Richard Schwemmer

An outstanding performance, the "German way", the performance achieved in fifty years by this very "pharmacy" focused group since its inception in 1963 and still owned to date by the Klocke family. Main activity still today, the development, manufacture and packaging of vaccines within its entity IDT, located in Dessau near Berlin, whose turnover in 2014 will exceed EUR 130 million. The second entity, Klocke Pharma Service (KPS), approximately EUR 32 million turnover for a total staff of 230 people, located in Appenweier, specializes in the development and manufacture of pharmaceuticals. The third entity, Klocke Verpackung Service (KVS) is cGMP certified (approx. EUR 30 million for 300 people), located in Weingarten and manufactures and fills mainly thermoformed packs but also sachets. Main customer markets for KVS: the pharmaceutical sector almost on a par with pest control products and then followed by the cosmetic and food industries. Finally, the last group entity, Klocke of America, (KOA) located in Florida, whose activity is similar to the one of KVS (pharmaceuticals excluded).

One development out of four for cosmetics!

"It’s a fact, says Richard Schwemmer, Commercial Director, one development out of four undertaken at KVS, concerns samples and single-doses for the beauty and skincare industry!" The Weingarten Factory has no less than thirty thermoforming lines against ten for the one in Florida. Engineers at Klocke have a thorough understanding of what they’re doing and continue every year, to use new materials and update transformation technologies (thermoforming, embossing, etc.). First customer market, make-up with the lipstick sector coming first followed by coloured creams. "You should know that historically, explains Schwemmer, the first sample of hot poured lip stick to be marketed in the early 1990s, came from the Klocke workshops. Since then our engineers have made significant progress and developed other technologies like in particular, the filling/sealing of injected parts, to better position the company in the niche of retail single-dose. We work a lot on application techniques and gestures."

Latest innovation to date, a cleverly designed single dose of nail polish. [1] These polishes come in single dose format: each pod enables to perform a complete manicure. Convenient for women who want to change shade according to their moods without having to collect bottles and then throwing them away one after the other, because they became too dry, to liquid or too pasty.