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COUNTRY OUTLOOK
Country outlook
According to a report from the also produce pharmaceuti-
Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance cal glass products along with
(API), the growth of the Indian container glass for the food
pharmaceutical industry is estimat- and beverage industry.
ed to be between seven and eight Along with the huge
per cent. This would result in the demand for glass contain-
sector being worth up to USD 90 ers for the domestic phar-
billion by 2030, but the association maceutical industry, Indian
suggests that the industry has the glass producers also export a Piramal Kosamba
potential to rise at a CAGR of up significant part of their out-
to 11 or 12 per cent, potentially put to a number of countries
reaching USD 120-130 billion by in the Middle East, Europe,
2030. Africa, the Americas and to
The Indian pharmaceuticals other Asian countries.
market is, in fact, in the midst of
major developments and dynamic SCHOTT India
changes. Huge growth in the coun- The Indian arm of German
try’s pharmaceutical industry has pharmaceutical glass manu-
provided Indian container glass facturer SCHOTT is one
manufacturers for the pharmaceu- of the leading producers of
tical industry a unique opportunity pharmaceutical glass in India.
for growth. The company has made an Schott Kaisha
investment of approximately
PHARMACEUTICAL GLASS INR 1.8 billion to set up a new
MANUFACTURERS IN INDIA pharma tubing tank facility
the important steps forward at its existing manufactur-
made by the Indian pharmaceu- ing site in Jambusar district,
tical industry during last two Gujarat. The Jambusar plant
decades has created immense is currently a production hub
opportunities for Indian phar- for SCHOTT pharma tubing
maceutical glass manufactur- for Asia, and, through its 100 CSM - Neutral Glass
ers. With the growth of coun- per cent subsidiary in India, Allied Industries Kosamba
try’s pharmaceutical industry, SCHOTT has a manufactur-
container glass producers have ing site in Jambusar, as well Schott Jambusar
increased their capacities and as sales offices in Mumbai
capabilities. Leading global phar- and Pune. Construction of
maceutical glass producers such the new facility is ongoing
as SCHOTT, Gerresheimer, and commercial production
and SGD Pharma have entered is expected to commence
India by setting up their produc- by early 2020. Schott Glass
tion plants during these years. has been present in India for
Existing domestic producers and around two decades, start-
new entrants have also increased ing its business operations in
the scale of their operations in 1998 by acquiring a compa-
the country. ny producing pharma tubing
India has a total of about two in Jambusar.
dozen container glass produc- Dr. Patrick Markschlaeger,
ers, some of which are dedicated Executive Vice President,
pharmaceutical glass manufactur- SCHOTT, Business Unit Tubing
ers. Companies such as Schott says, “We started our journey in
India, Vitrum Glass and SGD India by bringing in our best tech-
Pharma India are dedicated phar- nologies to turn the existing site
maceutical glass producers, oth- into a world-class manufacturing
ers, such as Piramal Glass, AGI site. For us, there couldn’t have
Glasspac, Hindustan National been a better place than Gujarat in
Glass Industries and Pragati Glass, terms of work atmosphere, infra- Gerresheimer Kosamba Plant

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