Schreiner MediPharm Booklet-Labels for Clinical Trials—Information at Your Fingertips

Schreiner ProSecure On the Trail of Gold and Silver—Counterfeit-proof Marking

Schreiner ProTech High Storage Capacity Thanks to RFID Expertise —Successful Cooperation with Siemens

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Dear readers, As I am sure you are aware, we are approaching a new industrial age. “Industry 4.0” was a forward-thinking project the German federal government initially introduced at the 2011 Hanover Fair. Four years later, Industry 4.0 is on everyone’s lips and has become a real mega trend. It is a vision with revolutionary potential, not only for Schreiner Group.

Industry 4.0 is defined as the complete reorga-nization and fully networked control of value creation processes. Smart components com-municate with their tools thanks to integrated chips, allowing them to be addressed and identified. Machines interact with each other along the entire value chain, which opens up awesome possibilities.

As a high-tech company, Schreiner Group has also extensively been looking at how Industry 4.0 can help make manufacturing processes more flexible, transparent and efficient.

Industry 1.0LATe 18Th CeNTurY

mechanization by water and steam power.

› 1769 James Watt, steam engine with improved efficiency

› 1785 Edmond Cartwright, power loom

Industry 2.0LATe 19Th CeNTurY

mass production using conveyor belts and electrical energy.

› 1833 England, conveyor belt is introduced

› 1834 Moritz Jacobi, electric motor

Industry 4.0 Will the fourth revolution come?

Late stage customization, a topic we covered in last year’s winter issue of Forum, is an example of this. It means that we produce large volumes of functional labels on conventional printing presses. These labels are subsequently cus-tomized in a final process step on a digital print-ing press. As a result, we can make functional labels available in small batches or quickly respond to requirements for different types of labels.

Still, there will be no factories without people. Fully automated and highly flexibilized mass production would reach economic limits. The automation of subsystems, which would make the work of employees on the shop floor tre-mendously easier, seems to be a more realistic prospect. So, the role of people in the context of Industry 4.0 will change from an operator to one that is more of a coordinator. Instead of playing the “violin in a concert,” people will be “conducting the orchestra.”

But not only our own manufacturing operations are in focus, as Industry 4.0 has major signifi-cance for us on the product level as well. We already have the ability today to manufacture labels with integrated RFID storage chips as a prerequisite for actively controlling machines. Thanks to such RFID labels the entire value chain, from the manufacturer, to the processor, to the assembler, is consistently provided with the information it requires—in real time and without any need for specifically programmed software.

Thanks to our more than 15 years of experience as a top supplier in the field of RFID we are per-fectly poised to make a contribution to Industry 4.0.

Yours,

4.0

Industry 3.01970s

Automation of manufacturing processes by electronics and IT.

› 1952 John Parsons, first numerically controlled machine

› 1972 first CNC (computerized numerical control of machine tools)

Industry 4.0NOW

Digitalization and networking through integrated communication and processing of information in the manufacturing process.

4 Contents

Schreiner Group 05 Supplier of the Year

06 TOP 100: Innovator of the Year

07 FINAT Label Competition

08 Office Administrator Apprenticeship

09 Happy Runners and KiO Beach Cup

10 Apprentices as Energy Scouts

10 Energy Efficiency Workshop

Schreiner MediPharm 11 Technical Oscar for Pharma-Tac Plus

12 Clinical Trials: Info at Your Fingertips

13 The Future of the Package Insert

14 Smart Control of the Supply Chain

15 Needle-Trap: Label-integrated Needle Protection

Schreiner ProTech 16 Certainty through Transparency

17 Specialty Labels: Saving through Knowledge

18 High Storage Capacity Thanks to RFID Expertise

Schreiner PrinTrust 19 The New Way to Park

20 “Best Product:” NFC-Sticker

Schreiner ProSecure 21 Top Security from A to Z

22 On the Trail of Gold and Silver

24 Absolutely an Original

Schreiner Services 25 Functional Labels with Value Added

Schreiner PrinTronics 25 The Best of Both Worlds

Schreiner LogiData 26 Mastering Complexity

27 Small Sensation in UHF

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Schreiner Group GmbH & Co. KGBruckmannring 22 85764 Oberschleissheim/Germany info@schreiner-group.com www.schreiner-group.com Responsible in the spirit of German press law: Roland Schreiner, President and CEO, Schreiner Group Head of editorial team: Eva ManzenreiterEditors: Susanne Höppner, Dominik Wagner Graphic design: Christian Breihofer, Martina KrenigWe wish to thank all employees who have contributed to this issue for their support. © 2015 Schreiner Group GmbH & Co. KG

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Ritrama S.p.A. is Supplier of the Year

For the third time, Schreiner Group has recognized a supplier with the best annual Quality, Logistics, Collaboration and Cost Development rating. This time, Ritrama S.p.A. won the “Supplier of the Year 2014” award. Ritrama primarily supplies self-adhesive films to Schreiner Group and, in addition to receiving a very high overall rating, showed an impressive overall per-formance improvement in all relevant criteria.

Norbert Kreitmeir, Team Leader Purchasing Raw Materials at Schreiner Group, presented the award to Ricardo Rink, the CEO of the family-owned Italian company, in March 2015. At a meeting at Schreiner Group’s Oberschleiss heim headquarters, both parties agreed to intensify their cooperation. Norbert Kreitmeir is convinced that by taking this step Schreiner Group will be able to supply even better products to the pharmaceutical, auto-motive and electronics industries in the future, as the materials from Ritrama are used for these sectors. “We need partners that, in addi-tion to supplying materials of the right qual-ity, superbly cooperate with us so that we can offer our customers optimum solutions for their specific applications,” Kreitmeir said.

The aspect of cooperation was rated in criteria such as contractual situation, transparency of quotations, defect correction processes and development collaboration. In total, 50 suppli-ers of production materials—from films, paper and ink through to production-related tools such as dies—were compared with each other. The companies were selected by delivery vol-ume and strategic importance. In Purchasing, Schreiner Group pursues the overall goal of continually optimizing the cost structure in the supply chain through close collaboration, early involvement, contribution of know-how and a lean procurement strategy.

From left to right: Manfred Laschinger (Head of Purchas-ing, Schreiner Group), Norbert Kreitmeir (Team Leader Purchasing Raw Materials, Schreiner Group), Roland Schreiner (President and CEO, Schreiner Group), Tomas Rink (Owner of Ritrama), Waltraut Teuber, Sonia Linzi (Internal Sales), Ricardo Link (CEO, Ritrama), Jose Luis Cester (Manager Global Label Busi-ness Ritrama), Karl Tschacha (CFO Schreiner Group)

For the first time, Schreiner Group also presented

a “smaller” but extremely capable supplier with

a special award. “Performer of the Year” went to

Biolink based in Waakirchen, Bavaria. Schreiner

Group purchases transfer tapes for automotive

applications from Biolink. “We regard Biolink as

a very reliable partner for high-quality products,”

says Andrea Friedrich, the responsible strategic

buyer at Schreiner Group. Biolink’s CEO Peter Gäm-

merler was exceptionally pleased about Schreiner

Group’s great appreciation of the cooperation.

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TOP 100 Companies: Schreiner Group is Innovator of the Year

Lucky Winner: Roland Schreiner

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A tremendous success for Schreiner Group: in the prestigious “TOP 100” inno-vation competition, it was recognized as the most innovative among Germany’s mid-sized companies.

The judges’ decision was based on the results of a comprehensive questionnaire in the cat-egories of “Innovation-Encouraging Top Man-agement,” “Innovation Climate,” “Innovative Processes and Organization,” “Innovation Mar-keting and External Orientation” and “Innova-tion Success.”

During a company tour, the members of the judging panel chaired by Prof. Dr. Nikolaus Franke from the Department of Entrepreneur-ship and Innovation of the Vienna University of Economics and Business received a first-hand impression of Schreiner Group’s innovation management—an impression that obviously had a lasting effect, as the judging panel of pro-fessionals stated in the justification of its selec-tion: “Schreiner Group impressed the TOP 100 judges as an agile, strong-growth mid-size company with a comprehensive and holistic understanding of innovation.”

In addition, the TOP 100 judging panel recognized “the smooth transition from the second to the third family generation at the helm of the company that gave new impetus to innova-tion.” In the judges’ opinion, Schreiner Group had done an exemplary job of manag-ing this change, as the tran-sition was also used to con-tinue driving the evolution of the innovation processes:

“The conceptual basis for this is provided by ‘Strategy 2020,’ which Roland Schreiner devel-oped together with the members

of top management. In pursuing this strategy, the company succeeded in expanding its inter-nal, innovation-related communication, which further improved its positive innovation climate,” the judging panel added in its justification.

“Innovation is a company value that is being lived at Schreiner Group. All employees are consis-tently encouraged to think outside the box and to contribute new ideas. Therefore, the TOP 100 award is tremendous confirmation of our striving for innovation,” said a pleased Roland Schreiner at the awards ceremony held at the

“German Mittelstand Summit” in Essen where he was presented with the accolade by mentor and science journalist Ranga Yogeshwar.

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In the FINAT Label Competition 2015, Schreiner Group was among the award winners honored at the FINAT Congress in Amsterdam as well. In the Marketing/End-uses-Security group, our

“Parts Marking Label with Authentication Fea-tures” was 1st. The marking label is directly applied to a molded plastic part or a painted metal cover. It is equipped with a covert Bit-Secure copy protection feature. This feature can be read by a smartphone for reliable prod-uct authentication by inspectors, customs offi-cials and distributors.

Julia Klampfl is being trained as an office admin-istrator, now in the third and final year of her apprenticeship. In an interview with Schreiner Forum, the 19-year-old looks back on her expe-riences to date and explains how she managed the change from school to the office.

Why did you want to become an office administrator?Julia Klampfl: My training provides a very good foundation for many career paths. I wanted to gain insight into office processes and get to know different functions within a company.

What makes a good office administrator in your opinion?Working in a conscientious and well-structured way is very important. My supervisors have to be able to rely on me. So I have to adjust to their requirements and wishes because that’s the only way I can best support them.

What are your daily tasks?At the moment, I’m spending a year in our accounting department. I check invoices, scan them for our accounting system and refer them to the appropriate recipient. Initially, I spent two years in HR management and assisted our training manager, Ms. Piplak-Föhl, in organizing events for apprentices and man-aging apprenticeship applications. Whenever the candidates that came for interviews were nervous I clearly remembered how I felt at first. I think being nervous is totally normal.

So, what do you do as an Apprentice being trained as an Office Administrator?

“It’s totally normal to be nervous at first”

What has been your personal highlight in your apprenticeship so far?My vocational school, with support from Schreiner Group, gave me the opportunity to gain some experience abroad in a London company. There, I helped arrange appoint-ments, received visitors and installed phone connections. And all of it in English! That was a tremendous experience for me.

What has been your greatest challenge so far?For me, switching from school to work at the beginning of my apprenticeship was a huge change. I was fresh out of school and not used to being at the office all day. Expecta-tions and the large number of tasks were a pretty big challenge for me, too. Ms. Piplak-Föhl really supported me during this time and showed me how important it is to always think positive.

Has ‘sticking it out’ been worth the effort?Yes, absolutely. I’m happy that I successfully struggled through the difficult early stage and have gotten as far as I have. Thanks to my apprenticeship I not only developed my skills but also my personality in the past three years. Today, I have a lot more self-confidence and courage.

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From Office Chair into Running Shoes

Two Schreiner Teams in KiO Beach Cup

Up to ten percent of all recipients of organ transplants in Germany are

children. The risks involved in such surgery continually decrease and

the survival rate is 90 percent. But the long wait for a donor organ is a

great burden. “Children’s Aid Organ Transplant” assists families in need

with money, rest & recreation, and good advice. The charity, for instance,

organizes seminars for parents, summer camps for children or family

vacations, and assumes the costs for travel, hotels and household help.

If you’d like to help as well, you’ll find further details at

www.kiohilfe.de.

Schreiner Group’s beach volleyball community is growing! For the first time, two teams of our Schreiner Hot Volleys competed in the 2015 KiO Beach Cup in Lohhof. 30 teams were pit-ted against each other in the event held on July 4 in Unterschleissheim as a fund raiser for the KiO “Children’s Aid Organ Transplant” charity. Besides Microsoft and Team Robinson Club, the mayor of Schleissheim, Christoph Böck, competed with his “City Council” team.

The volleyball enthusiasts among our colleagues already had plenty of fun during the regular practice sessions before the tournament. By now, the employees from various parts of the company have gelled together as a great team.

In 2007, Schreiner Group’s Happy Runners put on their running shoes for the first time. By now, 58 employees who enjoy running compete in a total of seven events. The “Munich Marathon” in fall is the highlight on the running calendar. Nine runners have already registered for this mammoth challenge. In total, the Happy Runners are going to cover another impressive 1,300 kilometers in competitions this year, which equates to the distance between Munich and Barcelona.

Many of the company’s employees only took up running due to the Happy Runners. The joint competitions encourage and motivate them to regularly train. Running is for everyone: whether you run by yourself, in a group or even with a baby buggy! Plus, running is good for you: it trains the cardiovascular system, activates the immune system, causes fat cells to shrink, strengthens the muscles and works off stress. In a nutshell: running makes you feel better.

Children’s Aid Organ Transplant

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Six apprentices from Schreiner Group will be waging a campaign against energy hogs. As “energy scouts” they are going to hunt down potential savings, document them and actively contribute to improve-ments.

In collaboration with the Munich and Upper Bavarian Chamber of Industry and Commerce, a qualification workshop was held at our Bruck-mannring site in April to prepare them for this mission. 27 apprentices from 13 companies were taught fundamentals about energy, from production through to consumption. The partic-ipants learned how to efficiently use energy and how to handle the relevant measuring equip-ment. Subsequently, they tried out their new skills and the devices at three different stations.

“At Schreiner Group, saving energy is not just up to me as the company’s energy represen-tative but a responsibility assumed by every single employee. I’m happy that, together with the CIC, we’ve been able to engage our young people in this important topic as well,” said Dr. Thomas Gulden, Sustainability Representative of Schreiner Group.

A final exchange of experience at a large round-table concluded this action-packed day at Schreiner Group.

Apprentices as Energy Scouts

Energy Efficiency Workshop of the Network Munich-Upper Bavaria

Following the theoretical part about efficient

energy usage …

Guaranteed to be eco-FriendlyFrom 2016 to 2018, Schreiner Group will exclusi-

vely be using green electricity at its headquarters

on Bruckmannring in Oberschleissheim. The new

three-year power supply agreement guarantees

the supply of electric power from renewable

energy sources that have been certified by TÜV

Süd. 100 percent of this energy is generated by

certified hydropower plants. For Schreiner Group,

this amounts to a reduction of CO2 emissions by an

impressive 50 percent.

Teaming up for Energy Efficiency

Billed as “Energy Efficiency in Planning,” the 5th Energy Efficiency Workshop of the Net-work Munich-Upper Bavaria was held at Schreiner Group on March 5. Sustainability Representative Dr. Thomas Gulden welcomed 19 representatives of renowned companies and institutions to Bruckmannring.

The participants initially reviewed the machine specifications of Schreiner Group and HAWE Hydraulik SE, as well as facility specifications of Hilti GmbH. All of these focal topics were looked at under the aspect of energy-efficient plant & equipment planning. Schreiner Group, for instance, commits its suppliers to the pro-duction of energy-efficient machines and com-ponents and checks their energy consumption when the equipment is commissioned. The 2014 monitoring results were subsequently presented in a review session. Nearly ten per-cent energy savings achieved since 2010 are an impressive success!

… the apprentices went on to test the measuring equipment on the shop floor at Schreiner Group.

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Technical Oscar for Innovation

Prestigious prize for the Pharma-Tac Plus Label from Schreiner MediPharm: The multifunctional label for infusion bottles received the World Label Award in the

“Innovation” category as it was recog-nized for its innovative and sophisticated design.

The World Label Awards are bestowed by the “L9”—a global alliance of label associations— on an annual basis. They are considered the Technical Oscars of the international label industry. The intelligent and sophisticated solu-tion Pharma-Tac Plus offers for infusion bottles convinced the panel of judges. The label com-bines product marking with various integrated functions, including a multi-page booklet perfectly suited for multilingual information, a robust hanger and detachable label parts.

In daily hospital care settings, healthcare per-sonnel benefit from the label’s efficient usage. At the same time, the Pharma-Tac Plus label enhances patient safety because the adminis-tered infusions can be reliably traced. The World Label Award continues an already impressive success story for the Pharma-Tac Plus label: The product has already won the FINAT Innovation Award 2014, the PrintStars Innovation Award 2014 and the TLMI Award 2013.

Advantages of the Pharma-Tac Plus label for infusion bottles include efficient, reliable use by healthcare personnel, space for exten-sive product information, fast hanger opening and reliable traceability of the adminis-tered infusions.

Winner

Booklet-Labels are well suited for marking clinical trial drugs. They have ample pages for extensive information in several languages. Their material structure is particularly flexible due to the use of very thin paper, and they can be applied even to the smallest containers with tight radii. Booklet-Labels are customized to suit specific trial requirements and trial drugs, and reliably adhere to various forms of contain-ers, packaging and substrates. Additional fea-tures like integrated hangers for infusion bottles, detachable documentation parts or various blinding options allow versatile and reliable usage. In addition to standard versions, prod-ucts with specialty films are available for highly durable and emission-free laser postprinting.

Schreiner MediPharm is an expert partner for clinical trial support and offers booklet solutions that are optimally tailored to clinical research needs and to the various forms of dispensing and packaging used in trial drugs. The business unit has a specialized team with comprehensive expertise in the field of Clinical Trial Supplies. This team individually advises and supports the customer across all stages of a clinical trial.

“In addition to Booklet-Labels, we also offer special services. They include validated post-printing of variable and randomized data, con-sulting and integration support for printing and dispensing systems, and the rapid provision of prototypes,” says Robert Unglert, Senior Sales Director at Schreiner MediPharm. “In providing these services, we draw on our many years of expertise in the fields of printing technology and manufacturing of high-grade functional labels.”

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Information at Your Fingertips

Flexible solutions:Booklet-Labels are custom-ized to suit specific trial drugs and reliably adhere to diverse containers, packages and substrates.

Further information is available at www.schreiner-medipharms.com/cts

We will be pleased to provide you with our new CTS brochure (Clinical Trial Supplies):

cts@schreiner-medipharm.com

Clinical trials are often conducted inter-nationally and require high accuracy, reliable processes as well as efficiency and speed. Therefore, it is particularly important that trial drugs are reliably marked and provided with all important information.

Among other things, the EU’s new Falsified Medicines Directive 2011/62/EU requires a security seal for the outer packaging of medicines. Pharmacists can then only access the package insert after destroy-ing the seal which is meant to form a bar-rier and indicate tampering if destroyed. Together with the packaging manufac-turer Edelmann, Schreiner MediPharm has developed a convincing solution that makes important product information accessible without opening the pack.

The international family-owned company Edel-mann based in Heidenheim, Germany, is a leading manufacturer of folding boxes, and the healthcare sector is one of its main business segments. In a joint project with Schreiner

The Future of the Package Insert

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MediPharm as a leading manufacturer of spe-cialty labels for the pharmaceutical industry, both companies collaborated to develop a packaging solution combining a folding box with a Booklet-Label applied to the outside.

Applied to the outer packaging, the multi-page Booklet-Label makes even multi-lingual pro-duct information easily accessible and readily visible without damaging the original pack. It reliably adheres to the pack and is easy to open and close again with the top layer of the film. The Booklet-Label developed by Schreiner MediPharm for this purpose is additionally equipped with a security color-shifting ink for integrated protection against counterfeiting.

“The solution that has been jointly developed with Edelmann maintains the integrity of the pack, while allowing easy access to the pack-age insert,” says Robert Unglert, Senior Sales Director at Schreiner MediPharm. The patient benefits from the booklet applied to the pack as well, because it is easy to open and close again. Since the booklet is firmly attached to the pack, it is also less likely to be misplaced.

The solution by Schreiner mediPharm and edelmann:The package insert is easy to access by pharmacists and patients without affect-ing the first-opening protection of the pack.

Information at Your Fingertips

Smart Control of the Supply Chain

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Protection of the supply chain is an extremely important topic in the pharmaceutical industry. At LogiPharma’s high-level industry meeting focused on pharmaceutical logistics, Schreiner MediPharm was able to demonstrate the latest trends in smart functional labels to support product and patient safety across the entire supply chain.

At the high-level conference, which has been held for 14 years consecutively, delegates from no table pharmaceutical and biopharmaceuti-cal companies as well as the supplier industry met in Montreux to present and discuss the latest developments and trends in supply chain optimization and security. Schreiner MediPharm was represented on site with a conference presentation and a booth.

As a speaker at one of the event's keynote pre-sentations, “Innovation in Security, Integrity, Track and Trace,” Ann L. Merchant, President of Schreiner MediPharm, presented “Innova-tive and smart packaging solutions: How to address real challenges in the pharmaceutical supply chain.” In addition, she chaired a round-table on “Benchmarking and improving practi-cal methods for security track and trace.”

State-of-the-art technologies that increase safety and user comfort

Merchant explained how Schreiner MediPharm, as an innovation leader in the field of functional labels, parlays the trends and challenges in the pharmaceutical industry into customized solu-tions. Schreiner MediPharm offers innovative, multi-level security concepts individually tai-lored to pharmaceutical manufacturers and their specific challenges. These concepts are based on state-of-the-art technologies and designed to enhance product and patient safety, as well as user comfort.

To protect the supply chain, Schreiner MediPharm offers innovative, interactive func-tional labels with integrated RFID or NFC inlays. For instance, an NFC chip integrated into a label can be programmed with the batch num-ber or expiration date and contain additional product information.

Product authentication by means of NFC-capable smartphones or monitoring of potential product recalls is also possible. In addition, Schreiner MediPharm offers other digital fea-tures such as the copy protection pattern Bit-Secure or the internet-based tracing system KeySecure for mobile verification of product authenticity.

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Needle-Trap …Don’t Get Stuck Without It

Label-integrated needle protection

Our award-winning Needle-Trap is a cost-effective solution to help prevent

accidental needlestick injuries. The simple, economical design of its

integrated safety mechanism allows the needle to be quickly and safely

secured after use. Needle-Trap can be easily incorporated into con-

ventional labeling systems and is adaptable to the most common

syringe types. To learn more, scan the QR code below or go to

www.needle-trap.com.

Interested in our latest sample kits?

Just send an e-mail to:

info@schreiner-medipharm.com

Needle-Trap. Making safety a snap.

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Innovative labels. Smart solutions.

As one of the world’s leading manufacturers of diesel injection systems Bosch also attaches utmost importance to top-quality repairs. Schreiner ProTech supplies a plastic clip with a laser-inscribed code and human-readable text, as well as two silver-colored labels made from Color Laser Film (CLF), to provide appropriate proof. With Bosch QualityScan, the company now offers repair centers and end users convenient and transparent documentation of common-rail component repairs by autho-rized repair centers via the internet.

Certainty through Transparency

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To provide customers with proof that original components and certified repair processes were used for their repairs of common-rail injec-tors and pumps, the components are marked with an individual code at Bosch Diesel Centers and Bosch Diesel Services. The end user can subsequently scan the code on a smartphone by means of an app and will immediately receive confirmation that the repair job was performed according to the manufacturer’s instructions and with original spare parts.

In the case of common-rail injectors for specific commercial vehicles, the code is located on a plastic clip for which Schreiner ProTech, together with Bosch, has developed a laser inscription with a code and human readable text. For mark-ing other components with ID labels, as desired by Bosch, Schreiner ProTech was able to draw on its CLF silver solution, which has been suc-cessfully used in mass production. Schreiner ProTech produces and delivers both the laser-inscribed plastic clips and the ID labels to Bosch in customized forms of packaging.

“This provides us with exactly the two solutions we need from a single source,” says Dirk Schoenfeld, Engineering Project Manager Auto-motive Aftermarket at Bosch, in commenting on the innovative proof of quality that is progres-sively being rolled out in Europe this year. Key Account Manager Axel Müller from Schreiner ProTech emphasizes: “We always strive to offer industry customers like Bosch an efficient total solution. By using our tried-and-tested Color Laser Film and the new development for laser-inscribing the plastic clips we quickly and suc-cessfully achieved a solution for two markedly different requirements.”

With the QualityScan app, you scan the code and receive the component data.

Spare parts:Quick

re cognition of originals

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Smart meters provide exact consumption data for electricity and gas. For marking the corresponding gateways of the world’s leading manufacturer Landis+Gyr, Schreiner ProTech has developed a new manufacturing technology and specialty labels based on a solution using the tried-and-tested PreScript film.

“We opted for labels instead of direct marking because this gives us greater printing flexibility and the injection points resulting from plas-tics injection molding are covered. In addition, direct marking would have required a higher initial investment. The solution by Schreiner ProTech optimally meets all our requirements,” says Klaus-Jürgen Leiting, Senior Project Man-ager at Landis+Gyr.

To ensure maximum process reliability, the Competence Center Schreiner Services was contracted to recommend a printing/dispens-ing application system that is used as a semi-automatic workstation in the prototype stage and can subsequently be integrated into the automatic production line. To apply the label on the slightly curved surface, a special stamp had to be produced. In addition, tight print-ing and application tolerances have to be

Saving throughKnowledge

A smart meter for energy indicates actual consumption and usage times to the con-sumer. The smart meter gateway is the interface between the meter (electricity, gas, water, heat) and a data center. The devices from Landis+Gyr are marked with specialty labels from Schreiner ProTech.

The smart meter gateways by Landis+Gyr are equipped with spe-cially manufactured labels. This label with interior die cutting for LEDs provides the basis for further production.

met. Schreiner ProTech has assumed overall responsibility for the challenging project and offers direct service and support via a single point of contact.

“In the approach we developed with the new production technique we are able to offer an innovative solution that is economically attrac-tive from the prototype stage through to large-scale production,” says Daniel Reichen, the sales engineer for Switzerland at Schreiner ProTech.

Innovative solutions—economically attractive

Innovative Cooperation:Schreiner ProTech together with Siemens has developed the first production-level UHF RFID label

with a 4K chip on the market.

High Storage CapacityThanks to High RFID Expertise

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Right on time for this year’s Hanover Fair Siemens was able to unveil its new Simatic RF600 reader generation together with an equally new UHF RFID label with a 4K chip (4 Kbytes). It was developed in coopera-tion between Siemens, Schreiner ProTech and the Competence Center Schreiner LogiData.

The new UHF RFID label with a 4K chip is designed for end user applications requiring an elevated chip storage volume. Examples include complex processes in production con-trol or the permanent storage of production-relevant data on the product or transport con-tainer across the product’s lifecycle in sectors like the automotive or the process industries.

The technology corporation had opted for Schreiner Group as its development partner due to Schreiner ProTech’s industry-specific process knowledge and Schreiner LogiData’s specific RFID label manufacturing know-how and knowledge of suitable suppliers and coop-eration partners.

The challenging functionalities specified by Siemens were already achieved after the initial measurement results, as well as the targeted market launch at this year’s Hanover Fair. “As a result, we managed to present the first pro-duction-level UHF RFID label with a 4K chip on the market together with a new Siemens reader generation, as planned,” says Klaus Müller, Product Manager RFID at Siemens.

For Michael Drollmann, Senior Sales Manager at Schreiner ProTech, this is another project that proves the company’s high in-house expertise in RFID solutions: “For years, we’ve intensively been driving proprietary developments in this field together with our Competence Cen-ter Schreiner LogiData. We’re delighted that we’ve now been able to successfully leverage this expertise in an important contract develop-ment for a leading technology corporation like Siemens as well.”

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Parking in big cities can be pretty tedious. Once you’ve found a garage with vacant places, approaching the gate to pull a ticket may involve some awkward maneu-vering. Before exiting again, you have to go to a machine to pay your parking fee. But parking can be a lot more convenient!

evopark, a start-up company based in Düs-seldorf, Germany, now makes parking a lot less complicated with an innovative applica-tion. After registering on the evopark website, drivers can use an app on their mobile phone to show them all the available public parking places in the city and how to find them. Fur-thermore, registered users will receive a per-sonal “evotag” by regular mail. It comes with an RFID chip that uses wireless communication technology to automatically open the gates of participating parking facilities. This eliminates the need for awkward maneuvering in front of a gate and pulling a parking ticket. As the evotag automatically enables cashless payment, there is no need to go to a pay station either. Instead, users can just get back into their cars and drive out once they’ve finished shopping or other business in the city. In addition, partnering with the local retail and catering trade reduces the parking fees for evopark customers, as the par-ticipating companies provide credits to absorb part of the fees. The remainder of the fees are transparently billed and collected at the end of the month by direct bank account debit or credit card charges.

The technology that makes this driver-friendly innovation possible includes the evotag, a windshield label that the Schreiner PrinTrust business unit has developed jointly with the Competence Center Schreiner LogiData for evopark. “Due to our expertise in the field of automatic vehicle identification for parking facil-ity management and toll fee data acquisition we were able to quickly offer evopark a suit-able solution,” says Dr. Kai Schnapauff, Head of Strategic Marketing and Business Development at Schreiner PrinTrust. “From our perspective, the windshield labels from Schreiner PrinTrust work perfectly,” Tobias Weiper, CEO of evopark GmbH, is pleased to confirm. “Recognition of the tag at the gates is very reliable and fast. Most customers only have to briefly stop when entering the garage.”

The New Way to Park

Customers can have credits granted by retailers booked directly to their evopark account.

The gates automatically open for cars with an “evotag”—most customers barely have to stop when entering the garage.

Parking can be so easy: the QR code takes users to a brief video which vividly illustrates the driver-friendly innovation that has been created through the coopera-tion between evopark and Schreiner PrinTrust.

An outstanding achievement: the N F C - S t i c k e r

“Ceská Debit Black” by Schreiner PrinTrust and Austria Card was recognized with the “2015 Élan Award” for the best product in the “People’s Choice” category.

The NFC-Sticker fulfills the expectations for contactless payment in line with the latest trends. Even consumers in Germany, who have a tradition of being critical, have now become receptive to this modern means of payment. Every third consumer in Germany would like to use their cell phone for payment transactions, according to a recent Bitkom survey. Projected to the number of German cell phone users, this would amount to nearly 13 million people. The NFC-Sticker already makes contactless pay-ment very easy today—at any terminal that accepts MasterCard®PayPassTM.

The winning product named “Ceská Debit Black” is an NFC-Sticker which Schreiner PrinTrust has developed for Austria Card and the Czech savings bank Ceská Sporitelna. Prior to mailing them to Ceská Sporitelna’s custom-ers, Austria Card embeds the Schreiner NFC-Stickers in carrier cards and personalizes them with the customers’ details. “Contactless pay-ment has become very popular in the Czech Republic. Currently, more than 70,000 point-of-sale terminals are available for this modern means of payment. This corresponds to more than 65 percent of all payment terminals in the Czech marketplace. The sticker extends our

NFC-Sticker Recognized with “Best Product” Award

The NFC-Sticker provides an innovative response to today’s needs and an opti-mum solution for cashless payment. This achievement convinced more than 300 international experts from the card industry at the 2015 ICMA professional conference.

From left: Klaus-Michael Peter (Head of Production, Technology & Support, Austria Card GmbH), Jeffrey Barnhart (Founder and Executive Director, ICMA), Dr. Kai Schnapauff (Head of Strategic Marketing and Business Development, Schreiner PrinTrust) and Richard Stooss (Senior Business Development Manager, Schreiner PrinTrust)

classic card portfolio and is greatly appreciated by certain customer groups,” says Marie Hes-naurová, Head of Cards Development, Ceská Sporitelna.

“We are particularly pleased about the ‘People’s Choice’ award because the selection is made directly by the professional delegates across all categories. This distinguished recognition by experts underscores that our innovative product exactly meets the current demands of the market,” says Dr. Kai Schnapauff, Head of Strategic Marketing and Business Develop-ment at Schreiner PrinTrust.

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Schreiner ProSecure 21

Schreiner Group as an innovative high-tech printing company operates according to the highest security standards. This is a prerequisite for security-relevant con-tracts being awarded by banks, govern-ment authorities and certain customers from the pharmaceutical and automotive sectors. Numerous certificates confirm the quality of the company’s professional security management and its seamless implementation across all processes.

The condition that confidentiality and access protection of data and products across all pro-cess stages of the value chain must be guaran-teed one hundred percent is the driver behind Schreiner Group’s security commitment. Spe-cific measures include a security fence, doors, gates and windows protected by alarm sys-tems, permanent video surveillance, employ-ment of guards in production operations and special security doors that only provide access via biometric identifiers. All these systems are permanently connected to the control center of the security service, which guarantees that no unauthorized personnel have access to restricted areas. The processing of sensitive information is subject to numerous rules and the IT Security Policy.

“The interaction between technical and orga-nizational measures is decisive for the effec-tiveness of a security concept. All employees involved in these processes at Schreiner Group are aware of the great responsibility they have for the security of the company and its prod-ucts,” says Security Manager Torsten Lucht. In addition to the secure production environment, this includes the seamless protection of stor-age, transportation and shipping of the security products. Assigning security classifications to the products, recording numbered products in a tracking & tracing database and complete transparency of the production and distribution process play a crucial part in this as well. Numer-ous certifications, such as the one awarded by the particularly strict North American Security Product Organization (NASPO), confirm that Schreiner Group meets these stringent require-ments. This certification has been awarded to the Schreiner PrinTrust and Schreiner ProTech

Top Security from A to Z

The North American Security Product Organization (NASPO) establishes particularly strin-gent requirements to which Schreiner PrinTrust, Schreiner ProTech and Schreiner ProSecure are certified.

No-one gets through these doors without being checked: unauthorized personnel have no access to production areas for security-relevant products.

“All employees involved are aware of the great responsibility they have for the security of the company and its products”

I N T E RNAT I ONA L TR

A IN • AUDIT • CERTIFY

SECURITY STANDARDS

business units, and to the Competence Center Schreiner ProSecure. The certification of the NFC-Sticker from Schreiner PrinTrust by the exacting credit card company MasterCard® is another example. Independent organizations such as DEKRA, FOGRA and the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) test whether the products conform to the security specifications of the customers. In addition, vendors of high-security products and customers periodically conduct audits to check the company’s compli-ance with all security-related requirements.

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The KeySecure code can be scanned with a smartphone for authentication. As the authenticity of the gold bar is checked several times throughout the process the customer determines in advance the number of queries for which the code is to be valid. A green check mark indicates a valid query. When the number of valid queries is exceeded a red check mark appears.

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Precious metals are valuable. Therefore, the anti-counterfeiting marking and serial-ization of gold and silver bars or coins is important. The combination of various security features offers maximum protec-tion against counterfeiting.

MünzManufaktur has been producing coins, medals and bars for over 30 years and con-tracted Schreiner ProSecure to develop a secu-rity marking. “We want to deter counterfeiters from copying our gold bars or coins based on inferior materials with such a marking,” says Managing Director Tobias Dalacker.

Ideal marking solutions combine visual anti-counterfeiting technology with a modern serial-ization solution such as the KeySecure system by Schreiner ProSecure. KeySecure offers a complete solution for authenticity protection of products together with other value added ser-vices, as well as track & trace applications, and is easy to utilize by the end user without any tools.

In the field of precious metals, the KeySecure system links security features on a label with others that are directly embossed on the bars or coins on a common web platform. Every end user, such as anyone involved in the lifecycle of the precious metals, bank employees or buy-ers, can scan the KeySecure code on a smart-phone for easy and fast authentication via the ProSecure security server. At the same time, the end user receives an explanation of the security features to be checked on the web portal.

The labels utilized for this solution are delivered in pairs. They consist of a special material with tamper indication, a so-called void effect. The KeySecure code is applied to a label in human-readable form and as a Datamatrix Code (DMC). A sister label bears the same KeySecure code, plus the customer’s logo in color-shifting ink. Additionally, the KeySecure serialization is linked with the “slot number” of the raw gold batches, which is not visible to the end user. One of the paired labels is directly applied to the gold bar at the customer’s site and the second one with the same encrypted serial number is applied to the outer packaging.

On the Trail of Gold and Silver

“With this solution, Schreiner ProSecure has again proved its expertise as a supplier of cus-tomized solutions that are precisely tailored to the specific application,” says André Siebe-neicher, Business Development Manager at Schreiner ProSecure. “We can provide the cus-tomer with independent advice because we are not committed to particular security technolo-gies. This starts with the right choice of adhe-sive for special substrates and extends all the way to selecting the suitable anti-counterfeiting features and incorporating KeySecure into cus-tomer portals that can be used to generate fur-ther value added.”

Intelligent marking solutions for technical protection against product piracy in mechanical engineering: this was the focal topic of Schreiner ProTech’s booth at this year’s Hanover Fair.

Together with the experts of the Competence Center Schreiner ProSecure, the team show-cased the latest security solutions there and provided information on how wear and spare parts in particular can be effectively protected. A live demonstrator breathed life into the buzz-word “Industry 4.0” and met with outstanding response by the trade fair visitors. “We marked power banks, in other words mobile cell phone chargers, with a Datamatrix Code and our Bit-Secure copy protection pattern and combined this pairing with a counterfeit- and tamper-proof packaging seal,” Thomas Voelcker, Head of Strategic Marketing and Business Development at Schreiner ProSecure, said, explaining this highlight at the trade fair booth. Visitors then had the opportunity to check the authenticity of the copy protection pattern and seal directly on site, using a handheld reader or a dedicated smartphone.

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André Siebeneicher, Thomas Voelcker and Erik-Oliver

Eyb from Schreiner Group (from left) in a professional discussion: The marking of

components with a Datama-trix Code and the BitSecure copy protection pattern by means of a laser was the highlight at the trade fair

booth. Visitors were able to authenticate it on site

using a handheld reader or a dedicated smartphone.

Absolutely an Original

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The Competence Center Schreiner Services offers extensive value-adding services such as consulting support, pro-vision of processing machines or convert-ing of customer material, be it for the launch of a new production series or to extend the customer’s capacities. As a result, customers are supported on-site with the required know-how and appro-priate means of production.

Schreiner Group is known for developing and manufacturing high-end functional labels for individual customer requirements. As these particular functional parts are becoming increasingly specialized, they make growing demands on the processing technologies to be used. The Competence Center Schreiner Services assists customers in closing any gaps that may exist in meeting these demands by contributing its experience and in-house tech-nical capacities.

Classic scenarios include the launch of new pro-cesses driven by the goal of accelerating time-to-market. While volumes may still be small at this point, the demands are high already and cannot be met yet by the production resources available in the customer’s operations. Or the customer’s capacities are already fully utilized but innovations cannot wait.

For these and similar cases, the Competence Center Schreiner Services offers comprehen-sive services from a single source that add sig-nificant value to the actual product a customer purchases from Schreiner Group. As a result, important innovations are not hampered by temporary bottlenecks and the customer can successfully implement them at the desired pace.

Functional Parts with Value Added

The Best of Both Worlds

“… comprehensive services from a single source that offer the customer significant value added…”

“RFID expertise com-bined with extensive know-how in printed electronics”

With RFID and printed electronics grow-ing together, “hybrid systems” will also be found in future solutions such as those for product and brand protection. Schreiner Group is already working on the develop-ment of such innovative label systems with multiple functions and benefits.

The term “hybrid” had its first origins in Greek and stands for something “bundled, cross-bred or mixed.” In the case of labels, it refers to the combination of RFID and printed electronics for example. This makes it possible to incorporate more and more functions in a single label—such as electronic first-opening indication in a label for product and brand protection. A printed sensor detects the first opening of a pack and the RFID chip that is applied to it transmits the data to a corresponding system or reader. If necessary, such a solution may be combined with additional functions such as a temperature sensor for pharmaceutical products.

“We combine the RFID expertise of Schreiner LogiData with the extensive know-how of Schreiner PrinTronics in the field of printed elec-tronics. As a result, we have in-house capabili-ties to fully develop and produce such innova-tive, multifunctional overall solutions, consisting of a printed antenna, capacitor and chip, plus an RFID chip applied to them as in the case of other RFID labels,” says Frank Linti, Busi-ness Development Manager RFID at Schreiner LogiData. “At the moment, we’re expanding our expertise in evaluating new product solutions and manufacturing options by purchasing a bench-mounted applicator for direct insertion of the relevant components,” Johannes Becker, President of Schreiner PrinTronics, adds.

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This was the motto of LogiMAT 2015 held in Stuttgart this Febru-ary. Thanks to signifi-

cant growth in all areas this year’s event has been the most successful intralogistics trade fair in LogiMAT history to date. Schreiner Group was represented with a booth. Business Devel-opment Manager Frank Linti from Schreiner LogiData talks about his trade fair experiences in an interview with Schreiner Forum.

What impressions did you take home from LogiMAT 2015?

The trade fair has been recording continuous growth and is the most important one for RFID topics in the German-speaking regions. South-ern Germany is an important automotive loca-tion that is home to many major manufacturers and suppliers. Our booth attracted a large num-ber of visitors—particularly prospects who were specifically seeking us out due to our innovative products.

The trade fair was billed as “Mastering complexity-intelligent design for the future.” How do products from Schreiner Group contribute to this?

With our wide and innovative portfolio of RFID labels for marking metal products we’re unique in the marketplace. We can offer the appropri-ate solution for any requirement—be it for very high temperatures such as those in the paint shop or small label sizes. To name two specific

“Mastering Complexity— Intelligent Design for the Future”

highlight products: Our ((rfid))-DistaFerr High-Temp label guarantees reliable data reading of about two meters even at high temperatures and directly on metal. It withstands several cycles of up to 230 °C. The ((rfid))-DistaFerr ESD on the other hand impressed the trade fair visitors with its small dimensions in combina-tion with about two meters of read range. This enables bulk reading of ESD containers on a forklift for example.

You held a presentation about innovative RFID data storage media for Industry 4.0 at LogiMAT. What was the response?

Industry 4.0 is currently on everyone’s agenda. It’s the central topic at the moment, so the auditorium was filled accordingly. Industry 4.0 refers to integrating products and machines in intelligent networks. For manufacturers of the smart storage media of the future this means the individual component will practically carry all of its information on a label and directly tell the machine how it has to be processed. RFID labels will play a crucial part in this. This is a revolution on unit level which the pioneers are gradually implementing. More than likely, it will take ten to twenty years to accomplish this transformation across the board. We’re at the beginning of an exciting production age at the moment!

LogimAT provides a complete market overview

of everything that moves the intralogistics sec-

tor—from procurement, to production, through

to delivery. International exhibitors showcase

innovative technologies, products, systems and

solutions at the event.

Even the smallest components and objects must be able to reliably communicate with each other today: be it in asset manage-ment, for product marking or the increas-ing integration of systems in networks of

“smart factory” concepts. A new RFID UHF label from Schreiner LogiData featuring an extremely compact design adheres to smallest spaces even on metallic sub-strates and enables read ranges of up to one meter in spite of its small size.

With mere dimensions of 10 mm x 50 mm x 1.7 mm, the new ((rfid))-DistaFerr Mini label from Schreiner LogiData is currently the small-est UHF RFID label version which Schreiner Group’s competence center has developed for RFID applications on metal. The label is only about half as wide as the ((rfid))-DistaFerr SL label with 22.5 mm x 52 mm x 1.7 mm that adheres to metal as well. “There’s currently no smaller UHF RFID label anywhere in the world that’s suitable for use on metal,” says Frank Linti, Business Development Manager RFID at Schreiner LogiData.

((rfid))-DistaFerr Mini is powerful enough to achieve acceptable read ranges even on very small components or housings thanks to UHF. The label is suitable for on-site programming and variable TTR printing by the user.

The solution can automatically transmit pro-duction-specific data to a UHF RFID reader in a machine. As a result, it is perfectly suited as a service label or intelligent means of commu-nication between product and machine. Key-in-lock solutions of the kind that are already being achieved based on HF with maximum read ranges of 5 to 10 cm are now possible with read ranges of up to one meter based on UHF as well. An RFID antenna developed by Schreiner LogiData for this purpose ensures optimum read quality.

In addition to these possibilities, which are also very attractive for Industry 4.0 concepts, the solution is suitable for use in asset management for metallic and non-metallic objects, housings or components that provide only minimal space for an RFID label but are to be clearly identified by using handheld readers.

Small Sensation in UHF

“There’s currently no smallerUHF RFID label anywhere in the worldthat’s suitable for use on metal”

Schreiner Group at Trade Fairs and Congresses

Global Secure Summit 2015Schreiner ProSecure Amsterdam (NL) 16 to 18 September 2015

ParkenSchreiner PrinTrust Berlin (D) 23 to 25 September 2015

RFID Congress Schreiner LogiData Schreiner PrinTrust Düsseldorf (D) 28 to 29 September 2015

RFID in the Field CH Schreiner ProTech Schreiner LogiData Windisch (CH) 20 October 2015

CPhI WorldwideSchreiner MediPharm Madrid (E) 13 to 15 October 2015

PDA Universe of Pre-filled SyringesSchreiner MediPharm Vienna (A) 03 to 04 November 2015

Euro IDSchreiner ProTech Schreiner LogiData Frankfurt/Main (D) 10 to 12 November 2015

CARTES SECURE CONNEXIONSSchreiner PrinTrust Paris (F) 17 to 19 November 2015

A3PSchreiner MediPharm Biarritz (F) 17 to 19 November 2015

CPhI India Schreiner MediPharm Mumbai (IND) 01 to 03 December 2015