Company history
From founding to shareholding company

1864 The company was founded by Ferdinand Heye

1886 The biggest bottle maker in the world

1888 Transformation into a joint stock company
Change

1972 Renaming of the company. From this year onwards the company is called Gerresheimer Glas AG

1985 Relocation of headquarters

1987 Development of tubing-based pharmaceutical glass product business
A historical turning point

1999 Sale of the glassworks in Gerresheim

1999 New global organization structure: strategic reorientation to focus on pharmaceutical, laboratory, cosmetic and small glass products
New global organizational structure & IPO

2007 New global organization structure

2007 Gerresheimer AG is stock exchange listed
New strategic positioning of the divisions

2013 Divisional reorganization: Plastics & Devices, Primary Packaging Glass and Life Science Research

2015 Centor take-over

2015 Sale of tubing operations to Corning

2016 Sale of Life Science Research operations
Current events

2018 Gerresheimer acquires Swiss technology company Sensile Medical

2018 New CEO and Management Board of Gerresheimer AG: Dietmar Siemssen CEO, Dr. Bernd Metzner CFO, Dr. Lukas Burkhardt

2019 Opening Plastic Packaging Plant in Changzhou, China

2019 Focus on Innovation: new setup with new division Advanced Technology in addition to Primary Packaging Glass and Plastics & Devices

2019 Opening Glass Innovation and Technology Center Vineland/NJ, USA

2020 Opening Medical Device Plant Skopje, North Macedonia

2021 New Corporate design