Our History

Founders Henry Jones and Frank Lawson create Lawson & Jones Incorporated

Imported stock from England to introduce the first pre-gummed labels to Canada—a precursor to today’s sophisticated pressure sensitive labels

Imported from Buffalo, New York the first litho press in Canada west of Toronto

Imported from Europe the first mechanical carton folder in Canada

Henry Jones establishes Jones Box and Label to focus on pharmaceutical market

Evolution and market consolidation.

Building client foundation and expanding offering to include over-the counter and front-store pharmacy products

Introduced first child safety vial to the Canadian pharmacy market

Co-developed a blister card designed for multi-med regimes—the adherence card is born

First Heidelberg CD press in Canada

Purchased Guelph Paper Box

Broadened flexo printing to include full body shrink sleeves

Designed first dual web laser prescription label for Canadian market

Became Jones Packaging Inc.

Ron Harris and Christine Jones Harris purchase the company from balance of the family

First folding carton converter to certify to ISO 9001 in Canada

New head office, printing and converting facility

First label converter in Canada to adopt 100% video inspection for in-line finishing

Acquisition of European adherence packaging leader Venalink, based in the U.K. and Spain

First Canadian carton converter to certify to ISO 14001:2004

Named Canadian International Packaging Group member

First and only North American member of Europe-based PharmaPact

Acquisition of contract packaging leader, Ivers-Lee

First North American packaging converter to hold sustainability conference

First in the world to acquire a uniquely configured, advanced 13-station, nine colour Komori press

Corporate realignment with three areas of business focus: Printed Packaging, Contract Packaging and Healthcare

Joined Canada’s National Research Council Printable Electronics Program and Consortium as a Tier 1 partner to develop printing technologies for intelligent, monitored medication adherence packaging

New state-of-the-art contract packaging services facility opens its doors

Convenience vial filling is added to packaging services offering

First to successfully integrate and verify dual-sensing Thinfilm NFC OpenSense™ tags for folding cartons on high-speed production lines

Produced the largest high-speed run of NFC-integrated folding cartons at 60,000 units

Launched first-ever patient trial program using multi-medication, monitored adherence packaging systems in the U.K.

First carton converter to develop resealable multi-panel cartons proven against critical-to-quality parameters for pharmaceutical customers in response to Health Canada’s Plain Language Labelling regulations

Launched a first-of-its-kind online ordering platform for pharmacy medication dispensing products, the Pharmacy Store

Became Jones Healthcare Group, aligning market focus with the company’s strong roots in healthcare and go-forward vision centred on wellness

Launched $30 million equipment investment plan to strengthen operations

Installed a fully integrated Uhlmann bottle line and two-lane blister packaging line, custom-built Koenig & Bauer Rapida 106 eight-colour carton press and custom-built Aquaflex LX 2350 label press

Acquired UK-based MEDI-Clear® Medication Management Solutions

First to launch medication adherence packaging made with eco-friendly Bio-PET, a fully recyclable bio-based plastic manufactured using sugar waste

Joined the Sustainable Medicines Partnership as a Founding Collaborator to reduce medicine-related waste

Installed a Gallus Labelmaster 440 to expand complex pressure sensitive label (prime label) capacity

Installed a Bobst Novacut 106 ER die-cutter to expand complex folding carton capacity and two Romaco/Siebler HM1-350 pouch machines to increase solid-dose pouching capacity