Gerresheimer will spend €12m to add approximately 5,000 sq. meters to the plastics production area at its manufacturing facility in Horsovsky Tyn, Czech Republic. The plant produces medical plastic devices, including insulin pens and inhalers. According to the company, an increase in demand for the products is leading it to double the size of the facility.
Construction should be complete by the end of 2011. Gerresheimer expects to hire an additional 75 workers, bringing the Horsovsky Tyn workforce to a total of 450.
Gerresheimer CEO Uwe Röhrhoff commented, “The treatment of chronic illnesses such as diabetes and asthma is becoming increasingly widespread and significant. We intend to continue extending our share of the market with our medical plastic systems for diagnostics and for the safe and reliable application of medications. Our Czech plant will play a crucial role in this process because it’s one of our most modern medical plastic systems production facilities.”
Read the Gerresheimer press release.
