Expansion of Production
Südpack Doubles Its Cleanroom Capacity
With the official opening of its expanded facility in Coulmer, France, Südpack Medica has completed one of the largest investment projects in its corporate history. Approximately three years after the groundbreaking ceremony on September 19, 2023, the film and packaging manufacturer officially put its significantly expanded production facilities into operation on July 17, 2026, in the presence of representatives from politics, government, and business.
The facility is certified to ISO 13485 for medical and diagnostic applications and to ISO 15378 for primary packaging materials in accordance with GMP. As part of the expansion, the cleanroom production area under ISO 7 and ISO 8 conditions was nearly doubled. The facility primarily produces high-quality primary packaging for pharmaceuticals as well as sterile barrier systems for applications in medical technology and diagnostics.
The MedGuard product line is at the heart of the company’s manufacturing operations. This includes pouch systems and other packaging solutions for implants, surgical sets, wound care products, and surgical textiles. In addition, Südpack manufactures so-called header bags in Coulmer for high-volume medical devices, which are typically sterilized using ethylene oxide.
With this expansion, the company is responding to growing demand from the medical, pharmaceutical, and sterile goods industries for packaging solutions that meet high standards for quality, process control, sterility, and regulatory compliance. At the same time, Südpackviews this investment as a long-term commitment to France as a business location and to Europe as a production hub.
The expansion is also intended to accelerate the development of new packaging concepts. In Coulmer, the company is working, among other things, on PPWR-compliant, recyclable mono-PE solutions for the life sciences sector. These are intended to replace conventional PA/PE composite materials and thus meet the growing demands for recyclability and resource efficiency.
Processes ranging from film production to the finished bag can now be carried out entirely under cleanroom conditions on a larger scale. This is expected to enable greater process reliability and improved delivery reliability.
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