AWT acquires Citation Clinical Labeling Systems

Citation provides clinical trial labels for pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, clinical research organizations, and clinical packagers. The company was founded in 1963 by the family of Richard Bolnick, who will remain as president of Citation, as a diversified distributor of printing and labels. Citation’s products serve mission critical applications by ensuring the accuracy and effectiveness of trials, improving participant safety and helping customers introduce drugs to the market more efficiently. The company provides world-class product quality, project management, customer service, and speed to market, which are imperative characteristics for pharmaceutical customers.

This acquisition will allow AWT to take advantage of growth opportunities in the clinical trial label markets. For Citation customers, they will now have access to AWT’s resources and investments in state-of-the art print and production technologies as well as access to AWT’s Minneapolis, Minnesota facility for additional healthcare label capabilities.

Both Bolnick, president of Citation, and Frederick Youngs, chief operating officer of Citation, will continue in leadership roles with the company and will become shareholders of AWT. The company operates out of a single pharmaceutical and medical grade facility in Hauppauge, New York, and employs approximately 100 people.

‘Citation looks forward to the next chapter of growth by joining the AWT organization. Citation and AWT share many of the same philosophies including providing our customers with a world-class experience, a commitment to healthcare labeling and quality systems, the development of our employees and continually investing in state-of-the-art equipment,’ Bolnick said. ‘We believe the best is yet to come for our customers as they will benefit from additional facilities, personnel and resources of the combined businesses.’

‘We are excited about our acquisition of Citation. Rich Bolnick and Fred Youngs have spent many years building a great company with outstanding people and tremendous capabilities and we proudly welcome the Citation team to AWT,’ said Jim Lundquist, president and CEO of AWT. ‘We will leverage the unique capabilities of both organizations to continue to serve our customers with world class quality and excellent service. The addition of Citation meaningfully increases our healthcare labeling capabilities and allows AWT to become one of the largest healthcare-focused label providers for pharmaceutical clinical trial and medical device manufacturers in the US.’