BBraun Indonesia

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B. Braun is a leading global health care company, manufacturing pharmaceutical and medical supplies,instruments and providing medical care. This private company, operating since 1839, is headquartered in Melsungen, Germany, and employs over 55,000 people worldwide. B. Braun’s annual sales in 2014 totalled €5.4 billion, including € 840 million generated in the expanding Asia-Pacific region. B. Braun has subsidiaries in 62 countries and 36 production plants located in 19 countries. Production plants in Asia are located in China, India, Japan, Malaysia and Vietnam. In 2014 B. Braun invested €229 million in product research and development.PT. B. Braun Medical Indonesia (hereafter known as PTBB), an entity ultimately owned 100% by B. Braun Melsungen AG (the Sponsor) and part of the Hospital Care Division, is establishing a new manufacturing plant for the production of large volume parenterals (LVP) used in patient care. The plant is located in the Indotaisei industrial park at Kalihurip, Cikampek, West Java, Indonesia, approximately 70 km east-southeast of Jakarta. Plant construction commenced in May 2015 and is scheduled to be completed at the end of June 2016. Parenterals are sterile preparations containing one or more active ingredients intended for administration by injection or infusion into the body, packaged in either single dose or multidose containers. Common examples of parenteral products include: IV fluids; Dextrose; saline solution; water; electrolyte preparation and dialysate.IFC’s proposed investment is an A-loan up to €55m. The plant will consist of the main production area (for filling and packaging), a technical building (for mixing, incorporating a 100,000 L water-for-injection (WFI) tank), warehouse, administration offices, a chiller and cooling tower, a flammable and toxic building (for the storage of 30,000 L of fuel oil (diesel), acids for production and polymers), a high pressure boiler, a domestic and fire water tank, bus shelter and car park. The manufactured LVPs will primarily supply the Indonesian market but may also be exported.The main manufacturing processes in the plant will be: water distillation; water and additive mixing; mixture filtration; blow moulding of plastic bottles; bottle filling and capping; autoclaving and leak testing of bottles; bottle optical inspection; bottle labelling; and warehousing.