Packaging

METALL + PLASTIC NOW PART OF OPTIMA GROUP

Wednesday 05. January 2011 - Pharmaceutical filling and closing now united with isolator technology

With effect from January 1, 2011, Metall + Plastic GmbH became a part of Optima Group in Schwaebisch Hall. The company has its headquarters in Radolfzell and is a manufacturer of isolators and e-beam sterilizers that are used in pharmaceutical filling and packaging lines. Optima Group Pharma is one of the leading manufacturers of these highly specific machine systems. Hence, the product portfolios of both companies ideally complement each other.
With its product range, Metall + Plastic rounds off the brand portfolio of Optima Group Pharma. The production of Metall + Plastic at the company’s headquarters will continue unchanged. Likewise, Christoph von Stenglin will remain directing manager of this thriving company.
Optima Group as well as Metall + Plastic expect important benefits from the takeover. Motor for the step was the goal to bring turnkey solutions to market: Customers from the pharmaceutical industry often want a central contact – in particular for their most complex machine projects.
Presently, Optima Group Pharma is the only company in the marketplace that offers this comprehensive scope of functionalities: Filling and closing, pharmaceutical lyophilization, e-beam sterilization, barrier technologies (including isolators) and additional functions are offered with prepared, co-ordinated and safe interfaces.
In 2009, Metall + Plastic achieved a turnover of 19 million Euros, and the company has 72 employees. Optima Group Pharma is a subsidiary of Optima Group, which generated a turnover of 200 million Euros in 2009. The group presently employs a staff of 1,200.