Gerresheimer AG, a partner to the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries, is extending its production capacity for medical plastic systems at its plant in Peachtree City, Ga.
The production area will be increased by an additional 60,000 square feet, according to the company. Production of new medical devices will start immediately after completion of the infrastructural enlargements. Gerresheimer is investing millions of dollars in the project, which will create around 120 additional jobs in the medium-term future; it did not provide an exact cost for the expansion.
"We're experiencing worldwide growth in demand for user friendly, safe and easy to use medical devices such as inhalers and insulin pens. As a result of this growth, and new customer projects, our excellent plant in Peachtree City will be significantly increasing its production capacity. There are a great many opportunities for us in this business segment in the US and our Peachtree City facility will play a crucial role in helping us to exploit them. We greatly appreciate the generous support of the state and local authorities in Georgia in this challenging project," said Andreas Schütte, a Gerresheimer AG board member who oversees the Plastics & Devices division.
The additional production area significantly will increase the company's Peachtree City production capacity. Two thirds of the additional production area will be ISO class 8 cleanroom.
Gerresheimer is taking advantage of Georgia's workforce training program, Quick Start, which provides training to qualified new, expanding and existing busiensses. Since 1967, Quick Start has trained more than 1 million employees through 6,500 projects in various industries.The approximately 120 new jobs to be created in the medium term from Gerresheimer's expansion will include executive, administrative, supervisory and production positions.
"Georgia's healthcare industry is uniquely poised to help Gerresheimer grow," said Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal. "This global company is taking advantage of an eager, skilled workforce and an advanced life science and healthcare ecosystem. Our state is the ideal location to support Gerresheimer's newest expansion."
Gerresheimer established its first Peachtree City production facility in 1993 and expanded it in 2009 with the establishment of a Technical Competence Center (TCC). The plant in Peachtree City is part of Gerresheimer's Medical Plastic Systems business unit. Gerresheimer's headquarters is based in Düsseldorf, Germany. Peachtree City and the other plants in this business unit develop, industrialize, manufacture and assemble customer-specific devices such as inhalers, insulin pens, lancets and various diagnostic systems.