09/30/2026
HEIDELBERG and the pfenning group have entered into a partnership at the Home of Print in Wiesloch-Walldorf to develop integrated solutions for pharmaceutical packaging production. (From left:) Sebastian Wondrak, Director Sales Pharma & Healthcare + Chemicals, pfenning group, Georg Lammers, Managing Director of the pfenning group, Jürgen Otto, CEO of HEIDELBERG, Rana Matthias Nag, Spokesman for the Management Board of the pfenning group, Andreas Lang, Head of Global Key Account Management & Packaging at HEIDELBERG, and Dr. Oliver Koop, Head of Systems Integration Pharma at HEIDELBERG.
The collaboration between HEIDELBERG and the pfenning group focuses on integrated concepts for pharmaceutical packaging processes that combine printing, packaging, and data-driven logistics solutions. The photo provides a glimpse into the pfenning group’s warehousing operations at one of the multicube logistics centers designed for pharmaceutical logistics.
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (HEIDELBERG) and the pfenning group have entered into a partnership to develop integrated solutions for pharmaceutical packaging production. The goal of the collaboration is to combine production, packaging, and logistics into a seamless end-to-end process and, within this system, to unlock new potential for efficiency, transparency, and compliance in regulated supply chains. This partnership directly builds on HEIDELBERG’s strategy, unveiled at interpack 2026, to position itself as an end-to-end system integrator for the entire packaging production value chain. The focus is on processes that precede and follow the printing process.
“Packaging is an important growth market for HEIDELBERG. As a system integrator, we are systematically expanding our solutions to cover the entire manufacturing process in packaging production. With the pfenning group, we are gaining a competent partner to extend this end-to-end approach to meet the high demands of the pharmaceutical industry,” says Jürgen Otto, CEO of HEIDELBERG. “This collaboration is thus another milestone in our strategy to build a complete ecosystem for production and logistics together with strong partners and to establish ourselves as the industry’s system integrator.”
The collaboration also opens up new opportunities for the pfenning group: “The partnership with HEIDELBERG strengthens our ability to offer integrated packaging and logistics solutions to our existing customers in the pharmaceutical industry. By closely integrating packaging, data management, and logistics, we create greater transparency, compliance, and operational efficiency throughout the entire value chain,” says Rana Matthias Nag, Spokesman for the Management Board of the pfenning group.
Logistics requirements in the pharmaceutical packaging sector are increasing
The pharmaceutical industry faces increasing demands regarding traceability, documentation, serialization, and regulatory compliance. At the same time, expectations for flexible and cost-effective packaging and logistics processes are growing. Against this backdrop, both companies are pooling their expertise to develop integrated and scalable concepts for pharmaceutical packaging.
While HEIDELBERG contributes its extensive know-how in the areas of industrial printing technologies, workflow integration, automation, and quality-oriented production processes, the pfenning group complements the partnership with comprehensive expertise in pharmaceutical packaging, serialization, aggregation, track-and-trace, and GDP- and GMP-compliant logistics processes.
A holistic approach along the pharmaceutical value chain
The collaboration focuses on integrated solutions for pharmaceutical packaging processes that combine printing, packaging, and data-driven logistics solutions. A central element of the partnership is the digital integration of the systems involved. By linking workflow, printing, and packaging technologies with serialization and logistics systems, the goal is to create seamless information flows. These enable greater transparency, improved process control, and complete documentation throughout the entire supply chain.
HEIDELBERG further expands its role as a system integrator in packaging production
The collaboration underscores HEIDELBERG’s strategic focus on expanding end-to-end system integration in the packaging industry beyond the actual printing process. At interpack 2026, the company had already announced plans to expand its range of solutions, in collaboration with partners, to cover the entire manufacturing process, from substrate selection through printing and finishing to logistics and digital integration.
To this end, the company had already announced initial partnerships, for example with Pack-Smart and Metsä Board. The collaboration with the pfenning group specifically expands this approach to include downstream pharmaceutical packaging and logistics processes.
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (HEIDELBERG) is a leading technology company that has stood for innovation, quality, and reliability in mechanical engineering worldwide for more than 175 years. With a clear focus on growth, HEIDELBERG—as a full-service provider and systems integrator—is driving further development in its core areas of packaging and digital printing, software solutions, and the lifecycle business with service and consumables, enabling customers to achieve maximum productivity and efficiency. Building on decades of industry and systems expertise, the company is also strategically tapping into new markets in the fields of security, energy, charging infrastructure, and industrial system solutions—with clear scaling capabilities and attractive growth prospects. Thanks to a strong international presence in approximately 170 countries, the creativity and expertise of its roughly 9,500 employees, its own production facilities in Europe, China, and the U.S., and one of the largest global sales and service networks, the company is well positioned globally.
The pfenning group is a full-service provider of supply chain solutions with 110 European locations, 1 million square meters of logistics space, and 7,000 employees. The medium-sized group of companies was founded in 1899 and is currently managed by the third and fourth generations of the Pfenning family. In addition to state-of-the-art warehousing and transportation solutions, its portfolio includes a wide range of value-added services, ranging from plant security and metal fabrication to real estate development. The pfenning group is one of the leading service providers in national retail supply. With its multicube logistics properties, the pfenning group has developed a multi-award-winning multi-user concept at six locations; thanks to its high sustainability standards, it ranks among the top 10 new industrial buildings in Europe certified to DGNB Platinum standards. The multicubes offer customized contract logistics solutions for every industry. Further information: www.pfenning-group.com
Contact Person, pfenning group
Central Marketing & Communications Department
Yannick Cezane
Telephone: +49 6203 9545 0
Image 1: HEIDELBERG and the pfenning group have entered into a partnership at the Home of Print in Wiesloch-Walldorf to develop integrated solutions for pharmaceutical packaging production. (From left:) Sebastian Wondrak, Director Sales Pharma & Healthcare + Chemicals, pfenning group, Georg Lammers, Managing Director of the pfenning group, Jürgen Otto, CEO of HEIDELBERG, Rana Matthias Nag, Spokesman for the Management Board of the pfenning group, Andreas Lang, Head of Global Key Account Management & Packaging at HEIDELBERG, and Dr. Oliver Koop, Head of Systems Integration Pharma at HEIDELBERG.
Image 2: Logistics requirements in the pharmaceutical packaging sector are increasing.
Image 3: The collaboration between HEIDELBERG and the pfenning group focuses on integrated concepts for pharmaceutical packaging processes that combine printing, packaging, and data-driven logistics solutions. The photo provides a glimpse into the pfenning group’s warehousing operations at one of the multicube logistics centers designed for pharmaceutical logistics.
Image material, and further information about the company are available in the Investor Relations and Press Lounge of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG at www.heidelberg.com.
This press release contains forward-looking statements based on assumptions and estimates made by the management of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen Aktiengesellschaft. Although management believes these assumptions and estimates to be accurate, actual future developments and results may differ significantly from these assumptions and estimates due to a variety of factors. These factors may include, for example, changes in the overall economic situation, exchange rates, and interest rates, as well as changes within the graphic arts industry. Heidelberger Druckmaschinen Aktiengesellschaft makes no warranty and assumes no liability that future developments and actual results will correspond to the assumptions and estimates expressed in this press release.
Matthias Hartung
Press Officer – Corporate, Print Systems, and Technology
Tel.: +49 (0)6222 82 67174
Email: matthias.hartung@heidelberg.com
09/30/2026
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (HEIDELBERG) and the pfenning group have entered into a partnership to develop integrated solutions for pharmaceutical packaging production. The goal of the collaboration is to combine production, packaging, and logistics into a seamless end-to-end process and, within this system, to unlock new potential for efficiency, transparency, and compliance in regulated supply chains. This partnership directly builds on HEIDELBERG’s strategy, unveiled at interpack 2026, to position itself as an end-to-end system integrator for the entire packaging production value chain. The focus is on processes that precede and follow the printing process.
“Packaging is an important growth market for HEIDELBERG. As a system integrator, we are systematically expanding our solutions to cover the entire manufacturing process in packaging production. With the pfenning group, we are gaining a competent partner to extend this end-to-end approach to meet the high demands of the pharmaceutical industry,” says Jürgen Otto, CEO of HEIDELBERG. “This collaboration is thus another milestone in our strategy to build a complete ecosystem for production and logistics together with strong partners and to establish ourselves as the industry’s system integrator.”
The collaboration also opens up new opportunities for the pfenning group: “The partnership with HEIDELBERG strengthens our ability to offer integrated packaging and logistics solutions to our existing customers in the pharmaceutical industry. By closely integrating packaging, data management, and logistics, we create greater transparency, compliance, and operational efficiency throughout the entire value chain,” says Rana Matthias Nag, Spokesman for the Management Board of the pfenning group.
Logistics requirements in the pharmaceutical packaging sector are increasing
The pharmaceutical industry faces increasing demands regarding traceability, documentation, serialization, and regulatory compliance. At the same time, expectations for flexible and cost-effective packaging and logistics processes are growing. Against this backdrop, both companies are pooling their expertise to develop integrated and scalable concepts for pharmaceutical packaging.
While HEIDELBERG contributes its extensive know-how in the areas of industrial printing technologies, workflow integration, automation, and quality-oriented production processes, the pfenning group complements the partnership with comprehensive expertise in pharmaceutical packaging, serialization, aggregation, track-and-trace, and GDP- and GMP-compliant logistics processes.
A holistic approach along the pharmaceutical value chain
The collaboration focuses on integrated solutions for pharmaceutical packaging processes that combine printing, packaging, and data-driven logistics solutions. A central element of the partnership is the digital integration of the systems involved. By linking workflow, printing, and packaging technologies with serialization and logistics systems, the goal is to create seamless information flows. These enable greater transparency, improved process control, and complete documentation throughout the entire supply chain.
HEIDELBERG further expands its role as a system integrator in packaging production
The collaboration underscores HEIDELBERG’s strategic focus on expanding end-to-end system integration in the packaging industry beyond the actual printing process. At interpack 2026, the company had already announced plans to expand its range of solutions, in collaboration with partners, to cover the entire manufacturing process, from substrate selection through printing and finishing to logistics and digital integration.
To this end, the company had already announced initial partnerships, for example with Pack-Smart and Metsä Board. The collaboration with the pfenning group specifically expands this approach to include downstream pharmaceutical packaging and logistics processes.
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (HEIDELBERG) is a leading technology company that has stood for innovation, quality, and reliability in mechanical engineering worldwide for more than 175 years. With a clear focus on growth, HEIDELBERG—as a full-service provider and systems integrator—is driving further development in its core areas of packaging and digital printing, software solutions, and the lifecycle business with service and consumables, enabling customers to achieve maximum productivity and efficiency. Building on decades of industry and systems expertise, the company is also strategically tapping into new markets in the fields of security, energy, charging infrastructure, and industrial system solutions—with clear scaling capabilities and attractive growth prospects. Thanks to a strong international presence in approximately 170 countries, the creativity and expertise of its roughly 9,500 employees, its own production facilities in Europe, China, and the U.S., and one of the largest global sales and service networks, the company is well positioned globally.
The pfenning group is a full-service provider of supply chain solutions with 110 European locations, 1 million square meters of logistics space, and 7,000 employees. The medium-sized group of companies was founded in 1899 and is currently managed by the third and fourth generations of the Pfenning family. In addition to state-of-the-art warehousing and transportation solutions, its portfolio includes a wide range of value-added services, ranging from plant security and metal fabrication to real estate development. The pfenning group is one of the leading service providers in national retail supply. With its multicube logistics properties, the pfenning group has developed a multi-award-winning multi-user concept at six locations; thanks to its high sustainability standards, it ranks among the top 10 new industrial buildings in Europe certified to DGNB Platinum standards. The multicubes offer customized contract logistics solutions for every industry. Further information: www.pfenning-group.com
Contact Person, pfenning group
Central Marketing & Communications Department
Yannick Cezane
Telephone: +49 6203 9545 0
Email: yannick.cezane@pfenning-logistics.com
Image 1: HEIDELBERG and the pfenning group have entered into a partnership at the Home of Print in Wiesloch-Walldorf to develop integrated solutions for pharmaceutical packaging production. (From left:) Sebastian Wondrak, Director Sales Pharma & Healthcare + Chemicals, pfenning group, Georg Lammers, Managing Director of the pfenning group, Jürgen Otto, CEO of HEIDELBERG, Rana Matthias Nag, Spokesman for the Management Board of the pfenning group, Andreas Lang, Head of Global Key Account Management & Packaging at HEIDELBERG, and Dr. Oliver Koop, Head of Systems Integration Pharma at HEIDELBERG.
Image 2: Logistics requirements in the pharmaceutical packaging sector are increasing.
Image 3: The collaboration between HEIDELBERG and the pfenning group focuses on integrated concepts for pharmaceutical packaging processes that combine printing, packaging, and data-driven logistics solutions. The photo provides a glimpse into the pfenning group’s warehousing operations at one of the multicube logistics centers designed for pharmaceutical logistics.
Image material, and further information about the company are available in the Investor Relations and Press Lounge of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG at www.heidelberg.com.
This press release contains forward-looking statements based on assumptions and estimates made by the management of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen Aktiengesellschaft. Although management believes these assumptions and estimates to be accurate, actual future developments and results may differ significantly from these assumptions and estimates due to a variety of factors. These factors may include, for example, changes in the overall economic situation, exchange rates, and interest rates, as well as changes within the graphic arts industry. Heidelberger Druckmaschinen Aktiengesellschaft makes no warranty and assumes no liability that future developments and actual results will correspond to the assumptions and estimates expressed in this press release.
Press Officer – Corporate, Print Systems, and Technology
Tel.: +49 (0)6222 82 67174
