Cultural Center in Detroit in Wayne County, Michigan — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Robert Pauli Scherer
Photographed By Joel S., June 3, 2015
1. Robert Pauli Scherer Marker
Inscription.
Robert Pauli Scherer (1906-1960) was a native of Detroit and a graduate of Detroit's public schools. In 1930, at the age of twenty-four, he invented the rotary die encapsulation machine in a workshop located in the basement of this structure. The building was then the home of his parents, Dr. and Mrs. Otto Scherer. R.P. Scherer's invention transformed the production of soft gelatin capsules used in the pharmaceutical industry into a commercial process that helped raise worldwide health and nutritional standards. In 1933, he founded the present-day R.P. Scherer Corporation. With eighteen plants in twelve countries, the firm was the world's largest manufacturer of soft gelatin capsules in 1984. An ingenious inventor, Scherer received fifty-two patents during his lifetime. His experimental machine was placed in the Smithsonian Institution in 1955.
Robert Pauli Scherer (1906-1960) was a native of Detroit and a graduate of Detroit's public schools. In 1930, at the age of twenty-four, he invented the rotary die encapsulation machine in a workshop located in the basement of this structure. The building was then the home of his parents, Dr. and Mrs. Otto Scherer. R.P. Scherer's invention transformed the production of soft gelatin capsules used in the pharmaceutical industry into a commercial process that helped raise worldwide health and nutritional standards. In 1933, he founded the present-day R.P. Scherer Corporation. With eighteen plants in twelve countries, the firm was the world's largest manufacturer of soft gelatin capsules in 1984. An ingenious inventor, Scherer received fifty-two patents during his lifetime. His experimental machine was placed in the Smithsonian Institution in 1955.
Erected 1984 by Michigan History Division, Department of State. (Marker Number S563.)
Location. 42° 21.634′ N, 83° 3.925′ W. Marker is in Detroit, Michigan
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, in Wayne County. It is in Cultural Center. Marker is on East Kirby Street, 0.1 miles east of Michigan Highway 1, on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 67 East Kirby Street, Detroit MI 48202, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Additional commentary. 1. R.P. Scherer Corporation merged with Cardinal Health, Inc. Cardinal Health, Inc. of Dublin, Ohio merged with R.P. Scherer Corporation in August 1998 - PR Newswire
— Submitted June 23, 2015, by Joel Seewald of Madison Heights, Michigan.
2. Hellenic Museum of Michigan The Scherer home is now home to the Hellenic Museum of
Photographed By Joel S., June 3, 2015
2. Robert Pauli Scherer House
Michigan.
— Submitted June 23, 2015, by Joel Seewald of Madison Heights, Michigan.
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