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mulated over many years as well important asset to Nipro’s future ny engaged in the medical field,
as its state-of-the-art manufac- and ambitious growth plans. DMF was filed with the FDA in
turing equipment and complete Pharmaceutical glass packaging 1991 and a ISO 9002 certificate
quality control. plays a crucial role in today’s of approval was obtained in 1996
In May 2021, Nipro Pharma challenging world, especially in -the first in Japan- for ampoule
Packaging acquired Croatian the wake of the COVID-19 pan- and vial manufacturers.
company Piramida - a manufac- demic and the increased produc- Abbott Diagnostics Medical Co.
turer of glass packaging for the tion of vaccines. Ltd, Astellas Pharma Inc., Bristol-
pharmaceutical industry. “We want to continue to build Myers Squibb Co. Ltd., Daiichi
Established in 1950 and oper- excellent customer relation- Sankyo Co. Ltd, KYOWA CritiCare
ating out of Sesvete near the ships and become the preferred Co. Ltd, Kaken Pharmaceutical
Croatian capital Zagreb, Piramida strategic partner to many phar- Co. Ltd, Kyokuto Pharmaceutical
produced more than half a bil- maceutical companies,” said Industrial Co. Ltd, Mochida
lion ampoules and bottles for the Stephan Arnold, CEO of Nipro Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd, Nihon
pharmaceutical industry in 2020. PharmaPackaging International. Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. Nipro
The company is ranked among Corporation, Sato Pharmaceutical
the top five largest ampoule man- JAPAN GLASS INDUSTRY Co. Ltd and Toa Pharmaceutical
ufacturers for the pharmaceutical CO. LTD Co. Ltd are just some of the phar-
industry in the European market. Japan Glass Industry Co. Ltd maceutical glass containers con-
With an outstanding market has been offering exceptionally sumers of Japan Glass Industry
position in the Central European safe medical containers - con- Company.
Territory, alongside an impec- tributing to people’s health and
cable reputation coupled with happiness ever since its founding SHIATONI GLASS
sound and strong customer in 1920. In order to maintain COMPANY LTD
relationships, Piramida is a very the highest quality as a compa- Established in 1930 at Nakatsu
in Osaka to supply pharmaceuti-
cal glass to Japan’s pharmaceuti-
cal companies, Shiatoni Glass is
one of the leading pharmaceuti-
cal glass producers in Japan.
NAGAI GLASS COMPANY
Osaka based Nagai Glass
Company has been active in phar-
maceutical glass production since
1952. According to Nagai Glass’
Keisuke Muratsu, “We have built
the foundation of today through
the establishment and develop-
ment of mass production of one-
point-cut ampoules and vials
since the company was set up
in 1951. With rapid subsequent
innovation of technology, we’ve
developed a lot of our own origi-
nal forming machine and testing
equipment and built up our sales
performance by providing high-
quality products. In recent years
we’ve been working on the glo-
balization of procurement of raw
material, together with borosili-
cate glass from the world’s major
manufacturers. This fulfilled a
system which meets a wide vari-
ety of customer needs.”
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