Gerresheimer Regensburg GmbH has announced plans to increase production of its medical injection moulders four-fold in its China facility over the next 18 months.
Gerresheimer saw strong demand for plastic systems and moulded glassware in the second quarter fiscal 2011, while tubular glass revenue dipped slightly.
US drug packaging firm Comar says acquisition of Universal Container Corp (Unicon) provides capacity for growth, particularly in key liquid medication delivery device market.
Ineos Polyolefins hopes that its new Eltex MED low-density
polythene (LDPE) packaging line will provide pharmaceutical
manufacturing firms with a means of meeting the demands of long
term storage.
German packaging firm Gerresheimer has acquired Wilden, the
European market leader for medical drug-delivery plastic systems,
in a move that will show worldwide presence through targeted
acquisitions.
Injection molder and contract manufacturer Tech Group is relocating
its Grand Rapids plant to a new molding facility in nearby Walker,
Michigan, which will be expanded to cope with the high demand for
medical devices and components.
Superfos Pharma, one of Europe's leading suppliers of plastic
packaging for the pharma market, has been acquired by Gerresheimer
in a move that should double the group's turnover in plastics to
€50 million.
Quadrant Engineering Plastics Products (EPP) has launched a range
of standard colours for extruded acetal stockshapes in response to
increasing market demand for products that enable and enhance
colour identity.