Gerresheimer to invest in North Macedonian facility

Published 5th July, 2022 by Greg Morris

Gerresheimer vice president Oliver Burgel signed the agreement for a new glass manufacturing plant with North Macedonian Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski.

German pharmaceutical company Gerresheimer is to invest in a new factory in the Technological-Industrial Development Zones (TIRZs), Skopje, North Macedonia.

The decision on the company's investment was announced by Gerresheimer vice president Oliver Burgel, at a meeting with Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski.

The start of construction on its existing premise in the TIRZ is planned in the third quarter of this year, while series production should begin in 2024.

It will manufacture prefillable RTF syringes made of glass. The expansion will create about 200 new jobs.

Gerresheimer already has one production facility in the TIRZs, which makes medical plastic devices for the pharma industry and the medical technology sector.

Greg Morris

Glass International Editor

Greg Morris has been editor of Glass International and organiser of the Glassman conferences since 2012, specialising in glass packaging. Prior to this he spent five years working in newspaper journalism.