SCHOTT to increase pharma tubing capacity

摘要

The German technology group SCHOTT is investing an additional double-digit million-euro figure into a new glass tank at its tubing manufacturing plant in Jambusar,Gujarat.The expansion follows recent investments at the site including the construction of another additional tank facility just last year.Production of pharmaceutical FIOULAX tubing from the new tank is scheduled to begin in the second half of 2020.The capacity expansion is part of the company's global growth strategy of its pharma tubing and packaging business segments.”The pharmaceutical market is booming worldwide with a very high demand for premium pharmaceuticalpackaging and tubing,”said Dr Patrick Markschlaeger,executive VP at SCHOTT,business unit tubing.”In order to supply the rapidly growing domestic and Asian market,we are investing once again a multimillion-euro figure in our Jambusar site to increase our manufacturing capacity in India.”