Schreiner MediPharm Global opens U.S. facility

Surrounded by Rockland County, NY government officials and business leaders, Roland Schreiner, president of Schreiner MediPharm Global, cut the ribbon for the U.S. facility opening September 12, 2008. On the left is Gene Dul, U.S. president. The pharmaceutical label printer's expansion in the U.S. "is to serve our customers better by being closer," said Schreiner, who pointed out that Rockland County officials, with the help of an Empire State tax-incentive package, were eager to aid the startup of the plant, projected to hire as many as 80 people. The company said that several German employees have relocated to the U.S., with local talent brought in by an executive recruiter.

The move to the U.S. marks a milestone in the German company's history, started near Munich in 1951 by Schreiner's grandparents. Schreiner uses a combination of screen and flexo printing, producing specialty peel-off labels, combination hanger labels, brand protection and RFID solutions, expanded-content labels, and functional syringe labels that are validated and ISO-certified.

Addressing counterfeiting, sustainability


With anti-counterfeiting a growing concern, Schreiner Medipharm has partnered with another Schreiner company, ProSecure, to offer U.S. pharmaceutical companies track-and-trace solutions such as microprinting, and inks with taggants.

According to Dul, pharmaceutical companies are also determining where sustainability fits into the [packaging] equation. Although Schreiner has launched its own sustainable measures, such as recycled paper shipping dunnage, and carbon filters on press emission stacks to filter out VOCs, customers have yet to express a desire to change package labels or inks to meet any company-wide sustainable initiative.
The Rockland County opening event included Schreiner customers, suppliers, employees, and the media, in a traditional Octoberfest celebration with music and traditional German fare.
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