industry manufacturing founded 1864 founder ferdinand heye headquarters d sseldorf germany key people uwe roehrhoff ceo and chairman of the executive board dr. axel herberg chairman of the supervisory board revenue 1 377.2 million 2015 1 number of employees 10 684 november 2015 1 website www.gerresheimer.com gerresheimer ag formerly gerresheimer glass ag is a german manufacturer of primary packaging products for medication and drug delivery devices made of special purpose glass and plastics with headquarters in d sseldorf . contents 1 history 2 company 2.1 locations 2.2 key figures 3 divisions 3.1 plastics & devices 3.2 primary packaging glass 3.3 life science research 4 management board 5 literature 6 external links 7 references history edit gerresheimer glas ag was established in 1864 by ferdinand heye son of the merchant caspar hermann heye 1792 1864 . he continued managing the company until 1888 when it was converted into a stock corporation . the company s name was changed from ferd . heye glas fabrik gerresheim bei d sseldorf into actien gesellschaft der gerresheimer glash ttenwerke vorm . ferd . heye gerresheim bei d sseldorf . when heye died in 1889 his son hermann joined the company s management board aged 23 and was appointed as board chairman in 1891 . in 1907 hermann heye founded europ ischen verband der flaschenfabriken gmbh . the company purchased the patent rights to the owens machine the first fully automated bottling machine for europe . it was put into operation at gerresheimer in 1908 . hermann remained at the helm of the company until his death in 1941 . from then on his son in law niels von b low headed the company s management board as its oldest member . in 1959 the us company owens illinois of toledo ohio acquired a 50.1 % stake in gerresheimer followed by a majority shareholding in 1971 . one year later in 1972 the company name was changed to gerresheimer glas ag . from november 1985 onwards gerresheimer glas ag became an independent company again . the new majority shareholder was the westdeutsche landesbank westlb which acquired around 58 % of the shares in gerresheimer glas ag from owens illinois . viag acquired a majority shareholding in westlb in 1990 . in april 2000 when it merged with veba viag sold its majority shareholding in gerresheimer glass ag to a consortium led by private equity investor investcorp in order to fund the foundation of e.on . this meant gerresheimer glas being de listed from the stock exchange in 2003 . the us investment group blackstone bought the company at the end of 2004 . from the 1990s onwards gerresheimer underwent a gradual strategic reorientation . gerresheimer had been one of the biggest european manufacturers of beer and water bottles . however this division was spun off and the company shifted its focus to special packaging for the pharmaceutical life sciences and cosmetics industries . gerresheimer glas ag sold the gerresheim glassworks and five other production plants to the french company bsn glasspack a subsidiary of the french danone group in 1999 . owens illinois acquired bsn glasspack and thereby also the glassworks in gerresheim in december 2004 . in august 2005 the us company owens illinois o i closed the gerresheimer glassworks formerly the world s largest bottle manufacturing facility . 2 in the year 2012 patrizia immobilien acquired the site of the former glassworks.the d sseldorf municipal authority and patrizia immobilien are implementing housing development projects in d sseldorf s former glassmaking district . 3 the company was taken public again in june 2007 after its name had been shortened to gerresheimer ag . it has been included in the german mdax stock exchange index since december 2008 . 4 the company s headquarters are still in d sseldorf . in 2007 gerresheimer ag bought the wilden group 5 which today trades under the name of gerresheimer regensburg gmbh and is part of the medical plastic systems business unit in the plastic & devices division . in 2011 gerresheimer acquired brazilian company tampas herm ticas v dat which is now known as gerresheimer pl sticos s o paulo ltda . 6 in april 2012 gerresheimer acquired a majority shareholding in the indian company neutral glass & allied industries pvt. ltd. 7 followed by triveni polymers ltd. pvt. a plastic packaging manufacturer for the regulated indian market in december of the same year . 7 with five production facilities in south america five in china and two in india gerresheimer is now represented in the fast growing emerging markets . uwe r hrhoff has been ceo of gerresheimer ag 8 9 since 2010 and the supervisory board chairman is gerhard schulze . 10 in september 2015 gerresheimer acquired centor the market leader in the us prescription plastic vial retail market for oral drugs . 11 in november 2015 gerresheimer sold its tubing operations to the us company corning inc. gerresheimer and corning have also set up a joint venture to accelerate innovations for the phramaceutical glass packaging market . company edit gerresheimer manufactures specialty products made of glass and plastic for the international pharmaceutical and healthcare sector . the product portfolio includes vials drug delivery devices syringe systems insulin pens and inhalers . the gerresheimer group realized revenue of around 1.4 billion euros and had around 11 000 employees at over 40 locations in europe north and south america and asia in 2014 . gerresheimer s target group is the pharma and healthcare industry which it supplies with a comprehensive range of primary packaging products in glass and plastic for drug delivery applications . gerresheimer also manufactures cosmetic packaging and glass containers for specialty food and beverage industry segments . in the 2015 financial year december 1 2014 to november 30 2015 revenue increased by 6.8 percent to eur 1 377 2 million . this was again due in particular to revenue growth in the plastics segment . 1 12 locations edit gerresheimer is a company with international operations at more than 40 locations around the world . it operates production plants in germany poland denmark belgium france spain italy switzerland and the czech republic . further production locations are in north and south america e.g. the usa mexico brazil and argentina as well as china and india . key figures edit year revenues eur m adjusted ebitda net income eur m employees 2008 1.060 1 206 4 4 5 10.177 2009 1.000 2 185 9 7 0 9.343 2010 1.024 8 204 5 46 7 9.475 2011 1.094 7 217 3 54 4 10.212 2012 1.219 1 239 9 68 3 10.952 2013 1.265 9 249 8 68 5 11.239 2014 1.290 0 253 4 72 9 11.096 2015 1.377 0 277 9 112 7 10.684 divisions edit the companies in the gerresheimer group are assigned to three divisions . plastics & devices edit as a manufacturer of special primary plastic packaging products for the pharmaceuticals industry the plastics and devices division has a comprehensive portfolio of innovative and excellent quality packaging products for solid liquid and ophthalmic pharmaceuticals as well as cosmetics . the plastics & devices division s product portfolio includes complex customer specific products for convenient and safe drug delivery such as insulin pens inhalers and pre fillable syringes . diagnostics and medical technology products ranging from lancing devices and test systems to plastic packaging for liquid and solid pharmaceuticals with closure and safety systems are also manufactured by this division . the division plastics & devices consists of the product units medical systems plastic packaging and centor . primary packaging glass edit the primary packaging glass division manufactures glass primary packaging products for pharmaceuticals and cosmetics such as pharmaceutical jars ampoules vials cartridges perfume flacons and cosmetic cream jars as well as special glass packaging for the food and beverage industry . life science research edit the life science research division manufactures a wide range of specialist glass containers and systems made from tubular glass based on paste mold technology for research development and analytics applications as well as general laboratory glassware . its product portfolio includes beakers conical flasks and measuring cylinders plus disposable laboratory glassware articles such as test tubes pipettes chromatography vials and other special laboratory glass products . products plastic packaging medical systems syringes molded glass pharmaceutical containers pharmaceutical containers made of tubular glass cosmetic glass laboratory glass centor screw loc management board edit name division member since uwe r hrhoff primary packaging glass 2003 rainer beaujean life science research 2012 andreas sch tte plastics and devices 2009 literature edit bruno kammann gerresheimer glas geschichte einer weltfirma 1864 2000 ein beitrag zur wirtschafts sozial und stadtgeschichte d sseldorfs klartext verlag essen 2007 isbn 978 3 89861 782 6 . peter henkel industriepfad d sseldorf . d sseldorf 2009 isbn 978 3 7700 1318 0 . peter henkel 150 jahre glash tte gerresheim . droste d sseldorf 2014 isbn 978 3 7700 1533 7 . external links edit carbon disclosure project website references edit a b c annual report 2015 pdf . gerresheimer . retrieved 11 february 2016 . glash tte gerresheim totgesagte leben l nger auf vdi nachrichten.com . ehemalige glash tte 1400 wohnungen on rp online.de . gerresheimer ag 4 december 2008 . gerresheimer steigt in den mdax auf . retrieved 10 april 2010 . gerresheimer kauft wilden gruppe on neue verpackung.de . gerresheimer acquires brazilian pharmaceutical plastic packaging company v dat on gerresheimer.com . a b gerresheimer erwirbt den indischen hersteller von pharmazeutischen kunststoffverpackungen triveni on gerresheimer.com . uwe r hrhoff . bloomberg l.p. retrieved 2012 03 28 . gerresheimer uwe r hrhoff ist neuer vorstandsvorsitzender . new media publisher gmbh . 2010 06 23 . retrieved 2012 03 28 . supervisory 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