Dorfen: Of Major Plans and Open Doors
SCHREINER GROUP
Dorfen: Of Major Plans and Open Doors
2,000 square meters
Dorfen keeps growing: Just five years after its launch, Schreiner Group is clearly expanding the Dorfen location. At the groundbreaking ceremony, the mayor and the county commissioner were deeply impressed.
When five spades are at work, it’s clear to everyone that something big is in the making. CEO Roland Schreiner together with Plant Manager Erich Pably, Head of Facility Management Wolfgang Bonnet, Erding’s County Commissioner Martin Bayerstorfer and Dorfen’s First Mayor Heinz Grundner is digging the first hole for the new building in Dorfen. Launched only in 2019, the site has already become too small for Schreiner Group, so the family-owned company is expanding its plant there after just five years.
An Ideal Location
Dorfen provides us with an ideal location for our manufacturing operation,” says a pleased CEO together with his father, Helmut Schreiner, who as the senior shareholder and builder-owner is responsible for the new construction project. “That we need to expand the plant after just five years is a huge success for us.” In 2019, Schreiner Group had launched the Dorfen site with 25 employees—today, more than 90 people are working there. Now, every one of the nearly 5,000 square meters there is being used.
“The county of Erding has one of the lowest unemployment rates in all of Germany and a growing population,” says County Commissioner Martin Bayerstorfer. “Why that’s the case we can clearly see today with the successful growth of an industry leader such as Schreiner Group.” Mayor Grundner was highly impressed by that growth as well: “For Dorfen as a business location, it’s an outstanding sign that we’ve been able to gain Schreiner Group for Dorfen not only as an internationally successful company but that, with its forward-looking plans, it continues to invest in Dorfen and keeps strengthening the location.”
40 Percent More Space
Plant Manager Erich Pably summarizes Schreiner Group’s plans for the new building: “We have more space for printing and converting machines, common areas, inbound and outbound goods, the ink store, ink laboratories, and for a new rack warehouse that will be combined with a modern driverless transportation system.” In total, the production area is growing by nearly 2,000 square meters—and thus by almost 40 percent.
1,000 visitors
Seeing, tasting, sensing: During the open house at the Dorfen plant, visitors had the opportunity to experience Schreiner Group in a variety of ways. Children got to enjoy a special highlight.
Nobody had expected such a large turnout: Almost 1,000 visitors flocked to the Dorfen site in spring. For the first time, Schreiner Group had opened the gates of its second German plant to the public. Together with the Robert Decker Group and other companies in the south of Dorfen Schreiner Group hosted an open house.
With Their Own Eyes
“I’ve been repeatedly asked, ‘what, specifically, are you doing,’” says Erich Pably, the plant manager in Dorfen. “So, we wanted to give people an opportunity to see for themselves.” Because in the case of hightech labels for the pharmaceutical industry hardly anyone has any idea of what their production looks like. But seeing the 25-meter-long machines with their own eyes and touching the rubber printing plates for flexographic printing and polyester plates for screen-printing gives visitors a vivid impression of the processes.
For Young and Old
Visitors also enjoyed some personal hands-on experiences: Especially for the children, printing a bag themselves was a real highlight. Using a tool, they carefully squeezed the ink through a close-meshed fabric, which playfully taught them how screen-printing works. In addition, visitors had the chance to obtain information about all products and jobs at Schreiner Group—and taking a breather over snacks, ice cream, and refreshing beverages. Altogether, it was a successful day that left no questions unanswered.
