FPS has announced it is opening a new office in Philadelphia to support the continued growth of its business in North America.

The company has also appointed Frederic Le Pape as general manager.

Commenting on the activity, FPS president Giovanni Gianola said: “The move is part of our continued investment in high-quality services, which enables us to respond to the growing needs of our customers from the US, Canada and Puerto Rico.

“With more than 1,000 systems in operation worldwide for containment and micronisation, we can now offer our custom systems directly to the North American market.

“I am also pleased to welcome Frederic Le Pape to lead our subsidiary. Frederic brings 20 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry and will contribute greatly to our continuing success.”

In addition, FPS has announced that the domain of its company website has been changed from foodpharmasystems.com to fps-pharma.com.

The FPS board of directors believes that FPS-pharma.com is a better reflection of the firm’s mission to “develop, design and supply micronisation and containment systems mainly in pharmaceutical and chemical sectors”.

At the same time, the company will be changing its email addresses and the old addresses will be obsoleted gradually.

From 17 April to 19 April, you can meet the FPS team at Interphex, New York, and the company will also be attending CPhI North America, Philadelphia, from 24 April to 26 April.