{"id":24627,"date":"2019-07-15T10:44:12","date_gmt":"2019-07-15T08:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/?p=24627"},"modified":"2020-08-21T17:14:45","modified_gmt":"2020-08-21T15:14:45","slug":"uhlmann-group-expansion-all-along-the-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/uhlmann-group-expansion-auf-ganzer-linie\/","title":{"rendered":"Uhlmann Group: Expansion all along the line"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Uhlmann Group generated more sales and employed more people in the 2018\/2019 financial year than in the previous year. This success is not only due to the packaging machines for pharmaceuticals that Uhlmann Pac-Systeme GmbH & Co. KG has been manufacturing in Laupheim for 70 years.<\/p>\n

\u201eThese days, pharmaceutical companies need Integrated solutions<\/strong>. The machine is the basis for this. But a comprehensive range of services and, above all, digital solutions are becoming increasingly important.\u201c
\nNorbert Gruber<\/strong>, Chairman of the Uhlmann Management Board<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The other companies in the Uhlmann Group also contributed to sales growth: Koch Pac-Systeme from the Black Forest, Cremer Speciaalmachines from the Netherlands and Wonder Packing Machinery from China.<\/p>\n

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Uhlmann Headquarters (Image: Uhlmann Pac-Systeme GmbH & Co. KG)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Further increase in sales<\/b><\/h2>\n

In the past financial year, the Uhlmann Group once again increased its Increase sales<\/strong>, from EUR 411 million to EUR 426 million (+3.6 per cent). The Number of employees including trainees increased<\/strong> slightly from around 2,370 to 2,430 people, who are mainly employed in Laupheim, but also in 15 other plants and branches in Germany and abroad.<\/p>

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\u201eWe are pleased that we were able to increase our sales despite fiercely contested markets, increasing competition and political and commercial uncertainties and expect a further increase in the current financial year.\u201c
\nMichael Mrachacz<\/strong>, Managing Director Sales at Uhlmann<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Investments in Poland and Germany<\/b><\/h2>\n

In July 2019, the new plant in Wroclaw, Poland<\/strong> start operations. This is an expansion in order to be able to cope well with future growth and to resolve the existing bottlenecks in the procurement market.<\/p>\n

By the end of the year, a total of 80 new employees<\/strong> produce parts for the packaging lines in Laupheim.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>