Gerresheimer Glass Inc. history

In 1904, Gerresheimer Glas started the production of wired glass, which became popular in construction as translucent building material for railroad stations and halls.

1907: First contacts with world market leader Owens and the operation of the first Owens glassblowing machine in Europe.

In May 1908 the first Owens machine in Europe started production at Gerresheimer Glas.

By 1925, all glass bottles at Gerresheimer Glas were made by Owens machines.

A New Era of Expansion Begins in 1932

Another acquisition followed in 1940 when Gerresheimer Glas bought a 50-percent share in Glashütte Budenheim, located near Mainz, another center of German wine country.

Production came to a complete halt at the end of the war, but Gerresheimer Glas started making flat glass and glass containers again at the end of 1945.

By 1958 the Owens machines had been replaced by the new rotating R7-machines and IS-multiple-section-machines.

1959 marked the year when Gerresheimer Glas lost its independence.

1987 Development of tubing-based pharmaceutical glass product business

In 1991, the company acquired the German leader in the specialty glass market—Tettauer Glashüttenwerke AG. Two years later the plastic and carton manufacturing subsidiaries were sold.

Producing the glass is a multistep process and it involves working with temperatures as hot as 2000 degrees Fahrenheit.

2007 Gerresheimer AG is stock exchange listed

2013 Divisional reorganization: Plastics & Devices, Primary Packaging Glass and Life Science Research

2015 Sale of tubing operations to Corning

2016 Sale of Life Science Research operations

2018 New CEO and Management Board of Gerresheimer AG: Dietmar Siemssen CEO, Doctor Bernd Metzner CFO, Doctor Lukas Burkhardt

2019 Opening Plastic Packaging Plant in Changzhou, China