Robert Pauli Scherer
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N 42° 21.635 W 083° 03.928
17T E 329908 N 4691878
Located on the northwest side of Kirby Street, between Woodward Avenue and John R Street, across from the Detroit Institure of the Arts. Streetside parking available.
Waymark Code: WM12KN
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 12/26/2006
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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.
Historical Name: Robert Pauli Scherer
Description:
FYI, Mr. Scherer's encapsulation technology enabled his company to develop a more recent product: PAINTBALLS! www.rps-paintball.com
Parking nearby?: yes
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website: [Web Link]
Registered Site #: State Site #563
Historical Date: Not listed
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