MUNICH (Reuters) -Active Ownership, a major shareholder in Gerresheimer, said on Thursday it saw major potential for value creation at the German packaging and medical equipment specialist and called for a strategic review, a second activist investor to do so.

“Active Ownership expressly welcomes the planned sale process for the moulded glass division and calls for a swift settlement in order to strengthen Gerresheimer’s cash flow and reduce debt,” Active Ownership said in a statement to Reuters.

Gerresheimer, which had been undertaking a “strategic review” of the unit since 2024, announced plans to sell the moulded glass business earlier in August.

It has been engaged in “constructive dialogue” with Active Ownership, as well as its other investors, for several months now, a company spo

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