Röchling Group invests 50 million euros in southern Thuringia

Plastics processor Röchling Medical has set its sights on expansion: The company is investing 50 million euros in a factory building and production equipment in Neuhaus am Rennweg in southern Thuringia, adding around 30 new jobs to its current payroll of 350. Röchling made this move to set up its Medical division for further growth. The specialist develops and manufactures high-quality plastics products for diagnostics, fluid management, pharmaceutical, surgery and interventional applications. It is now adding a new four-story building on a site measuring 1,850 m² to augment its current 43,000 m² of production and logistics space and to house clean rooms for extrusion blow molding operations. The new facility will meet state-of-the-art standards for automation, sustainability and the Industry 4.0 vision. Commissioning is scheduled for early 2023. (hw)