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Sounds like they’re also made in other countries > Most of the tubes are imported from other countries, like Germany and Japan
by NegativeLatency 6y ago
Sounds like they’re also made in other countries
> Most of the tubes are imported from other countries, like Germany and Japan
- blywi 6y agoIt seems more like the majority of borosilicate vials are produced outside of China. It doesn't even look like China has any significant domestic production capacity for the type of high quality chemically inert glass needed for vaccine vials, that's why the tubes for production are mostly imported. Main producers of vials seem to be SCHOTT, Stevanato Group, Gerresheimer, Corning, and DWK Life Sciences, from Germany, Italy and the US. SCHOTT alone is looking to increase production until the end of 2021 by about seven billion vials [1], which would be 3.5 times more in additional production output than the complete annual production capacity of Zhengchuan Pharmaceutical, which according to the article is one of China's largest producers. [1] https://www.pharmtech.com/view/readying-glass-vials-for-vaccines https://www.pharmtech.com/view/readying-glass-vials-for-vacc...
- davrosthedalek 6y agoFun fact: SCHOTT Glass is also headquartered in Mainz, the same city BioNtech is in :)
- dmix 6y agoIt also says there are 60 other companies working in China. > China has some 60 glass medicine container providers Plus we’ve seen markets adapting really quickly already a ton of times through out the pandemic.