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CUSTOMIZED SERVICE
        Customized service

















































                                                              FUTRONIC






                                            supporting operations


                           of GPS machines worldwide





                  UYOUT AND RELAUNCH         Production Facilities Business    in the future. Both sides would
                    When a few strong        Unit – and concentrate on its     profit from the decision – a clas-
            B investors         led     by    core business. The new owners,   sic win-win situation, it seemed.
            GPS Glasproduktions-Service      on the other hand, were hoping    Yet those hopes were soon not to
            GmbH’s then General Manager      the management buy-out would      be. GPS went insolvent in spring
            bought out the company from      enable more flexible support to be   2018 and was eventually wound
            a German packaging manufac-      provided to international custom-  up on 31 January 2019, after
            turing group, the idea was to    ers in the container glass indus-  more than 90 years of develop-
            relaunch in eager anticipation   try. The two firms simultaneous-   ing and producing (IS) machines
            of a bright future. The latter   ly announced their intention to   and components for the global
            was planning to restructure its   engage in strategic cooperation   container glass industry.




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