SOMERSET, NJ -- Catalent Pharma Solutions, provider of advanced technologies and outsourced services to the global pharmaceutical, biotechnology and consumer health industries, announced the appointment of John Kay to the position of Director of Operations for the Printed Components business of its Packaging Services segment.
As Director of Operations, Kay will be responsible for the company’s five global printed components plants. Kay will be located at Catalent’s Red Lion Road facility in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Prior to the new appointment, Kay was the Director of Technical Operations for Catalent.
Before joining Catalent, Kay was Vice President of Operations for Cortegra, a provider of packaging solutions for the pharmaceutical and healthcare related industries. Prior to that, John was the Director of Corporate Development and Effectiveness for J.J. White, Inc., a major Mid-Atlantic commercial construction organization. He also spent 15 years at Alcoa’s Consumer and Flexible Packaging Divisions where he held a series of leadership roles in operations management and led continuous improvement initiatives across several facilities that served the pharmaceutical market as well as other industries.