The Syringe: Small But Sophisticated

Gerresheimer's Bunde plant in the Ostwestfalen-Lippe region of Germany, specialises in Ready-to-Fill (RTF) syringes. RTF means Gerresheimer takes responsibility for the washing, siliconising, pre-assembling with cap and sterilising of the syringe. A customer, usually a pharma company, will has the option of buying unwashed and unsterilised syringes from the Bunde plant, known as bulk syringes, but there is a move today towards the RTF process. Ahead of the unveiling of its new RTF syringe production line, pharmaceutical manufacturer Gerresheimer invited Glass International to its Bunde, Germany site where its senior staff chatted about the plant's exciting new operations.