# Gerresheimer opens pharmaceutical plastic packaging plant in Changzhou, China

Gerresheimer officially opened a new plant in Changzhou, China, producing plastic primary packaging for pharmaceuticals. The facility operates in clean rooms of class 9 and 7 and has FDA registration for US-type containers.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2019-12-11
- Where: Changzhou, China
- Status: completed
- Products: plastic pharmaceutical primary packaging, plastic containers for solid and liquid drugs, child-resistant closure systems
- Sectors: [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

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

## Sources

- [gerresheimer.com](https://www.gerresheimer.com/en/customer/company/news/detail/gerresheimer-opens-a-new-plant-for-the-production-of-pharmaceutical-primary-plastic-packaging-in-china), 2019-12-10: "A new plant for producing plastic pharmaceutical packaging has been set up in the Chinese city of Changzhou to help satisfy the high demand for Gerresheimer's primary packaging in China in the future."
- [nikkei.com](https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXMZO54938260Y0A120C2XA0000/), 2020-01-28: "The new Chinese plant in the city of Changzhou was officially opened on December 11, 2019, with its Indian counterpart in Kosamba following suit five days later."
- [gerresheimer.com](https://www.gerresheimer.com/en/customer/company/news/detail/gerresheimer-further-expanding-production-output-in-asia), 2020-01-28: "The new Chinese plant in the city of Changzhou was officially opened on December 11, 2019, with its Indian counterpart in Kosamba following suit five days later."

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