Vetter Pharma

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Vetter Pharma-Manufacturing GmbH & Co. KG

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legal form GmbH & Co. KG
founding 1950
Seat Ravensburg , Germany
management Executive Director:
  • Thomas Otto
  • Peter Soelkner
Number of employees approx. 5000 (2020)
sales EUR 669 million (2019)
Branch Pharma
Website www.vetter-pharma.com

The Vetter Pharma-Fertigung GmbH & Co. KG is a German pharmaceuticals since 1950 existing suppliers based in Baden-Württemberg Ravensburg and production facilities in Germany and the USA and sales offices in Singapore, Japan and South Korea. The core business is the manufacture and packaging of aseptically pre-filled syringe systems, cartridges and vials, supplemented by the final assembly of safety devices, pens and auto-injectors.

history

View of the multifunctional building in the Ravensburg production site in Schützenstrasse
View of the entire Ravensburg Vetter Süd site with the laboratory and assembly building

The company was founded in 1953 by the pharmacist Helmut Vetter (1920–1999) as the pharmacist Vetter & Co. Arzneimittel GmbH Ravensburg . Vetter had already had a chemical-pharmaceutical laboratory since 1945 and, since 1950, also operated the traditional Marienapotheke in Ravensburg as a tenant . Initially, the company mainly produced cachets, especially the self-developed stomach remedy "Ullus capsules". The rapidly expanding company moved into a four-story building in the center of Ravensburg a year later. In 1958 Vetter opened his own pharmacy ( Apotheke Vetter am Marienplatz), including a perfumery and health food store. During this time, Vetter began to deal primarily with the airtight and watertight sealing of the drugs it produced itself. From 1965 the company began to manufacture solid and liquid pharmaceuticals including their packaging. Since 1975 amplifies be aseptically filled finished inject produced. In the United States founded in 1983 Vetter its first foreign subsidiary Vetter Pharma-Turm Inc. in Yardley ( Pennsylvania ) that sales in the US and Canada took over. In 1984 the name was changed to Vetter Pharma-Fertigung GmbH & Co. KG .

In 1988 the plant in Ravensburg received approval from the American FDA , which opened up the US market for the company. At that time, the pharmaceutical service provider had around 350 employees. Two years later, Vetter brought a new two-chamber syringe system onto the market that contained freeze-dried and therefore long-lasting drugs in one chamber and a suitable solvent in the second chamber; The components are mixed during application. In the next few years, production was largely automated. A second German production facility was established in Langenargen in 1996, which also received FDA approval in 1998. The growing company was expanded in 2004 with the construction of a second plant in Ravensburg-Süd (Mariatal industrial area). The production facility was completed at the end of 2006 and received manufacturing approval from the Tübingen regional council at the beginning of 2007, and FDA approval one year later. At the end of 2007, Vetter began building a new factory for final packaging at the Ravensburg Süd location, which was fully commissioned in May 2009. In addition, a laboratory for production-related analyzes was set up at the Ravensburg Süd location in 2009. In 2009 the company founded a sales subsidiary. At the end of 2011, the company opened a development site in Chicago. Small amounts of active ingredient are filled there during the development of new drugs for clinical studies. After the development phase, the drugs are transferred to the commercial locations for filling in large numbers. The first transfer of this kind from the USA to Germany took place two years after the development site in Chicago was opened.

In May 2012, Vetter completed its new center for optical control and logistics, which is equipped with technologies for generating renewable energies and improving energy utilization. The location was expanded and modernized a short time later - it now houses around 800 workplaces. Since 2014, Vetter has been opening up the Asian market with a sales office in Singapore. A year later, a branch was also opened in Japan. In 2015, Vetter also announced extensive investments in modernizing and expanding its locations in and around Ravensburg. In the same year, the pharmaceutical service provider was recognized by the state of Baden-Württemberg as a volunteer-friendly employer.

The increasing customer demand for support in the area of ​​drug development and the need for further developed IT systems against the background of digitization led to the expansion of the Ravensburg site in Schützenstrasse in 2016. In 2016, Vetter began building a new production building at the Schützenstrasse location. In the same year, the company presented its first plans for a long-term investment project in the USA with the aim of offering its global customers an additional production facility for their drugs in the USA. In 2017, Vetter laid the foundation stone for a new administration building in which around 1000 employees will have their workplaces from 2020. The pharmaceutical service provider also joined the Diversity Charter initiative. The initiative's mission is to promote diversity in companies and institutions in order to create a working environment that is free from prejudice against employees - regardless of gender, nationality, religion or ideology, among other things. Also in 2017, the company received several awards for its corporate health management. It received the award for healthy companies in the gold category as well as the Federal Prize of Germany's Most Active Companies 2017. Vetter also made it into the final selection at the Corporate Health Award (CHA) and has since been able to carry the corresponding seal of excellence. In 2018, the company broke new ground in the field of injection. The Vetter Open Innovation Challenge started under the motto Injection 2.0. Multidisciplinary teams of participants examined the applicability of digital trends to injection processes. Promising ideas were pursued as part of the innovation process and the winning team of the competition was also awarded prize money of 10,000 euros. In addition, the pharmaceutical service provider relied on expanded capacities and modular production in the field of secondary packaging and built a new building for this purpose at the Ravensburg Vetter Süd location.

Managing directors

The two managing directors are supported by an independent advisory board: Udo J. Vetter has been chairman of this advisory board since 2008. He is also vice-president of the association Die Familienunternehmer and, since 2019, president of its European counterpart, the European Family Businesses.

engagement

Vetter is involved in social and community projects and supports educational programs for children, young people, trainees and employees. The company itself has high standards in compliance management as well as in the areas of environment and energy, health and safety at work. This so-called EHS management is certified according to ISO 14001 , BS OHSAS 18001 and ISO 50001 .

meaning

The United States Department of Homeland Security listed Vetter on the 2008 Critical Foreign Dependencies Initiative strategy list . This covers foreign infrastructure which, if attacked or destroyed, would endanger the USA (“foreign infrastructure which if attacked or destroyed would critically impact the US”).

Awards

  • 2020: CMO Leadership Award in all 6 main categories
  • 2019: CMO Leadership Award in all 6 main categories
  • 2018: CLEAN! 2018 Fraunhofer Purity Technology Award for V-CRT®
  • 2018: CMO Leadership Award in five categories: Quality, Expertise, Reliability, Capacity and Service
  • 2018: ISPE Facility of the Year Award in the category "Facility of the Future"
  • 2017: Germany's best training company in 2017
  • 2017: German Design Award 2017 Gold for the Vetter-Ject® syringe closure system
  • 2017: CMO Leadership Award
  • 2017: German Design Award 2017 Gold for the Vetter-Ject® syringe closure system
  • 2017: TOP employer seal, awarded by Focus, XING, Kununu and Statista
  • 2016: Merck Award for Best Overall External Supplier 2015
  • 2016: AbbVie Triumph Award 2015 in the Contract Manufacturing Supplier of the Year category
  • 2016: WorldStar Award for Vetter-Ject® syringe closure system in the Pharma & Medicine category
  • 2016: CMO Leadership Award
  • 2016: Best trainee in Germany
  • 2015: Fair Company seal, awarded by Handelsblatt and WirtschaftsWoche
  • 2015: German packaging award for Vetter-Ject® syringe closure system in the Pharma & Medicine category
  • 2015: Red Dot Design Award for Vetter-Ject® syringe closure system in the product design category
  • 2015: iF Design Award for Vetter-Ject® syringe closure system in the Medicine / Healthcare category
  • 2015: CMO Leadership Award
  • 2012: European Outsourcing Award in the category Most Improved Manufacturing Project or Process
  • 2011: Frost & Sullivan 2011 European Prefilled Injection Systems Customer Leadership Award

Web links

Commons : Vetter Pharma  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f From pharmacy to world market leader. Cousin through the ages. Company history as PDF.
  2. ↑ Managing director Oliver Albrecht leaves Vetter on vetter-pharma.com, accessed on August 17, 2019
  3. ↑ About us: Key Facts ; accessed on June 04, 2020.
  4. ↑ Vetter Numbers Data Facts on vetter-pharma.com, accessed on August 11, 2020
  5. ↑ Vetter Opens New Office in Singapore to Support Growing Asian Market PharmTech.com, November 20, 2014
  6. ↑ Vetter opens a new office in Japan Manufacturingchemist.com, October 20, 2015
  7. ↑ Vetter opens new office in South Korea Pharmaindustrie-online.de/.com, November 10, 2017
  8. ^ Vetter Pharma: company profile
  9. ↑ Vetter Pharma-Fertigung GmbH & Co. KG founds subsidiary.
  10. ↑ Vetter's US manufacturing facility goes into full operation
  11. ↑ Start for Vetter branch in Chicago
  12. ↑ Vetter creates a modern basis for visual inspection and logistics. ( Memento from October 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Press release from May 11, 2012.
  13. ↑ Vetter puts expanded center for optical inspection and logistics into operation Vetter: Press release from January 25, 2017
  14. ↑ Vetter Opens New Office in Singapore to Support Growing Asian Market PharmTech.com, November 20, 2014
  15. ↑ Vetter opens a new office in Japan Manufacturingchemist.com, October 20, 2015
  16. ↑ Pharmaceutical company Vetter is investing around 300 million euros t-online.de/regionales, November 25, 2015
  17. ↑ Award for volunteer-friendly employers in civil protection awarded for the first time, press release from September 21, 2015
  18. ↑ Vetter completes new multifunctional building for development service and IT Press release of January 28, 2016
  19. ↑ Vetter is investing 70 million euros in site expansion, press release of March 22, 2016
  20. ↑ Vetter presents first plans for a long-term investment project in the USA Press release of July 15, 2016
  21. ↑ Vetter lays the foundation stone for the new administration building, Prozesstechnik.industrie.de, October 16, 2017
  22. ↑ Location expansion: Vetter continues to expand secondary packaging Pharma-Food.de, October 25, 2018
  23. ↑ Vetter has received several awards for corporate health management Ravensburg.de, December 7, 2017
  24. ↑ Vetter breaks new ground in the further development of injection processes, press release from June 7, 2018
  25. ↑ Location expansion: Vetter continues to expand secondary packaging Pharma-Food.de, October 25, 2018
  26. ↑ Ravensburger Udo J. Vetter is the new president of the European family business press release from November 20, 2019
  27. ↑ Social engagement. In: vetter-pharma.com. Retrieved May 4, 2020 .
  28. ↑ Vetter Pharma donates car to "Clinic Home Interface". (No longer available online.) In: schwaebische.de. Schwäbische Zeitung, March 23, 2008, archived from the original on August 8, 2018 ; accessed on November 10, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.schwaebische.de
  29. ^ Educational project "Power of Difference". (No longer available online.) In: gymnasium-wilhelmsdorf.de. Archived from the original on November 10, 2017 ; accessed on November 10, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.gymnasium-wilhelmsdorf.de
  30. ↑ Flyer House of Little Researchers. (PDF) In: diakonie-ravensburg.de. Diakonie Oberschwaben Algäu Bodensee, accessed on November 10, 2017 .
  31. ↑ Responsibility - Education. (No longer available online.) In: vetter-pharma.com. Archived from the original on September 11, 2017 ; accessed on November 10, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.vetter-pharma.com
  32. ↑ Fact Sheet: Critical Infrastructure and Homeland Security Protection Accomplishments. Department of Homeland Security. September 5, 2008. Archived from the original on July 12, 2011. Retrieved on May 7, 2020.
  33. ^ Critical Foreign Dependencies. In: WikiLeaks. February 2009, accessed May 4, 2020 .
  34. ↑ Vetter Pharma International: Vetter is also convincing in 2020 at CMO Leadership Awards. In: PresseBox. April 21, 2020, accessed May 29, 2020 .
  35. ↑ Vetter Pharma International: Vetter extremely successful at this year's CMO Leadership Awards. In: company-infos.de. March 21, 2019, accessed May 29, 2020 .
  36. ↑ Fraunhofer Reinheitstechik Prizes - press release , accessed on May 29, 2020
  37. ↑ Vetter Pharma International: Vetter wins ISPE Facility of the Year Award 2018. In: PresseBox. March 21, 2018, accessed May 29, 2020 .
  38. ↑ 2018 Category Winner for Facility of the Future. Vetter Pharma-Manufacturing GmbH & Co.KG. International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering , 2018, accessed May 29, 2020 .
  39. ↑ a b winners. (No longer available online.) In: cmoleadershipawards.com. CMO Leadership Awards, archived from the original on February 12, 2019 ; accessed on February 11, 2019 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cmoleadershipawards.com
  40. ↑ a b Winner of the German Design Awards 2017 honored in Frankfurt. (No longer available online.) In: markenartikel-magazin.de. Archived from the original on February 12, 2019 ; accessed on February 11, 2019 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.markenartikel-magazin.de
  41. ↑ Vetter named “TOP Employer” in Germany. (No longer available online.) In: rv-news.de. Archived from the original on February 12, 2019 ; accessed on February 11, 2019 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.rv-news.de
  42. ↑ About us: Awards Accessed May 7, 2020.
  43. ↑ Vetter is a winner of the AbbVie TRIUMPH AWARD. Accessed May 7, 2020.
  44. ↑ Vetter Wins Two Coveted Awards . Accessed May 7, 2020.
  45. ↑ Vetter Wins Two Coveted Awards . Accessed May 7, 2020.
  46. ↑ IHK award for Vetter trainees. Accessed on May 7, 2020.
  47. ↑ Winner: Vetter-Ject Accessed on May 12, 2020.
  48. ↑ Renowned prizes go to Vetter. Accessed May 12, 2020.
  49. ↑ Renowned prizes go to Vetter. Accessed May 12, 2020.
  50. ↑ CMO Leadership Awards 2013. Accessed May 12, 2020.
  51. ↑ Vetter Receives Top Prize At The European Outsourcing Awards Ceremony.Retrieved May 12, 2020.
  52. ↑ Vetter Wins Frost & Sullivan 2011 European Prefilled Injection Systems Customer Service Leadership Award . Accessed May 12, 2020.

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