DÜSSELDORF, Germany, January 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Gerresheimer AG has quickly completed the takeover of the Spanish PET specialist EDP. The Düsseldorf manufacturer of glass and plastic products for the pharmaceutics and life-science industry announced the purchase, through which it continues its global expansion, on 21 December 2007. EDP with production plants in Spain (Zaragoza and Valencia) and Argentina (Buenos Aires) specialises in pharma containers based on PET, and currently achieves annual sales of around EUR32 million.

Gerresheimer is a pharmaceutical & life science supply and services company with market leading positions of specialty products made of glass and plastic. Gerresheimer owns 38 production sites in Europe, America and Asia and employs approximately 10,000 employees worldwide.

Contact Burkhard Lingenberg, Director Corporate PR & Marketing, Telephone: +49-211-6181-250, Telefax: +49-211-6181-241, e-mail: b.lingenberg@gerresheimer.com.

Contact: Burkhard Lingenberg, Director Corporate PR & Marketing, Telephone: +49-211-6181-250, Telefax: +49-211-6181-241, e-mail: b.lingenberg@gerresheimer.com.