Partner of Deloitte and judging panel member remarked: “Despite the negative sentiment that currently prevails, the Best Managed Companies Awards Programme shows that Irish indigenous companies are a cornerstone of growth in the Irish economy and can and will play an important role in Ireland’s overall recovery. For proof of this, you need look no further than this year’s winners.”
Happy New Year everyone! With the arrival of the new year, comes our new corporate branding. Our new website is a prime example of this.
Happy New Year everyone! With the arrival of the new year, comes our new corporate branding. You will see from our new logo that we have moved away from the multi-coloured branding, towards a cleaner, fresher purple, grey and white look. One of the reasons for this, was that when surveyed, a large number of our distributors could not recall the specific colours for each product group. We felt that our branding was becoming diluted as more products and colours came on board.
The first stage of rebranding is at a corporate level. This is evident on our new website and we invite you to explore some of the newest features such as the problem/solution section, the user guides, not forgetting your individual country page. Following a survey with our distributors last year, we have endeavoured to include as many of their suggestions as possible and we thank them for their contribution. We hope that they are happy with the end product.
The second stage of rebranding will be at a product level. From July 2011 you will begin to notice changes in Cohesive® packaging to bring it into line with the corporate brand. From November 2011, the Wound Pouches will follow. The remaining product groups will be rebranded during 2012.
These changes will happen gradually so that we can minimize wastage and we ask that you bear with us as we work through this process. The end result will be a fresh new look for TG Eakin Limited.
In November TG Eakin Ltd were delighted to receive the Gold Prize in the ‘Continence and Stoma Care’ category of the Nursing Times Product Awards for the highly innovative Cohesive® Paste.
On November 3rd 2010 at a prestigious ceremony in London, TG Eakin Ltd were delighted to receive the Gold Prize in the ‘Continence and Stoma Care’ category of the Nursing Times Product Awards for the highly innovative Cohesive® Paste.
The awards were set up to recognise and reward the products that are transforming patient care and helping healthcare professionals work efficiently. Innovation and practicality are both fundamental attributes for the devices and products that nurses use on a daily basis. High quality products enable nurses to work more effectively in a clinical environment and are essential for improving patient safety and assisting in daily care, observation and treatment.
The finalists were judged by a prestigious panel of clinical and industry experts to determine the winners in each category. The judges felt that eakin Cohesive® Paste successfully delivered in all of these areas, as it is indeed a stoma paste with a difference. It helps protect peristomal skin, prevent leakage and increase comfort and security. However, the main distinguishing characteristic of Cohesive Paste® is of course the fact that it is alcohol free. There is no stinging on application and it can even be applied directly onto excoriated skin, unlike many other pastes on the market. It is also quick and easy to use and may be used in conjunction with the well-established eakin Cohesive® Seals and Cohesive SLIMS®, the market leaders in peristomal skin protection since 1980.
All in all the judging panel recognized the positive impact that Cohesive® Paste has on managing patients’ continence or stoma needs by promoting dignity and comfort and also improving health. Nursing Times Editor, Jenni Middleton, commented: “We’ve been bowled over by witnessing this huge array of absolutely outstanding products. Some of them are incredible feats of engineering or demonstrations of phenomenal clinical know-how, and some of them are brilliantly genius in their simplicity and ability to change lives. But in all of them, the winning products have solved problems and made life so much better and easier, and more dignified – both for patients but also for nurses to deliver the very best care.”
For further details on eakin Cohesive® Paste please refer to the product brochure which can be found on your country page, dependent on availability.
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