Alcan Inc. produces pharmaceutical and scientific packaging and laboratory equipment through its Wheaton Science Products division. Wheaton offers a broad range of glass, plastic, and metal containers, caps and closures, liquid handling products, cell culture products, freezers, staining ware, vials, bottles, chromatography products, and barcoding and critical cleaning services to pharmaceutical, biotech, and laboratory customers globally. Wheaton is recognized for its brand, quality products, and customer service.

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Alcan Inc. -
Wheaton Science Products
in 2005

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Agenda
 Alcan Packaging - Global Pharmaceutical
 Alcan Packaging - Wheaton Science Products

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Global Presence
36 GMP sites in 14 countries

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Global Pharma - Products
 Pharma flexible packaging
 Medical flexible packaging
 Glass vials, ampoules and
tubing products
 Plastic bottles
 Caps and closures
 Contract packaging
 Folding cartons
 Science products -Scientific
Glassware & Laboratory
Equipment

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Pharmaceutical
Flexible
Packaging
 Key Value Added offering
 Multiple locations
 cGMP compliant
 Global specs
 Global product launches
 Core Competencies / Processes
 Wide and narrow web
 Multi-layer (barrier)
 Lamination
 Lacquering
 Controlled environment manufacturing
 Printing and slitting

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Medical Flexibles
Packaging
 Key Value Added offering
 Medical-focused facilities
 FDA registered
 cGMP compliant
 Centralized Technical facility and
pilot plant
 Knowledge Management System,
Customer Technical Service
 Core Competencies / Processes
 Lamination
 Pouch making
 Bag making
 Coating
 Roto and flexo printing
 Slitting

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Glass
Tubing
 Key Value Added offering
 Multiple locations
 cGMP compliant
 Global specs
 Core Competencies / Processes
 Danner and Vello drawing
 Machine design and build
 Converting (vial and ampoule)
 Controlled environment packaging
 Visual inspection
 Process control
 Vertical integration from tubing stock to
converting

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Plastics
 Key Value Added offering
 Process expertise
 Vertical integration: from machine
design to tools to final product
 Multiple component reliability
 Multi-material
 Core Competencies / Processes
 IBM, IM, EBM, SBM
 Electric technology
 Multi-material (PP, PE, PET, etc.)
 Leading edge resins (PEN, COCs)
 Secondary operations
 Machine design
 Tool Design
 Vision inspection
 Process control

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Contract Packaging
& Specialty Cartons
 Core Competencies / Processes
Folding Cartons
 Concept to market
 Multiple printing processes
 Secondary processes
 Core Competencies / Processes
Contract Packaging
 Pharma and Cosmetics outsourcing
 Solids, liquids and gels
 FDA compliant
 cGMP compliant

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Science Products
 Core Competencies
 Large range of products
Containers (glass & plastic)
Vials
Caps & closures
Liquid handling
Cell culture/fermentation
Biotech process control
Instrumentation
Glass apparatus
 Expertise in Supply Chain Logistics
(e-commerce, CSS, VMI)

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Wheaton
Science Products
Overview

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Branding
 The Wheaton Brand
 The “Wheaton Science
Products” brand is highly
recognizable in our markets,
known for exceptional quality
and valued added service
 The “Wheaton” brand, as a
member of Alcan Packaging,
represents a broad product
range, from laboratory products
to pharmaceutical packaging
 www.wheatonsci.com

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Market Focus
 Wheaton Science Products offers
both traditional and leading edge
products to:
 Pharmaceutical, Biotech and
Life Science Research and
Pilot-Scale Laboratories
 General Testing and
Analytical Laboratories
 Packagers of Diagnostic
Reagents & Laboratory
Chemicals
 Glass Shops Converting
Technical Glass Tubing into
Laboratory Apparatus

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Product Portfolio
Technical Glass
Tubing
Vials
Over 340 items
General laboratory
applications
Standard and
Custom Cut
Borosilicate
glass rod for
glassblowing
applications
• Type 1 and type 3
• Clear and amber
Life Science
Products
Glass Containers Plastic
Containers
Over 1090 items
General laboratory
applications
Over 800 items
General laboratory
applications
Chromatography
Sample Preparation
Barcoding
Critical Cleaning
Over 700 items
Life Science
applications
• Apparatus
• Labware
• Lab equipment

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Glass and
Plastic Containers
Glass & plastic
Clear or amber glass
Natural or amber plastic
Narrow or wide mouth
1 - 1000mL capacity
Wide variety of closures

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Liquid Handling
Pipettes
fixed volume
variable volume
repeater
multichannel
Tips
Bottle Top Dispensers
Pumps

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Cell Culture
Products
Tissue Grinders
Trypsinizing Flasks
Magnetic Stirrers
Celstir & Spinner Flasks
Roller Racks
Roller Bottles
Roll-In Incubators

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Freezing /
Cryogenics
Freestanding Cryules
Sterile
Colored coded caps
2 mL size
1-handed cap removal rack
Round Bottom Cryules
Sterile & Non-Sterile
1 - 5mL size
Freezer Boxes

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Staining Ware
Applications:
Pathology
Microscopy
Microbiology
Slide Preparation
Slide Cleaning
Slide Coating
Products:
Staining Dishes
Coplin Jars

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 Sample Vials
 Shorty Vials
 Clear glass
 2, 4, & 6 mL
 Solid top cap with
black rubber lined
cap
 Dilution Vials
 Clear glass
 4 mL
 Solid top cap with black rubber
lined cap
 Vial Files
 Storage sizes: 60-1.5 mL vials or
40-4 mL vials
 Replacement index cards
Scintillation and Sample Vials
Scintillation Vials
 Glass & plastic
 20, 6 & 4 mL Vials
 Selection of cap liners
 50 Position Rack
Sample Vials
 Screw Cap Sample
Vials
 Clear & amber glass
 1.5 to 24 mL
 Fused marking spot
 Solid or open top cap
 Selection of cap liners

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Serum Bottles
& Vials
Serum Bottles
Clear & amber glass
2-125 mL
Serum Vials
Clear & amber glass
Sizes: 2-10 mL
Closure Systems
Stoppers and Septas
Aluminum Seals
Manual and Semi-Automatic
Crimpers

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Chromatography
Vials
 Clear & Amber Type I borosilicate
glass vials used in HPLC and gas
chromatography
 Screw thread and serum finish
 Closures, seals, liners and septa
for most applications
 Vials and closures available in
convenience packs for trouble-free
sample filling
 Produced to exacting
specifications for reliability in
analytical testing

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V Vials®
Wheaton V Vials®
Applications:
Micro mixing, homogenization,
centrifugation, concentration,
extraction, reactions.
Compound Storage
Clear & amber glass
Solid & open top screw cap or crimp
cap
Graduated and ungraduated

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New Products
 NextGen™ V Vial®
 High extraction vial
 Storage of expensive or unique samples
 Patent pending “fire glazed bottom”
 Clear glass - Type I Borosilicate glass
 Ez Ex-Traction Vial™
 Compound storage vial
 Pharmaceutical companies use to
contain “libraries” of samples
 Patent pending bottom for retrieval of
samples by syringe
 Clear glass - Type I Borosilicate glass
 Barcoding is used to organize the “library”

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Value Added
Services
Critical Cleaning
Sterile
WFI Wash
Depyrogenation
Low Particulate
Cleanroom Packaging
Total Organic Carbon
(TOC)
Barcoding
2D Barcoding
Linear Barcoding

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Core Competencies
 “Wheaton” Brand Recognition - known for High
Quality Products and Exceptional Service
 Broad Range of Products and Services for
General Laboratory & Diagnostic Packaging
Markets
 Expertise in Supply Chain Logistics
(e-commerce, CSS, VMI)
 Exceptional service
 Received top award from VWRI for SCM
 WE DELIVER ON OUR PROMISE