The production of glass tubes or vials is rising, causing some manufacturers to increase capacity. The TopPac vial from Schott, for pharmaceutical drugs vaccine, has only been available in 2-50ml sizes until recently, but it will now be available as 100ml. Using the latest metallocene technology, Schott uses the copolymer Topas which is lightweight & has excellent purity, as well as high chemical resistance & water barrier properties. Croatia-based Piramida has imported new machinery in order to use the latest technology in the production of type P(penicillin neck) vials in brown or colourless neutral borosilicate glass. Over 20m units are produced annually in specialised clean rooms. Pharmaceutical glass tube specialist,Thuringer Pharmaglas, invested in 5 new machines, between 2003-08, bringing it machine total to 20.
