Aptar
Formerly | AptarGroup, Inc. |
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| Public | |
| Traded as | |
| ISIN | 🆔 |
| Industry | Packaging and drug delivery devices |
| Founded 📆 | 1993 |
| Founder 👔 | |
| Headquarters 🏙️ | , , U.S. |
Area served 🗺️ | |
Key people | Stephan Tanda (CEO), Robert Kuhn (CFO), Shiela Vinczeller (CHRO) |
| Products 📟 | Spray pumps and valves, metered-dose inhaler valves, nasal spray systems, dispensing closures, elastomer components for injection devices, active packaging |
| Revenue🤑 | $2.8 billion (2018) |
| Members | |
Number of employees | 14,100 (2018) |
| 🌐 Website | www |
| 📇 Address | |
| 📞 telephone | |
AptarGroup, Inc., also known as Aptar, is a United States-based global manufacturer of consumer dispensing packaging and drug delivery devices.
Overview[edit]
Aptar is organized into three business segments. The Beauty + Home segment is active in the beauty, personal care and home care markets. The Pharma segment is active in the prescription drug, consumer health care and injectables markets. The Food + Beverage segment is active in the food and beverage markets.[1][2]
Aptar has manufacturing operations in 18 countries.[3] The company ranked 834th on the 2018 Fortune 1000 list of largest U.S. companies by revenue.[4]
History[edit]
The company began as Werner Die & Stamping in Cary, Illinois, in 1946 and later incorporated as AptarGroup in 1992.[2][5] Aptar originally developed spray valves and pumps for consumer and household products. The company also later began producing nasal administration and pulmonary drug delivery devices such as nasal spray systems and metered-dose inhaler valves.[5][6][7][8]
In 2012, Aptar acquired Stelmi, a manufacturer of elastomer primary packaging components.[9]
In 2016, Aptar acquired Mega Airless, a manufacturer of airless packaging solutions.[10] The company also entered into an agreement with Becton Dickinson & Company to develop new self-injection devices.[11][12]
Aptar entered into an agreement in 2016 with Propeller Health Partners to develop a digitally connected medication inhaler.[13]
In 2018, Aptar made an investment in Propeller Health Partners (now part of Resmed).[14] The same year, Aptar acquired CSP Technologies, a material science company that manufactures active packaging solutions.[15]
Environmental, social and governance (ESG)[edit]
Aptar is a signatory of the New Plastics Economy Global Commitment.[16]
In 2019, Aptar joined the World Business Council for Sustainable Development.[3] It was named to Barron’s list of 2019’s Top 100 Most Sustainable U.S. Companies.[17]
In 2018, Aptar and its customer Adapt Pharma (now part of Emergent BioSolutions) donated 5,000 doses of Narcan (naloxone), an antidote for suspected opioid overdoses, to various agencies in Illinois, including the McHenry County Substance Abuse Coalition and the Chicago Recovery Alliance.[18][19]
Aptar is included in the 2020 Women on Boards’ Gender Diversity Directory with a “W” (Winning) rating.[20]
References[edit]
- ↑ "AptarGroup Inc". SEC. Retrieved 2019-08-12.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "AptarGroup Inc". Bloomberg. Retrieved 2019-08-12.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Aptar Joins the World Business Council for Sustainable Development". World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). 2019-02-05. Retrieved 2019-08-12.
- ↑ Dempsey, Caitlin (2018-11-13). "Map and List of Fortune 1000 Companies for 2018". Geography Realm. Retrieved 2019-08-12.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "History of AptarGroup, Inc. – FundingUniverse". Funding Universe. Retrieved 2019-08-12.
- ↑ Mallory, Mike (2017-10-25). "Crystal Lake-based Aptar Pharma's opioid overdose reversal device goes nationwide". Northwest Herald. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Strang, John; McDonald, Rebecca; Campbell, Gabrielle; Degenhardt, Louisa; Nielsen, Suzanne; Ritter, Alison; Dale, Ola (2019-09-01). "Take-Home Naloxone for the Emergency Interim Management of Opioid Overdose: The Public Health Application of an Emergency Medicine". Drugs. 79 (13): 1395–1418. doi:10.1007/s40265-019-01154-5. ISSN 1179-1950. PMC 6728289 Check
|pmc=value (help). PMID 31352603. - ↑ "Aptar Pharma Provides Unit-Dose Nasal Spray Technology for Opioid Overdose". Drug Development and Delivery. 2016-05-20. Retrieved 2019-11-18.
- ↑ Taylor, Nick (2012-06-03). "Aptar to enter injectable device components with €165m buy". BioPharma Reporter. Retrieved 2019-08-12.
- ↑ McDougall, Andrew (2016-02-02). "AptarGroup acquires Mega Airless for €200 million". Cosmetics Design. Retrieved 2019-08-12.
- ↑ Taylor, Phil (2016-09-13). "Aptar and BD join forces on auto-injector device". in-Pharma Technologist. Retrieved 2019-08-12.
- ↑ Rahman, Lu (2016-09-02). "Aptar Pharma teams up with BD to develop novel auto-injector". EPM Magazine. Retrieved 2019-08-12.
- ↑ Gormley, Brian (2016-02-25). "Propeller Health Joins With Aptar Pharma for Digitally Connected Medication Inhaler". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2019-08-12.
- ↑ Moukheiber, Zina. "With $20 Million In Funding, Propeller Health Partners With Aptar Pharma To Make Digital Medicines". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-08-12.
- ↑ Johnson, Jim (2018-07-29). "AptarGroup buying CSP Technologies for $555 million". Plastics News. Retrieved 2019-08-12.
- ↑ "Global Commitment Signatories". New Plastics Economy (en-GB). Retrieved 2019-08-12.
- ↑ Norton, Leslie P. (2019-02-08). "The 100 Most Sustainable U.S. Companies". Barrons. Retrieved 2019-08-12.
- ↑ Thometz, Kristen (2018-02-08). "5,000 Doses of Lifesaving Narcan Donated to Illinois". WTTW News. Retrieved 2019-08-12.
- ↑ Smith, Katie (2018-02-09). "McHenry County receives 1,000-dose donation of Narcan". Northwest Herald. Retrieved 2019-08-12.
- ↑ "2020 Women on Boards". www.2020wob.com. Retrieved 2019-08-12.
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