SaniSure has acquired GL Engineering, an East Coast company that specializes in filling needle design and manufacturing.
Financial terms of the deal between SaniSure, a Camarillo maker of single-use systems and components for drug and vaccine manufacturing, and GL Engineering in East Hanover, N.J. were not disclosed.
Thomas Hook, chief executive of SaniSure, said the company was excited to add GL Engineering’s products to its portfolio.
“GLE’s high-quality, global standards filling needle line represents an important expansion to SaniSure’s customer-focused solutions,” Hook said in a statement. “Drug product filling solutions are a critical step in many of our customers’ processes. Having the ability to vertically integrate GLE’s solutions is quite unique.”
Gerhard Liepold, founder of GL Engineering, said that the company was proud to join the SaniSure team and bring more than two decades of pharmaceutical industry experience with strong engineering and commitment to design innovation in the single-use market.
“SaniSure’s assembly capabilities and commercial reach will significantly enhance the commercialization of our unique single-use needle design,” Liepold said in a statement.
Liepold will join SaniSure as global product manager for drug product filling solutions.