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MARKET SURVEY

Market survey
has its headquarters in Mainz
(Germany) and is solely owned
by the Carl Zeiss Foundation. As
a foundation company, Schott
assumes special responsibility for
its employees, society and the
environment.

NIPRO PHARMA PACKAGING
Nipro Pharma Packaging is
part of Nipro Corporation which,
along with its subsidiaries, manu-
factures medical devices, phar-
maceutical products, and phar-
maceutical packaging products.
The company is headquartered
in Japan and currently employs
more than 28,000 personnel.
Nipro Corporation generated
new annual sales of approxi-
mately USD 3.6 billion in 2018.
However, its pharmaceutical
packaging business generated
revenues of USD 260 million in
2018. The company is focusing
to launch high-quality products
in countries such as China and
India, where demand is continu-
ously increasing. Nipro Pharma
Packaging has an annual produc-
tion capacity of 90,000 tons of
pharmaceutical glass tubing.
Nipro Pharma Packaging has
more than 60 years of experience
in the fields of drawing premi-
um glass tubing, developing and
manufacturing innovative prima-
ry packaging, performing distinct
pharma packaging analysis and
assembling high-performance
converting machines, for today’s
competitive market environment.
CORNING INCORPORATED
Corning Incorporated is a
century-old company engaged in
manufacturing of specialty glass-
es, ceramics, and other related
materials through its strategically
located facilities in Asia-Pacific,
North America, and Europe. The
company generated net annu-
al sales of USD 10.5 billion in
2017. In 2015, Corning acquired
Gerresheimer’s pharmaceutical
glass tubing business for total con-

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