Schott has officially inaugurated a production site for primary pharmaceutical packaging located in Zavolzhe, near the Russian city of Nizhny Novgorod. The production site will initially employ around 60 employees and will produce premium quality ampoules and vials.

“We are the first international group which manufactures primary pharmaceutical packaging made of glass to open a production facility in Russia,” said Professor Udo Ungeheuer, Chairman of the Management Board of Schott, at the plant inauguration in Zavolzhe. “With this new plant, we are further expanding our position as the leading supplier to the pharmaceutical industry in Russia.”

The company has been selling ampoules, vials, cartridges and syringes to the Russian market since the beginning of the 1990s. To date, Russian customers have been mainly supplied from the existing pharmaceutical packaging site in Hungary. “With our new facility in Zavolzhe, we are able to satisfy local demands even better than before,” said Dr Juergen Sackhoff, Executive Vice President of Schott Pharmaceutical Systems.

The new plant for primary pharmaceutical packaging is Schott’s second production site in Russia. The company already runs a flat glass processing plant in Bor, near the city of Nizhny Novgorod, that supplies the household appliance industry. Furthermore, Schott established a delegate office in Moscow in 1995.