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INTERVIEW
Interview
achieved seven percent growth GMP&A: It sounds like a new German container glass sector.
in annual revenue thanks to our beginning for an old expert. What’s And we’ve taken the extensive
excellent work over the course so special about your position? sector know-how that we gained
of the year. Global demand for RT: Firstly, it’s not really a new during that time, plus our insider
our products has risen and we’ve beginning. It’s a strategic refocus knowledge, with us. It enables
secured some big contracts with that makes GPS a more modern, us to identify our customers’
several major customers. innovative and flexible company. needs, to understand the opera-
We’re doing a very good job of Today we combine tradition and tional challenges they face and
consolidating our market posi- innovation, uniting the best of to deliver the optimum solutions
tion as a leading developer and both worlds in our unique prod- - with minimum impairment to
supplier of IS machines and com- ucts and services. The fact that their production operations. We
ponents for the container glass the year went so well for GPS know what it takes to be a reliable
industry. After some 28 years despite all the major changes is partner in this sector.
of affiliation to Saint-Gobain probably also related to the vast
Oberland AG, it was time for market experience we have accu- GMP&A: What are the GPS
GPS to stand on its own two feet. mulated over the years. We’re innovations that you mentioned?
Our success over the past year is obviously no stranger to the glass What can your products do better
impressive proof that it was the industry as a former division of than rival products?
right decision. one of the biggest players in the RT: Since becoming an inde-
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