orphan as no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . september 2014 this section contains a gallery of images . galleries containing indiscriminate images of the article subject are discouraged ; please improve or remove the section accordingly moving freely licensed images to wikimedia commons if not already hosted there . november 2014 august faller kg type kg limited partnership industry packaging materials manufacturer founded 1882 headquarters waldkirch germany key people michael faller daniel keesman products folding cartons labels leaflets combination products & packaging services revenue eur 120.3 million 2013 1 number of employees 1 147 2014 1 website www.august faller.com august faller kg is a german manufacturer and system supplier of pharmaceutical secondary packaging headquartered in waldkirch in baden w rttemberg . with 1147 employees in 6 different locations across europe the company produces 2.1 billion folding cartons 1.6 billion leaflets and 1 billion adhesive labels per year . 1 august faller kg is one of the market leading companies in the field of pharmaceutical secondary packaging in the german speaking region . 2 82 contents 1 history 2 locations 3 products 4 awards 4.1 product awards 4.2 company awards 5 sustainability 6 memberships 7 literature 8 references 9 external links history edit ernst faller & hermann sch nle 2nd generation to go into the family business the company was founded in 1882 by august faller as a lithographic printing business . initially it produced letterheads postcards and business documents . 2 80 in 1932 the company began to specialise in label production . in 1953 the company completed a reorganisation . it began manufacturing folding cartons as another line of production besides labels . in 1992 the company began to specialise in pharmaceutical secondary packaging . in 2001 and 2002 the company added production sites in binzen and schopfheim . 3 in 2008 the pharmaservicecentre psc for packaging services in gro beeren near berlin was opened . in 2012 faller acquired danish folding carton manufacturer a.c. schmidt a s in hvidovre denmark . in autumn 2013 the company opened a new production plant in d poland . 2 83 4 locations edit folding cartons and combination products are manufactured in accordance with cgmp requirements in waldkirch which is also the location of the company s headquarters . leaflets are produced in binzen . labels are manufactured in schopfheim using flexo and digital printing methods . the manufacturing facility in gro beeren produces leaflets and provides packaging services . this site also has the manufacturing authorisation pursuant to article 13 of german medical preparations act . this states that secondary packaging is an integral part of a medical preparation . 5 the company s subsidiary august faller a s manufactures folding cartons in hvidovre near the danish capital of copenhagen . in autumn 2013 the company opened another production facility august faller sp . z o.o. for folding cartons in d poland . psc folding cartons waldkirch august faller a s hvidovre august faller sp . z o.o. d products edit the company produces folding cartons adhesive labels leaflets and combination products 6 for the pharmaceutical industry . this includes special design for bottles or blister packaging . moreover anti counterfeiting features can be integrated into folding cartons and adhesive labels . 7 the company also provides packaging services . 8 adhesive labels leaflets awards edit product awards edit 1997 first prize in the pharmaceutical and medical products category at the first european folding carton award competition in istanbul 2005 pro carton ecma carton award 2006 pro carton ecma carton award 2007 pro carton ecma carton award 2008 werkbund label 2009 silver pack for age appropriate packaging finat highly commended certificate pharmaceutical category 2010 finat highly commended certificate digital imaging category 2011 pro carton ecma carton award finalist for 2 folding carton designs 2012 finat award digital imaging category finalist in the print and media award innovation category 2013 finat award booklet category 9 finat highly commended certificate security category finat highly commended certificate self promotional labels category hp indigo showcase award security digital imaging finalist print stars digital printing category 2014 silver printstars 2014 for the multipage booklet label in the category labels 10 german packaging award for the hanger info label in the category labels seals and other packaging aids 11 company awards edit 1998 environmental award of the federal state of baden w rttemberg 2007 abbott supplier excellence award 2008 abbott supplier excellence award 2009 abbott supplier excellence award 2010 abbott supplier excellence award sustainability edit 100 % of the energy used in the german production plants is from renewable sources . august faller kg is certified in accordance with the environmental standard din en iso 14001 the location gro beeren as well with good manufacturing practice gmp . by request the company uses fsc certified materials in the manufacturing of its products . a defined percentage of the wood used in fsc products stems from sustainably managed forests and controlled sources . 12 since 2012 the company has produced folding cartons using an alcohol free printing process . moreover the fresh water requirement in printing plate production was reduced by 35 % . 13 for the binzen location a building complex was designed in accordance with cybernetic criteria which links ecologically functional components with representative elements . 2 80 since 2002 the company has been publishing an annual sustainability report . 12 in the regions where its productions sites are located the company supports club activities learning partnerships and environmental campaigns . with nine apprenticeship and two co operative study programmes duale hochschule august faller kg offers education across several locations . 2 82 the apprentices are encouraged to work independently by organising their own social projects . 14 memberships edit fachverband faltschachtel industrie e.v. ffi german federation of folding carton manufacturers wirtschaftsverband industrieller unternehmen wvib business association of industrial enterprises verband papier druck und medien vpdm association of paper print and media european carton makers association ecma bundesverband mitarbeiterbeteiligung agp federal association of employee participation sustainability business initiative in baden w rttemberg industrie und handelskammer ihk german chamber of industry and commerce effizienz werkstatt efficiency workshop literature edit florian langenscheidt peter may ed . lexikon der deutschen familienunternehmen encyclopaedia of german family businesses p 79 83 2nd edition cologne 2014 l rrach district ed . landkreis l rrach . ganz pers nlich l rrach district . up close and personal p 90 91 coesfeld 2012 references edit a b c august faller kg ber uns zahlen daten fakten august faller in zahlen . august faller.com . retrieved 2015 06 10 . a b c d e florian langenscheidt peter may ed . lexikon der deutschen familienunternehmen 2 . auflage k ln 2014 landratsamt l rrach herausgeber landkreis l rrach . ganz pers nlich s. 91 coesfeld 2012 august faller kg ber uns geschichte unsere historie . august faller.com . 2015 02 09 . retrieved 2015 06 10 . amg einzelnorm . gesetze im internet.de . retrieved 2015 06 10 . kombiprodukte faltschachteln mit integrierter packungsbeilage oder appliziertem haftetikett . august faller.com . 2014 07 17 . retrieved 2015 06 10 . falschungssicherheit in der pharmaverpackung pdf . ecv.de . retrieved 2015 06 10 . august faller kg leistungen august faller leistungs bersicht . august faller.com . 2014 07 17 . retrieved 2015 06 10 . finat names 2013 label awards winners labels & labeling . labelsandlabeling.com . 2013 06 14 . retrieved 2015 06 10 . druck & medien awards . printstars.de . retrieved 2015 06 10 . pr mierte 2014 wegweisende verpackungsl sungen deutscher verpackungspreis . verpackungspreis.de . retrieved 2015 06 10 . a b august faller kg services downloads wissenswertes zum download . august faller.com . retrieved 2015 06 10 . waldkirch nachhaltig wirtschaften . badische zeitung.de . retrieved 2015 06 10 . waldkirch geplant und angepackt . badische zeitung.de . retrieved 2015 06 10 . external links edit official website badische zeitung.de badische zeitung.de ecv.de retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title august faller kg & oldid 710123005 categories german brandsmanufacturing companies of germanycompanies established in 1882hidden categories orphaned articles from september 2014all orphaned articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants 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