Maruho Hatsujyo Innovations Names COO

Timothy Saarinen has been appointed chief operating officer of Maruho Hatsujyo Innovations (MHI) Medical Packaging Machinery business. Dr. Saarinen will be responsible for directing and overseeing operations, developing sales personnel and channels, and strengthening products, services, and technical resources. MHI is the U.S. subsidiary of Maruho Co. Ltd, a Japanese dermatology pharmaceutical company with subsidiaries in Europe and the U.S.   
 

Dr. Saarinen joins the company from Amcor, a packaging provider, where he first served as commercial director, North America and then general manager, Mundelein. Prior to that, he was vice president of sales for Isotec. 
 
Dr. Saarinen will focus on providing customer guidance and consultation for – and continuing to raise market awareness of – Eagle, the company’s debut U.S. blister machine, as well as compact, high performance blister machines planned for 2018, including the Spirit (lab scale), Patriot (small production), and Denali (large scale production).