Klocke Gruppe

Our history


1963 Foundation of the company by Dr. Friedhelm Klocke
1971 Acquisition of the company through Hartmut Klocke
1977 The company Hartmut Klocke Abfüllungs- und Verpackungs-Service gets permission to pack drug products
1984 Foundation of Klocke Verpackungs-Service GmbH in Weingarten/Baden and of Klocke Verwaltungs GmbH
1990 Sales Office Klocke France Eurl
1992 Foundation of Klocke-Pharma-Service GmbH in Appenweier/Baden
1993 Acquisition of the Impfstoffwerk Dessau-Tornau
(IDT Biologika GmbH)
1994 Acquisition of Pharmapack Stade GmbH
1998 Formation of Klocke of America, Inc.
2007 Formation of the Klocke Holding
2010 Centralisation of the pharmaceutical-packaging site and the non-pharma-site at Klocke Verpackungs-Service GmbH, Weingarten
2013 In autumn 2013, IDT Biologika GmbH has taken over facilities, production and research of Riemser Pharma GmbH in Greifswald - district Riems. Since then, IDT Biologika (Riems) has been developed to a production facility for veterinary vaccines, including process development and quality control.
2015 IDT Biologika GmbH acquires the CMO business from Aeras TB in Rockville, Maryland, USA
2015 Acquisition of Gallant Custom Laboratories Inc. in Canada
2017 Acquisition of Ridgeway Biologicals Ltd. in Compton, UK
2018 Acquisition of Dr. Felgenträger & Co. - Ökochem. und Pharma GmbH in Dessau, Germany
2018 Divestment of Pharmapack Stade GmbH
2019 IDT Biologika divests its animal health business unit to Ceva Santé Animale and is set to focus on the production of human vaccines and medicines going forward.

Hartmut Klocke turns the first spadeful of earth (Weingarten 1974)