Manufacturing Today Issue - 241 October 2025 | Page 158

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the leading partner of health, wellness, and beauty brands globally. We now have contract manufacturing centers of excellence in Italy, Germany, Austria, the UK, the US, and China; the innovation and engineering competency within the extended group is world class.”
Presently, the Ourvita Group encompasses an incredible 690 years of collective experience across 3000 employees, and has a presence in more than 120 countries worldwide. Off the back of the merger, the company’ s scope of value-driven capabilities has grown exponentially across all market channels, from medical devices to OTE medicines, haircare, skincare, food supplements, and pet health – all expertly delivered in alignment with the Group’ s core values of excellence, empowerment, customer centricity, and continuous improvement.
In 2025, HBI was proud to announce its acquisition of Richard Bittner, an Austrian-based CDMO, manufacturing pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and food supplements. Richard Bittner’ s offerings excellently enhance those of both HBI and the wider Ourvita Group, making the acquisition another strategic move in the Group’ s wider growth trajectory. Further augmenting the company’ s global presence, this development falls alongside Ourvita Group’ s ongoing US expansion, which has also been driven by a series of calculated acquisitions aimed at increasing the scope of solutions that it can provide for its customers.
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