Gematek, an international company (part of the German B. Braun group), intends to create an enterprise to manufacture medical products in the “Lazurnaya” industrial zone in the Tver region, the press service of the regional administration reports. The new production can attract investments in the amount of 3 billion rubles and create more than 250 jobs.
The agreement on the implementation of the project was reached in May 2019 in Germany at a meeting between Governor Igor Rudeni with representatives of B. Braun Melsungen AG. The parties decided to build a production and logistics complex with a phased commissioning of production facilities for manufacturing medical devices, suture materials, orthopedic implants, and disinfection products in Tver. The project is scheduled to start in 2022.
“Our region offers investors wide opportunities and convenient conditions for doing business. We are confident that the implementation of joint ideas and plans will receive a new impetus. Today, our task is to find new partners and consolidate the existing cooperation. We are open to sharing experience. The German school of business has always been at a high level, and we would like to spread this experience in our territory, ” Igor Rudenya said during the meeting.
According to Maxim Zakharchenko, General Director of OOO “Gematek”, all issues related to the preparation for the implementation of the project were resolved with the assistance of the regional government, the administration of Tver, as well as the Ministry of Economic Development of the Tver region.
- Braun Melsungen AG is one of the world’s largest suppliers of a broad range of medical and pharmaceutical products for medical institutions. In 2008, it acquired a plant for the production of infusion solutions in Tver, which previously belonged to OOO “Gematek”, thus becoming a manufacturer of its own pharmaceutical products in Russia. In 2012, a new production line was launched. Currently, the number of employees at the Tver enterprise is 225 people. The production capacity of the enterprise in Tver is 38 million bottles per year.