Gerresheimer Annual Report honoured four times in New York

Düsseldorf (ots) -

- ARC Award (Annual Report Competition) in Gold for Interior
Design und Photography
- Silver Award for Cover Photo and Honors Award for Financial Data
- "The award highlights the importance which Gerresheimer attaches
to communication with the capital market and the public," says
Dr. Axel Herberg, Chief Executive Officer of Gerresheimer AG.

The annual report of Gerresheimer AG has been honoured in the ARC
Awards in New York by two Gold Awards, one Silver Award and an Honors
Award. A total of 2,100 annual reports from 28 countries were
submitted for the contest. The ARC Awards have been sponsored
annually since 1989 by MerComm, Inc./The International Academy of
Arts & Sciences and are distributed at a gala event in New York.

Gold was won by Gerresheimer in the category of "Interior Design"
as well as the category of "Photography". For "Cover Photo/Design" it
carried off a Silver Award. Finally the annual report won an Honors
Award in the category of "Financial Data".

"Communication with the capital market, our shareholders,
customers and the public is a top priority for Gerresheimer. The
awards for our 2007 annual report are an incentive for us to continue
to provide transparent and comprehensive information about our
company in the future," says Dr. Axel Herberg, CEO of Gerresheimer
AG.

The prizes were awarded in New York on September 18, 2008. In
Germany, the prize-winning annual reports can be seen from September
26 to October 19, 2008 at the Gallery of Contemporary Art in the
Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe in Hamburg. The exhibition is organised
under the patronage of Hamburg Finance Senator Dr. Michael Freytag.

About Gerresheimer

Gerresheimer employs more than 10,000 people in 40 locations in
Europe, America and Asia. In the financial year 2007, worldwide sales
totalled EUR 958m. The product portfolio ranges from pharmaceutical
vials made of glass and plastic through to complex drug-delivery
systems for the pharma & life science industry. These include sterile
syringes, inhalers and other system-based approaches for safe dosage
and application of medications. The Group enjoys a leading position
in markets which are characterised by high technical and regulatory
barriers.

P.S.: You can download the Annual Report 2007 on our website
http://www.gerresheimer.de/presse/presseservice.html

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