Harro Höfliger packaging machines

Harro Höfliger packaging machines GmbH
legal form	GmbH
founding	1975
Seat	Allmersbach im Tal , Baden-Wuerttemberg
management	Thomas Weller (Managing Director)
Number of employees	1400
sales	285 million euros
Branch	Packaging machines
Website	www.hoefliger.com
	Status: 2020

The Harrogate Hoefliger packaging machines GmbH , shortly Harro Hoefliger , is a manufacturer of production and packaging equipment, headquartered in Allmersbach in Baden-Wuerttemberg .

description

Harro Höfliger specializes in the development and manufacture of customer-specific process solutions. The main sales markets are the medical technology and pharmaceutical industries, the food industry and manufacturers of home care products. The portfolio ranges from machines for research and laboratories to systems for high-performance production, also as turnkey solutions , and includes aseptic and containment technology. Harro Höfliger also offers services. This includes Pharma Services and Device Services to support process and device developments, Engineering & Innovation Services for technological support in product development, and Validation Services for qualifying and validating machines and systems. The company is one of the world market leaders in the microdosing of dry powder for powder inhalers (Dry Powder Inhaler, DPI), in systems for processing web materials with a multilayer structure, and in the assembly of injection and inhalation products .

Economic indicators

Harro Höfliger employs over 1,400 people and achieved an operating performance of 285 million euros in 2019, 80 percent of which outside of Europe. All systems are developed and manufactured in Baden-Württemberg . In addition to the headquarters in Allmersbach im Tal, there are locations in Backnang (technology center), Großaspach (production and logistics) and Satteldorf (assembly of large systems). The company has branches in Brazil, China, Great Britain, India, Russia, Switzerland, Singapore, Scandinavia, Tunisia and the USA as well as over 30 agencies.

Around 86% of sales were achieved in the pharmaceutical, medical-technical and chemical-technical sectors in 2019, the remaining 14% was accounted for by the production and packaging of consumer goods .

history

The beginnings

The trained machine fitter Harro Höfliger (1937–2019) started his own business in 1975 in Stuttgart- Untertürkheim . In his backyard garage, he overhauled used cartoning machines for resale. From 1976 the company traded as Harro Höfliger Verpackungsmaschinen GmbH with headquarters in Backnang. In parallel to the used trade, own packaging machines were developed and manufactured. Marianne Höfliger was in charge of the commercial management. In 1979 the company moves to Allmersbach im Tal. In 1983 Manfred Reiser joined the company as managing director of construction. The business field expanded increasingly from standard machines and packaging lines for the food and beverage industry to individual production systems for pharmaceutical companies.

1990s

In 1990, for the first time, more systems were manufactured for the pharmaceutical industry than for the food sector. In addition to capsule filling and weighing machines, Höfliger also added web processing machines for the production of transdermal plasters and medical wound care to its range. In 1994 the first foreign subsidiary was established in Doylestown , Pennsylvania (USA).

2000s

The machine portfolio includes combinable modules for individual production solutions through to final packaging. In 2003 a laboratory for the analysis of inhalable powder during production was set up, and in 2005 the establishment of a pharmaceutical development service started. In-house clean rooms enable the production facilities to be operated with active ingredients under practical ambient conditions. Höfliger arranged the company's succession early on: In 2001, Markus Höfliger, Thomas Weller and Peter Claussnitzer were appointed to the management. After Marianne Höfliger's death in 2006, the management was restructured: Thomas Weller took over the position of CEO , Markus Höfliger became CFO and Peter Claussnitzer CTO . Uwe Amann (Human Resources) and Heinrich Havenstein (Production) have been part of the management team since 2008. The failed takeover by ATS Automation Tooling Systems led to restructuring in the following years and the establishment of a company alliance.

In 2013, company founder Harro Höfliger brought his company shares into a family foundation and withdrew from day-to-day operations. In 2018 he took over the chairmanship of the newly established supervisory board . After leaving office, Markus Höfliger moved to the head of the supervisory body in January 2019. Turgay Güngormus became the new CFO.

Partnerships

Since April 2011, Harro Höfliger has been part of the Alliance Excellence United , a partnership of technically leading family companies in special machine construction for the pharmaceutical, medical technology and process industries. The alliance consists of the companies Bausch + Ströbel , Fette Compacting , Glatt , Harro Höfliger and Uhlmann , each of which is the market leader in its field.

Individual evidence

^ Florian Langenscheidt: Lexicon of the German world market leaders . Ed .: Bernd Venohr. Cologne 2014, ISBN 978-3-86936-656-2 , pp. 266-267 .
↑ Harro Höfliger - Goals and Numbers. Accessed February 16, 2020 .
↑ Production and logistics center Aspach. Retrieved May 25, 2020 .
↑ Market distribution diagram. Retrieved April 17, 2020 .
↑ Foundation and company development. Retrieved November 19, 2018 .
↑ Portfolio and foreign branch. Retrieved May 25, 2020 .
↑ Management. Retrieved November 19, 2018 .
↑ Link family foundation . Retrieved May 25, 2020 .
^ Establishment of the supervisory board. Retrieved May 25, 2020 .
↑ Press release on changes in the supervisory board and management. Retrieved May 25, 2020 .
↑ Press release on the establishment of the alliance. Retrieved November 4, 2018 .
^ Website of Allianz Excellence United. Retrieved November 4, 2018 .