Global manufacturer of pharmaceutical packaging glass, medical devices and dialysis solutions with its own production network.
Nipro Corporation
Mechelen (BE, European Headquarters) · Münnerstadt (DE) · Neubrandenburg (DE) · Aumale (FR) · Lucenay-les-Aix (FR) · Authon-du-Perche (FR) · Millville (US) · Westport (US) · Ufimsky (RU) ·New on Amplifa
About Nipro
Nipro Corporation, headquartered in Osaka (Japan), was founded in 1954 as Nihon Glass Shoji Co. Ltd. and is a globally active healthcare company with around 38,000 employees. The company manufactures pharmaceutical packaging solutions made of glass – from glass tubing to ampoules and vials through to pre-fillable glass syringes – as well as single-use medical devices such as syringes, needles, blood collection tubes, catheters and medical rubber stoppers. Further product areas include dialyzers, including in-house production of hollow fiber membranes made of cellulose triacetate, dialysis water treatment systems, blood glucose meters, elastomeric infusion pumps for home therapy, and interventional cardiology products. Manufacturing takes place in a network of 13 PharmaPackaging plants in Europe, the USA, Asia and Russia as well as several production sites for medical devices, including Neubrandenburg (Germany) for medical devices. The European headquarters is located on the Nipro Campus in Mechelen (Belgium), which is also home to the iMEP medical training center. Customers include pharmaceutical companies such as SHL Medical as well as hospitals and dialysis facilities worldwide.
- Site
- Mechelen, Belgium
- Processes
- Production of glass tubing for ampoules and pill bottles (glass manufacturing), Production of pre-fillable glass syringes, Production of vials (pharmaceutical packaging glass), High-volume production of needles (injection, infusion, blood collection needles, pen needles, AVF, Production of dialyzers including spinning of hollow fiber membranes (integrated production), Production of disposable syringes, Production of medical rubber stoppers, Production of catheters (e.g. scoring balloon catheter, thrombectomy system)
- Materials
- Borosilicate glass, Glass (glass tubing, vials, syringes), Cellulose triacetate (CTA), Rubber (medical stoppers), Cellulose triacetate, Medical rubber stoppers, Steel (needles), Medical plastics
- Certificates
- ISO 17025
- Founded
- 1954
- Employees
- 38000
- Industries
- Medical technology, Pharmaceutical industry (Pharma Packaging), Renal Care / dialysis, Diabetes Care, Home Infusion Therapy, Vascular / interventional cardiology
- 01
Glass tubing production
- 02
Converting into ampoules, vials and pre-fillable glass syringes
- 03
Injection molding/assembly of medical devices (syringes, needles, catheters)
- 04
Hollow fiber membrane spinning and dialyzer manufacturing
- 05
In-house Lab Services (analytics, compatibility and stability studies)
- 06
Sales and training (iMEP)
Materials & Processes
Borosilicate glass
Used for glass tubing, ampoules, vials and pre-fillable glass syringes; characterized by thermal and chemical resistance.
Cellulose triacetate
Material of the self-spun hollow fiber membranes for dialyzers.
Medical rubber stoppers
Elastomer stoppers for syringes and infusion products, produced in-house since 1983.
Steel (needles)
Material for injection, infusion, blood collection, pen and AVF needles in high-volume production.
Medical plastics
Used for disposable syringes, catheters, blood collection tubes and elastomeric infusion pumps.
Sites
Mechelen (BE)
BEEuropean headquarters (HQ) and iMEP training center
Münnerstadt (DE)
DEPharmaPackaging production: pre-fillable glass syringes and vials
- Materials
- Borosilicate glass
Neubrandenburg (DE)
DEMTN Neubrandenburg – medical device production
Aumale (FR)
FRPharmaPackaging production
- Materials
- Borosilicate glass
Millville (US)
USPharmaPackaging production: glass tubing and vials
- Materials
- Borosilicate glass
Khandala/Pune (IN)
INPharmaPackaging production (among others glass cartridges)
- Materials
- Borosilicate glass
Products
Inside the production
Industries
Processes & technical limits
| Processes | Tolerance | Max. part | Weight | Lot size | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Production of glass tubing for ampoules and pill bottles (glass manufacturing)Casting | – | – | – | – | Glass (glass tubing) |
| Production of pre-fillable glass syringesAssembly | – | – | – | – | Glass |
| Production of vials (pharmaceutical packaging glass)Casting | – | – | – | – | Glass |
| High-volume production of needles (injection, infusion, blood collection needles, pen needles, AVFForming | – | – | – | – | Steel (needle products) |
| Production of dialyzers including spinning of hollow fiber membranes (integrated production)Plastics | – | – | – | – | Cellulose triacetate (CTA) |
| Production of disposable syringesPlastics | – | – | – | – | Plastic |
| Production of medical rubber stoppersPlastics | – | – | – | – | Rubber |
| Production of catheters (e.g. scoring balloon catheter, thrombectomy system)Assembly | – | – | – | – | Plastic |
| Production of blood glucose metersAssembly | – | – | – | – | – |
| Production of reverse osmosis water treatment systems (LiniXia RO) for dialysisAssembly | – | – | – | – | – |
| Production of blood collection tubes (vacuum blood collection tubes)Assembly | – | – | – | – | Glass, Plastic |
| Laboratory services (analytics, compatibility/stability studies, ISO 17025 accreditedTesting | – | – | – | – | Glass |
1 Anlagen & Maschinen
| Machine | Manufacturer / model | Quantity | Working area | Year built | Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Automatic machines for processing the inner plungers of thermos flasks | – | – | – | 1963 | – |
Additional services
Reference customers
Quality
Nipro operates in-house lab services for analytics as well as compatibility and stability studies; the Technical Services Glass Laboratory of NIPRO PharmaPackaging America is the first laboratory in the global PharmaPackaging network to be accredited to ISO 17025.
| Evidence | NIPRO PharmaPackaging America |
|---|---|
| ISO 17025 |