Schirm GmbH

Whether liquid, powdered or granulated, as a production service we formulate herbicides, biocides,  additives for a wide variety of applications, construction chemicals, home and beauty care products, as well as many other chemical products such as adhesives, composites, flame retardants, battery materials, materials protection and animal health products.

Our qualified staff, modern equipment tailored to customer requirements and our quality assurance ensure that your active ingredients leave our plants after being formulated as ready-to-use quality products. 

We consistently maintain neutrality in the production process and do not leave any evidence of our involvement.

Our service portfolio includes numerous forming processes such as spray granulation, pastillation, flaking, compaction, pelletising and extrusion.

Furthermore, the grinding of solid, liquid and pasty substances at low or high temperatures as well as under inert atmosphere belongs to our range of services. Beyond that, we dry or mix your solid and liquid products.

On request, we will also gladly purchase active substances for you as well as developing and optimising formulations.

Our offer package is rounded off by a wide range of packaging services, which are tailored to your specific needs and application.

We can look back on decades of experience in the production of pesticides. Thus, avoiding cross-contamination is a top priority in our work. Dedicated sites and buildings guarantee safe handling of your property, especially in contact with highly active substances.

As a contract manufacturer of agrochemicals, fine and speciality chemicals, we can synthesise a wide selection of organic compounds on your behalf and gladly undertake their further technical processing and packaging. 

Thanks to our state-of-the-art multi-purpose synthesis plants, we are able to produce a wide range of reaction types for our customers.
Whether you are a start-up business with no production facilities of your own, or a global player looking for additional production capacity, we offer you an efficient process solution on every level. Starting with the production of test and sample quantities, through to the implementation of large-scale production, we are at your side with competence and commitment.  
Our experienced chemists and process engineers develop favourable reaction pathways for your products and transfer them from the synthesis laboratory via the synthesis pilot plant to the industrial scale of our multi-purpose synthesis plants.

The high quality of your product is ensured by numerous in-process controls as well as our constantly staffed laboratory. 
We work to the ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, BS OHSAS 18001:2007 quality and safety standards and have a license to process very toxic, highly flammable, corrosive and CMR substances. In addition, our energy management has been certified according to ISO 50001: 2011

When it comes to filling and packaging your products in the correct type and size of packaging, we are available to you as a partner with experience in agrochemicals and fine and special chemicals. 

Regardless of whether it is a solid or liquid substance, with packaging options between 200 milligrams and 500 kilograms for solid substances as well as liquid packaging from 2 millilitres through to complete tankers or rail tank cars, we can meet almost every demand and size request. This also includes special packaging such as water-soluble sheeting or low-melting bags. We compile economic and individually suitable suggested solutions for your purpose.

In our semi-automatic and fully-automatic filling facilities, we handle the filling of toxic or hazardous substances and are also able to carry out filling under explosion-proof conditions or in a nitrogen atmosphere. The prevention of cross-contamination takes top priority for our work and is ensured by our QEHS management system.

In addition to advice on choosing the most modern and most suitable packaging material, our packaging service portfolio also includes the procurement of packaging and labels.

Repackaging services complete our portfolio. In addition to emptying old containers and the corresponding repackaging and labelling, we also organise professional disposal of products and/or packaging.

As a full-service production service provider, we  offer you many upstream and downstream additional services to facilitate your  operations in the long term. 

This begins with support in regulatory processes such as REACH and procurement management, and leads through formulation development and scale-up of synthetic routes to the brokering of storage and transport solutions and customs clearance.

In this way we offer customised solutions for your production requests.

We have compiled our most important value-added services for you below:

Development: In our state-of-the-art laboratories and process pilot plant, we put both your and our innovative strength on the line. Our process engineers and chemists develop, test and analyse a variety of procedures and products to your specifications. In the process, we work closely with leading research institutes and universities. Our operations are  neutral, and the protection of your intellectual property is a matter of course for us and is guaranteed at all times.

Material Procurement: We want you to be able to concentrate on your core business. Therefore, our experienced and globally networked purchasing department is happy to take over the purchasing of all raw materials and active ingredients necessary for the production. Our lead buyer concept, which covers all locations, ensures a high degree of competence in all purchasing matters and guarantees you economically viable solutions. For your benefit, we are present in all the important purchasing markets.
The procurement of labels and all types of packaging constitutes another pillar of our purchasing department. Of course, this also includes advice on the choice of the most modern and most suitable packaging material.
We gladly support you in implementing sustainability concepts and developing environmentally friendly packaging solutions for you.
Our offer is rounded off by the mediation of storage and transport solutions. In the field of logistics, too, we are in contact with important market suppliers  or have our own warehouses, which are also approved for the storage of hazardous substances.

Compliance Support: The topics of product safety and quality are of course fundamental to all process stages of our services. Therefore, we have established various in-process controls. Laboratories at all locations ensure the agreed product quality around the clock.
In addition, we support you with many additional topics related to product safety - for example, when registering your product according to the REACH regulation. As part of our safety data sheet management, we can provide you with the required safety data sheets according to GHS / CLP at any time. 
We can also act on your behalf in the area of contract analysis. Our competent laboratories offer numerous analysis methods, such as identification of active agents by HPLC and / or GC, infrared spectroscopy and physical-chemical measurements to determine the water content, flash point, melting point, pH values and densities.
Also on the subject of customs, our experts will assist you competently and help you carry out your cross-border deliveries of goods timeously and easily. For example, in accordance with applicable EU law, we are authorised to process your products at our production sites and subsequently export them to third countries without having to pay third-country customs duties. We are well versed about current national and international customs regulations.

Grinding and micronizing are indispensable operations for many products. Schirm uses both mechanical air separation mills and particularly other kinds of mills, some of which are equipped with a protective gas atmosphere, to meet different requirements.

We are also experts in the field of granulation/compacting/pelletizing. For example, we operate several extruders, compactors, a pelletizing machine and a spray granulator.

Schirm uses various machines on the market to sift products.

We also work for our customers in the field of drying chemical-technological products. Our customers make use of the spray granulator or various vacuum paddle dryers, for example.

The Schirm Group has various types and sizes of mixers for mixing purposes.