The US Pharmacopeia Council of Experts Annual report has highlighted their work on updating the regulatory standards for saccharin.

Catherine M. Sheehan, M.S., M.S. Senior Director, Science –Excipients, USP, comments (page 15) that:

Most people don’t think much about excipients, which are considered the ‘inactive’ ingredients in medicine. But these are actually critically important to how well a drug works in the body, as well as how it tastes if it’s oral medication. And they can cause great harm to patients if their quality is poor, so we are very proud of the work we do to help ensure the quality of excipients. We published draft standards seeking comments from international stakeholders revising the standards for three types of saccharin. Today, saccharin is used to help make medicines—which would otherwise taste pretty bad—palatable for patients. It is also used as an excipient for medications delivered intravenously or by aerosol, which means it’s critical to control impurities. This work is important because we know that saccharin may contain about 10 impurities that can develop during some manufacturing processes, including a few that can be harmful. This is part of our work with the Pharmacopeial Discussion Group, which includes USP, the European Pharmacopoeia, and the Japanese Pharmacopoeia, to harmonize excipient monographs and general test methods in order to align standards to bring more efficiency in quality testing.

The full report can be downloaded here.

The completion ceremony of BCMB’s new factory and commemoration of the 66th anniversary of JMC’s founding were held at the headquarters of JMC, located in Ulsan, on Friday July 7.

The expansion the build the new BCMB plant, which started in May 18, was completed in June 19. The new factory has a total capacity of 2100 tons. The total land area is 545m² and will have an annual production of 720 tons. BCMB is a new material with excellent merit as a semiconductor encapsulation material. JMC has been producing high quality products with its long-established technology and stable and environmentally friendly production facilities. BCMC is now a major product, accounting for about 15% of JMC’s overall sales as of last year. With the completion of the new plant, we anticipate a 1.5x increase in sales and a 1.5x increase in sales in the future. This will serve as the foundation for exploring new markets such as the fluorescent brightener market outside the electronic materials market.

In order to celebrate the completion of the new BCMB plant, we held the ceremony for completion at the new factory in the sunny weather, with Chairman Mr. Kim Heung-Joon, CEO Dr. Cho Sung-Yong and Vice President Dr. Lee Sang-Ho. After a congratulatory message from Chairman Kim Heung-joon the plaque to commemorate the completion of the project was unveiled. This was followed by a tape-cutting ceremony and a tour of the new facility.

To commemorate the 66th anniversary of the founding of the company, awards were presented to 22 long-term employees. Chairman Kim Heung-joon expressed his gratitude to the employees and finished the commemoration with the words that JMC, as indicated by the opening ceremony of the new plant, is looking forward to further development in the future.

Chemspec Europe 2019, an international exhibition for fine chemicals and specialty chemicals, was held in Basel, Switzerland on June 26 and 27.

The 34th Chemspec exhibition was the largest ever, with more than 370 exhibitors from 27 countries around the world, covering an area of ​​6,300 square meters. KISCO and JMC were participating for the fourth time since 2016. In this exhibition, various companies promoted technologies related to flow reactora, fluorine chemistry and Green Chemistry, which are major issues in the fine chemical industry. Various companies from across the industry value chain, including manufacturers, distributors, regulators and equipment suppliers shared the latest trends and technologies. Through this, our staff gained a clear understanding of many issues, including environmental regulation issues, one of the areas of greatest concern within the market.

Many of our customers visited our booth, attracted by our accessible booths and LCD banners. Many of our employees, including CEO Dr. Cho, attended the meetings with these customers to discuss business and market trends. We specifically focused on network formation and introduced our custom manufacturing capabilities to many potential partners.

Through this exhibition we were able to consult with companies that we believe will be able to cooperate with us and with whom we aim to attract projects from. In order to improve the competitiveness of the custom manufacturing business, we will work closely with other departments to diversify our product lines and establish concrete business goals. We look forward to hearing about many achievements in the future from KISCO / JMC’s custom manufacturing business!

The IFT19 (Institute of Food Technologists) show, the largest food related exhibition in the United States, was held at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans from Monday, June 3 to Wednesday, June 5.

JMC, participating at IFT for the second time following the exhibition in Chicago last year, focused on meeting customer needs and observing market trends through meetings with existing clients. We also actively engaged in meetings with companies that are using competitors’ products to create potential customers, open new accounts and promote JMC’s high-quality saccharin.

Through participation in the exhibition we were able to observe that JMC Saccharin was recognized as a high-quality product. In particular, we installed a promotional banner titled “World’s Highest Quality Saccharin” at the entrance of the exhibition hall. We also had our staff wearing JMC-branded T-shirts we got strong feedback from many visitors that our brand image was more clearly established. In addition, the saccharin-sweetened lemonade and the saccharin-based cotton candy tasting stations in the booth attracted many people’s interest and attention.

Following this IFT exhibition JMC was able to maintain contact with existing customers and we plan to conduct additional follow-up with newly discovered potential customers. We will continue to promote our product as the “World’s Highest Quality” in the US market and plan to continue our public relations activities to further solidify our position as the leading saccharin brand.

JMC is pleased to announce that we will be exhibiting at the Institute of Food Technology Trade show, IFT2019, in New Orleans, USA from June 2-5, 2019. This will be JMC’s second time exhibiting at the show which reflects our growing presence in the international food industry. Be sure to visit us at Booth 1455.

If you would like to arrange a meeting, please contact Ms Yuri Ikoma via e-mail at yuri.ikoma@jmcmail.co.kr.

Later in 2019, JMC will also be exhibiting at CPhI in Frankfurt and FIE in Paris.

The IDTechEx Europe 2019 was held at the Estrel Berlin Congress Center in Berlin, Germany from April 10 to 11. ‘IDTechEx Show!’ is a large-scale technical conference and exhibition for 3D printing, electric vehicles, internet, sensors and wearables, graphene and 2D materials. Each participating company releases their latest technology, introduces their products and each technical staff publishes the latest research results in each field. The conference enables suppliers and end users of the industry to gather and communicate directly.

JMC exhibited for the first time at the European exhibition following its participation at the US exhibition last year. JMC used the exhibition to introduce its capability in graphene oxide manufacturing to many industry stakeholders. JMC was also able to promote the JMC brand by supporting the presentation by Professor Joo Yong Lak’s (Cornell University).

In November 2018, JMC obtained an updated Halal Certificate. This document guarantees products and services aimed at the Muslim population. JMC’s food product, saccharin, has always been produced in accordance with Halal specifications and is used widely in foods and health products that are accepted by Muslim communities around the world. The updated Halal Certificate will enable JMC to maintain existing and grow new relationships in Muslim communities.

IDTechEx Europe 2019 was held at the Estrel Berlin Congress Center in Berlin, Germany from April 10 to 11. ‘IDTechEx Show!’ Is a large-scale technical conference and exhibition for 3D printing, electric vehicles, internet, sensors and wearables, graphene and 2D materials. Each participating company releases their latest technology, introduces their products and each technical staff publishes the latest research results in each field. The conference enables suppliers and end users of the industry to gather and communicate directly.

JMC exhibited for the first time at the European exhibition following its participation at the US exhibition last year. JMC used the exhibition to introduce its capability in graphene oxide manufacturing to many industry stakeholders. JMC was also able to promote the JMC brand by supporting the presentation by Professor Joo Yong Lak’s (Cornell University) .

Edition #1 of the JMC newsletter is now online.

Click here to read it.

Our Saccharin boxes are getting some fancy wear. To more effectively identify our products we are introducing new labels and packaging which provides a consistent brand across our range.

We are pleased to introduce our new Saccharin carton box design. The design was implemented at the beginning of 2018. The new blue colored box contains all necessary information such as JMC’s factory information, emergency contact deatils, handling instructions and more. We hope our customers enjoy with our newly designed carton box. Please kindly be informed that there is no change in the material used to make the box nor to the PE liner which directly contacts the materials inside the box.

We also would like to introduce our new company slogan, Creating Sweetness and Pure Chemistry. This slogan highlights our main product, Saccharin while also referring to our key strength as a chemical manufacturer – we make highly pure, fine chemicals. We also put JMC’s company spirit into this slogan – our desire to create strong chemistry between JMC and our customers. Saccharin is introducing its own slogan, Beyond Sweetness. We go what’s beyond sweet saccharin to provide a “sweet connection” with our customers.

These slogans are printed on the box and will also used in any further JMC marketing channels.