Dr. Schär

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Dr. Schär

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legal form AG
founding 1981
Seat Burgstall (South Tyrol) ItalyItalyItaly 
management Ulrich Ladurner (President)
Number of employees 1248 (2018)
sales 347 million euros (2017)
Branch food industry
Website www.drschaer.com

Dr. Schär is a manufacturer of food and nutritional supplements for the diet of celiac and metabolic diseases. The company is headquartered in Burgstall (South Tyrol) . The Dr. Schär AG is the parent company of an international group of companies, which also includes the German subsidiary Dr. Schär Deutschland GmbH counts. The company's shares are family owned.

In the gluten-free nutrition market segment, Dr. Schär represented in almost all of Europe, in North America, Brazil, Turkey, India and Israel. The company is one of the leading suppliers of gluten-free foods in Europe and is market leader in Germany and Italy. Furthermore, Dr. Schär produces products with a modified and controlled content of certain amino acids or fatty acids, which are designed for the nutritional therapy of chronic renal insufficiency and congenital protein and fat metabolism disorders and for ketogenic diets . In the global niche market for products for people affected by phenylketonuria , Dr. Schär meanwhile (2019) one of the most important providers.

Dr. Schär operates 15 locations in nine countries and employs over 1200 people worldwide.

history

Headquarters of Dr. Schär AG in Burgstall

Beginnings

The name Dr. Schär goes to the Innsbruck doctor Dr. Anton Schär, who began to produce baby food in 1922 in collaboration with the Bolzano entrepreneur Gottfried Untertrifaller. The Untertrifaller range included gluten-free products such as Dr. Schär rice cream , recommended for digestive problems. Until the 1970s, the small company still produced largely manually.

Historic packaging

The Merano-based chemist Ulrich Ladurner became aware of the topic of celiac disease and the need for gluten-free products in 1977 when he met Klaus Pittschieler, the head of pediatrics at the Bolzano hospital and specialist in pediatric gastroenterology, on a television program to which both were invited Nutrition. Initially, Ladurner imported gluten-free foods for distribution in Italy. In 1979 he acquired the Dr. Schär and began operating as a manufacturer of gluten-free diet products in 1981.

Since 1986, Dr. Schär in a small factory in Meran / Untermais. In 1990 the first product catalog was published with around 20 Schär branded products . Export to other European countries started in 1992. In 1996 Ladurner acquired the former company building of the Jägermeister Italy company in Burgstall and established the production facilities there as well as the new company headquarters of Dr. Schär.

Silos at a production site

Expansion and expansion of the brand portfolio

The company's international expansion began in 2002 with the acquisition of shares in the British company Nutrition Point Ltd. (since 2011 Dr. Schär UK ). In this way, the DS Dietary Specials brand was added to the brand portfolio, which in Great Britain and other European markets was later marketed under the name DS - gluten free for some time and merged with the Schär brand in Germany in 2012 and in Great Britain in 2015 . With DS - gluten free , Dr. Schär the market leadership in the English food retail trade.

In 2003 the company opened its own research laboratory in the AREA Science Park in Trieste .

In 2006, Dr. Schär the Glutano brand ( integrated into the Schär brand in 2014 ) as well as the associated production facilities in the Hessian town of Dreihausen from Pauly Biskuit AG . The Dreihausen plant and a newly built plant in Apolda (Thuringia) significantly expanded the production capacities of the company, which until then only had the main plant in South Tyrol: From 2006, Dr. Schär products were available throughout Europe. The management of production and sales in Germany was taken over by Dr. Schär Germany GmbH .

At the end of 2006, the Glutafin and Trufree brands were acquired from Royal Numico , a Dutch manufacturer of baby food and hospital food, by Dr. Schär was strengthened especially in Great Britain. Schär USA Inc. , based in New Jersey, has existed since 2007 . Due to increasing sales in the American market, a production facility was opened in Swedesboro (New Jersey) in June 2012.

In January 2011, Dr. Schär founded the Spanish company Natural Aliment Factory SL , NAF for short . Since it was founded in 1998, this company had also been exclusively involved in the production and sale of gluten-free foods. The takeover of the Spanish company and its Beiker brand enabled Dr. Schär entered the Spanish market directly and offered additional production capacity.

In 2012, a newly built production facility in Laives , South Tyrol, started work. In 2013, Dr. Schär Gourmet Italia , an Italian manufacturer of frozen ready meals, and its plant in Borgo Valsugana . In 2015, the location was expanded to include the pizza center for the production of gluten-free pizza; A bread factory also went into operation in 2018. The company's current Austrian production site in Klagenfurt was opened in 2014 by Dr. Schär established the former factory of the baking agent manufacturer CSM Austria .

In December 2017, Dr. Schär Beladri , a Brazilian manufacturer of gluten-free products, and its plant in Campo Largo , which, after renovations in 2018, will take over production for Dr. Schär took up.

Medical Nutrition division

With the takeover of the brand ceres-MCT (oil and margarine with MCT fats ) from the Basis Gesellschaft für DIETetics and Nutrition mbH , Dr. In 2011, Schär expanded its range to include dietetic foods beyond the gluten-free product range.

In 2012, the range of products on offer was expanded through the acquisition of the German company Comidamed Institute for Nutrition GmbH and its production facilities in Rosbach vd Höhe . The later in Dr. Schär Medical Nutrition GmbH merged with Dr. Schär Germany GmbH . With the acquired Comidamed brand , Dr. For the first time, Schär special foods for nutrition in the case of protein metabolism disorders. In 2013, Mevalia was launched, a product line for the nutrition of phenylketonuria. In 2018 the brands Flavis ( low -protein products) and Kanso (MCT-rich spreads and the former Ceres MCT products) were added.

Business activity

Products

Dr. Schär produces foods for a gluten-free diet (Gluten-Free division) as well as low-protein foods, amino acid mixtures and foods with a high content of medium-chain fatty acids for special nutritional requirements (Medical Nutrition division).

Gluten-free foods

Dr. Schär offers product lines with gluten-free foods (bread, pastries, cereal flakes and muesli, pasta, flour and flour mixtures, dough and ready-made meals), some of them international, and some only available in individual countries. Products from Dr. Schär are available in more than 85 countries worldwide.

The Schär brand includes around 120 gluten-free products, including products that were previously marketed under the brand names DS Dietary Specials / DS - gluten free and Glutano .

Glutafin branded products are only available in the UK. In Spain, Dr. Schär products from the Beiker brand . With the takeover of Beladri , the Brazilian brand of the same name also belongs to Dr. Schär.

Medical Nutrition

Diet for chronic renal failure

Under the brand name Flavis , Dr. Sharpen a range of low-protein foods (bread, pasta, sweet and salty pastries) that are suitable for the diet of chronic kidney failure in the predialysis stage.

Nutrition for congenital protein metabolism disorders

The Mevalia brand denotes a range of products designed for the nutrition of phenylketonuria and other protein metabolism disorders. It includes low-protein pasta, bread, pastries and baking mixes (there is an overlap with the Flavis range), milk and egg substitutes as well as low-phenylalanine amino acid mixtures in powder and liquid form for food supplements.

The Comidamed brand comprises several product lines, which include amino acid mixtures and powders for the production of sip feed for infants and children, each formulated for dietetic treatment and to cover the protein requirement for certain rare hereditary protein metabolism disorders, as well as individual amino acids in powder form. The product lines are: Comida-PKU (phenylalanine-free, for phenylketonuria), Comida-MSUD (valine, isoleucine and leucine-free, for maple syrup disease ), Comida-TYRo (phenylalanine and tyrosine-free, for tyrosinemia ), Comida-OAc (isoleucine-, methionine, threonine and valinfrei in acidurias ) Comida-Leu (leucinfrei in Hyperleucinämie) Comida-GAC (lysine and tryptophanarm supplemented with L-carnitine, with glutaric aciduria type I), Comida HCys (methioninfrei, with cystine fortified, for homocystinuria ) and Comida-UrC (to cover the need for essential amino acids in urea cycle disorders ).

Ketogenic Diet

Kanso is the brand name for one of Dr. Schär offered product line with oil, spreads and chocolate, which have a high content of medium-chain fatty acids (so-called MCT fats). These are suitable for an MCT-based ketogenic diet as well as for nutrition with disorders of fat utilization, malassimilation syndrome and congenital disorders in the metabolism of long-chain fatty acids.

Dr. Schär Foodservice

Target group of the business division Dr. Schär Foodservice is professional gastronomy. The gluten-free products of the Schär brand listed in the Foodservice catalog include, in addition to numerous products also available in retail, bread and pastries in portioned packaging, pasta, which is particularly suitable for the double cooking process common in restaurants, and a special gluten-free flour mixture containing thickeners for the catering trade as well as products in baking foil that prevents the baked goods from coming into contact with gluten-containing foods during preparation.

Research and Development

In the Area Science Park in Trieste, Dr. Schär is a research and development center. In addition to developing new products and processes and improving existing recipes, the center coordinates the re-cereal initiative, a project co-financed by various public and private partners to establish and optimize the cultivation of low-gluten / gluten-free cereals or pseudo-cereals millet , oats and buckwheat in agriculture in the European Alpine region.

Locations

Dr. Schär operates 15 locations in nine countries. In addition to the headquarters in Burgstall (Italy) and the research institute in Trieste (Italy), this includes production facilities in Laives and Borgo Valsugana (Italy), Dreihausen, Apolda and Rosbach (Germany), Klagenfurt (Austria), Alagón (Spain), Swedesboro (USA) ) and Campo Largo (Brazil) as well as pure administration and sales locations in Moscow (Russia), Warrington (UK), Lyndhurst (USA) and Oullins (France).

Gluten-free flours and bread are made at the Burgstall production site, while gluten-free bread and pasta are made in Leifers. The plant in Borgo Valsugana produces gluten-free frozen ready meals and pizza for the Schär sub-brand Bonta d'Italia ; Several types of gluten-free bread have been baked in a second plant at the site since 2018. The German production sites of Dr. Schär produce sweet and salty gluten-free long- life baked goods (Dreihausen), gluten-free bread and bread substitute products (Apolda) and the Comidamed amino acid mixtures (Rosbach vor der Höhe). Gluten-free flours and baking mixes are produced in Klagenfurt, Austria. In Alagón, Spain, Dr. Schär bread, cakes and sweet snacks. The plant in Swedesboro, New Jersey, produces gluten-free bread rolls and frozen products for the North American market, and the Brazilian Campo Largo produces bread and flour for the South American market.

The parent company Dr. Schär AG currently (2019) has seven subsidiaries that manage the company's activities in the respective countries: Dr. Schär Germany GmbH (Germany), Dr. Schär UK Ltd. (England), Dr. Schär España SLU (Spain), Dr. Schär France (France), Dr. Schär Austria (Austria), Dr. Schär USA Inc. (USA) and Dr. Schar Brasil Sa (Brazil). In 2018 the Brazilian company Beladri Massas e Confeitos Ltda was taken over.

Prizes and awards

Two in the research and development center of Dr. Schär employed scientists were among the finalists of the European Inventor Award presented by the European Patent Office in 2016 : Virna Lucia Cerne and Ombretta Polenghi had developed a process to extract so-called zeine from corn at low cost and use it as a gluten substitute in recipes for bread and pasta.

In 2018 the Dr. Schär Deutschland GmbH awarded the Grand Prize for Medium-Sized Enterprises.

Web links

Individual evidence

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  3. ↑ a b c d locations. drschaer.com, accessed March 7, 2019 .
  4. ↑ a b Dr. Schär Germany GmbH, Ebsdorfergrund. northdata.de, accessed on March 7, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Stefan Märk, Mario Situm: Family businesses and their stakeholders: Problem definition - solution models - practical implementation . Springer Gabler, Wiesbaden 2018, ISBN 978-3-658-18739-2 , One business opportunity - One entrepreneur - One country and then the world, p. 221 ( [1] ).
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  7. ↑ a b Eva Pfoestl: Dr. Schär - the way to global success. meraner.eu, October 19, 2017, accessed on March 7, 2019 .
  8. ↑ a b c d e Robert Weißensteiner: Dr. Schär without a degree: entrepreneur portrait . (PDF) In: Südtiroler Wirtschaftszeitung . No. 36/11, September 2011, p. 4.
  9. ↑ Market shares of the leading suppliers of gluten-free foods in Germany in 2014. statista.com, accessed on March 7, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Free From in Germany - Executive Summary. euromonitor.com, May 2018, accessed on March 7, 2019 .
  11. ↑ Under core competencies. drschaer.com, accessed March 7, 2019 .
  12. ↑ Jordan Chery: Global Phenylketonuria (PKU) Market 2019 Progressive Contestants - Biomarin, Vitaflo, Mead Johnson, Nutricia, Cambrooke, Dr. Schär. reportsherald.com, January 16, 2019, accessed March 7, 2019 .
  13. ↑ German Gender Book (Genealogisches Handbuch Bürgerlicher Familien), Volume 152 . CA Starke, Limburg 1970, p. 79 ( [2] ).
  14. ↑ The way to good taste without gluten . In: Schär YourLife . No. 41, October 2011, p. 6.
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  16. ^ Name change for gluten-free supplier Nutrition Point. talkingretail.com, March 1, 2011, accessed March 7, 2019 .
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  23. ↑ Schär expands gluten-free product range through acquisition. presseportal.de, November 30, 2006, accessed on March 7, 2019 .
  24. ↑ Completed acquisition by Dr. Schär Srl of part of the gluten-free food products business of Royal Numico NV. (PDF) assets.publishing.service.gov.uk, April 4, 2007, accessed March 7, 2019 .
  25. ↑ DPMA information on the Beiker brand. dpma.de, accessed on March 7, 2019 .
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  27. ^ Inaugurato il Dr Schär Pizza Center a Borgo Valsugana. trentinosviluppo.it, September 25, 2015, accessed March 7, 2019 (Italian).
  28. ↑ a b Opening Dr. Schär bread factory in Borgo. drschaer.com, July 24, 2018, accessed March 7, 2019 .
  29. ↑ Former "Bender Iglauer" work in Klagenfurt sold. kleinezeitung.at, January 26, 2015, accessed on March 7, 2019 .
  30. ↑ a b Dr. Schär Brazil starts production. drschaer.com, October 15, 2018, accessed March 7, 2019 .
  31. ^ Brazil: Dr Schar to acquire Beladri. gamaconsumer.com, March 9, 2018, accessed March 7, 2019 .
  32. ↑ DPMA information on the Ceres brand. dpma.de, accessed on March 7, 2019 .
  33. ↑ Ceres-MCT homepage. ceres-mct.com, accessed March 7, 2019 .
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  35. ↑ Dr. Schär Medical Nutrition GmbH, Rosbach vd Höhe. northdata.de, accessed on March 7, 2019 .
  36. ↑ DPMA information on the Comidamed brand. dpma.de, accessed on March 7, 2019 .
  37. ↑ DPMA information on the Mevalia trademark. dpma.de, accessed on March 7, 2019 .
  38. ↑ comidaMed GmbH becomes Dr. Schär Medical Nutrition GmbH - New "Mevalia Low Protein" food range. (PDF) www.pkuboard.info, accessed on March 7, 2019 .
  39. ↑ DPMA information on the Flavis brand. dpma.de, accessed on March 7, 2019 .
  40. ↑ Nutritional therapy with reduced protein content. drschaer.com, accessed March 7, 2019 .
  41. ↑ DPMA information on the Kanso brand. dpma.de, accessed on March 7, 2019 .
  42. ↑ MCT products based on medium-chain fatty acids. drschaer.com, accessed March 7, 2019 .
  43. ↑ Margarine on prescription. apotheke-adhoc.de, October 30, 2018, accessed on March 7, 2019 .
  44. ↑ Competent partner for a gluten-free life. drschaer.com, accessed March 7, 2019 .
  45. ↑ Glutafin homepage. glutafin.co.uk, accessed March 7, 2019 .
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  49. ↑ Mevalia homepage. mevalia.com, accessed March 7, 2019 .
  50. ↑ Comidamed homepage. comidamed.de, accessed on March 7, 2019 .
  51. ↑ Kanso homepage. kanso.com, accessed March 7, 2019 .
  52. ↑ Dr. Schär Foodservice homepage. drschaer-foodservice.com, accessed on March 7, 2019 .
  53. ↑ Dr. Schär Foodservice product catalog. (PDF) drschaer-foodservice.com, accessed on March 7, 2019 .
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  55. ↑ re-cereal homepage. re-cereal.com, accessed March 7, 2019 .
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  58. ↑ Company Overview of Beladri Massas e Confeitos Ltda. bloomberg.com, accessed March 7, 2019 .
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  60. ↑ Virna Lucia Cerne, Ombretta Polenghi (Italy): Finalists for the European Inventor Award 2016. epo.org, accessed on March 7, 2019 .
  61. ^ Prize winners 2018 from Thuringia. Mittelstandpreis.com, September 15, 2018, accessed on March 7, 2019 .

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