# Gerresheimer renovates Essen glass furnace, adding pharmaceutical glass capacity

Gerresheimer completed renovation of its clear-glass furnace in Essen, adding new capacity for injection and infusion bottles and securing about 400 jobs at the plant.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2019-10-28
- Where: Essen, Germany
- Jobs: 400
- Status: completed
- Products: type II glass injection and infusion bottles, pharmaceutical glass containers
- Sectors: [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md)

## Companies

- [Gerresheimer](https://endata.com/companies/1928.md)

## Sources

- [gerresheimer.com](https://www.gerresheimer.com/en/customer/company/news/detail/new-furnace-for-the-innovative-and-sustainable-production-of-clear-glass-containers-for-solid-and-liquid-drugs), 2019-10-28: "This high-performance furnace means that new capacity is available with immediate effect to satisfy the high demand for the production of injection and infusion bottles."

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