PSM
PSM GmbH is a German family-owned pharmaceutical CDMO providing aseptic fill & finish services — including Europe's first gloveless robotic filling line (robocell) — for clinical and commercial biologics, biosimilars, and injectables serving enterprise pharma and biotech firms.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2020
- HeadquartersSchiffweiler, Germany
- Headcount51–100
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingServices
What PSM does
PSM GmbH is a privately held, family-owned German pharmaceutical Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) headquartered in Schiffweiler, Saarland, operating from the PharmaCampus Schiffweiler site alongside affiliated group companies Europharm (wholesale distribution), 1az Pharm (import/relabeling), TempTrans (temperature-controlled logistics), and PharmBioTec (contract research). Founded in 2020, the company specializes in aseptic fill and finish services for sterile injectable drug products, spanning ready-to-use prefilled syringes up to 10 mL, vials up to 100 mL, and cartridges up to 10 mL across biologics (mAbs, mRNA, peptides), biosimilars, small molecules, diluents, and ophthalmics.
PSM's technical platform rests on two primary filling lines: the flexfill, a groninger-built high-flexibility line with annual capacity of approximately 30 million units for medium-batch syringes, vials, and cartridges (now supporting batch sizes up to 600 liters); and the robocell — developed jointly with groninger and SKAN AG and described as the first gloveless robotic filling line in Europe — which eliminates human intervention to minimize contamination risk for small-batch, high-value biologics and orphan drugs. Supporting capabilities include method and process development, analytical services, API manufacturing in Class D cleanrooms, fully automated visual inspection with 100% Container Closure Integrity testing via Körber Pharma equipment, secondary packaging with serialization (HERMA), GDP-compliant GMP storage and transport, and freeze-drying via Martin Christ lyophilizers.
The business model is fee-for-service CDMO contracting, with quote-based project-specific pricing and multi-year contract cadences targeting enterprise pharmaceutical companies, mid-market pharma, biotech firms, and biotech startups requiring clinical-phase or commercial GMP-compliant sterile manufacturing. Business development is led by VP Business Development Thorsten Häfner, with go-to-market anchored at major pharmaceutical trade events (CPHI, PDA, ISPE, Pharmapack, Festival of Biologics) and via direct enterprise engagement. PSM is among the first European CDMOs to pass authority inspection under the new EU GMP Annex 1 framework (aseptic manufacturing approved December 2024) and operates under a §13 AMG GMP license granted in February 2023. The company plans to more than double its workforce to support ongoing capacity expansion.
PSM firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- PSM
- Legal name
- PSM GmbH
- Website
- https://psm-saar.de
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2020
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 51–100 employees
- Short description
- PSM GmbH is a German family-owned pharmaceutical CDMO providing aseptic fill & finish services — including Europe's first gloveless robotic filling line (robocell) — for clinical and commercial biologics, biosimilars, and injectables serving enterprise pharma and biotech firms.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
PSM industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Pharmaceutical CDMO Services
- NAICS
- Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing (325412), Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing (3391)
- SIC
- Surgical & Medical Instruments & Apparatus (3841), Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Sterile Fill-Finish & Aseptic Manufacturing CDMO (HLAGABAH)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- Drug Product Fill-Finish & Aseptic Manufacturing Services (HLAAAKAB), Clinical Trial Material (CTM) Manufacturing & Supply CDMO (HLAGABAK), Aseptic Processing, Fill-Finish & Sterile Manufacturing Tech (isolators, lyophilization interfaces) (HLAAAJAG)
Keywords
Where PSM is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Schiffweiler
- HQ country
- Germany
- HQ region
- Europe
Offices1 record
Markets served
PSM business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Services
- Cost components
- Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales
Revenue model
- Contract Manufacturing Services (CDMO): PSM generates revenue as a contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) providing fee-for-service pharmaceutical fill & finish manufacturing. Revenue is derived from service contracts spanning method/process development, analytical services, non-GMP fill & finish, aseptic GMP fill & finish for clinical and commercial products, visual inspection, secondary packaging with serialization, and GDP transport & GMP storage. Pricing is quote-based, reflecting the project-specific nature of CDMO engagements.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Other | Multi-year contract | Project-based CDMO service contracts — pricing varies by product type, batch size, phase (clinical/commercial), and service scope. |
Go-to-market motion1 record
Distribution channels1 record
Marketing channels5 records
PSM product offering
Product offeringCore offering
PSM GmbH is a family-owned German pharmaceutical CDMO providing aseptic fill and finish services for biologics, biosimilars, small molecules, diluents, and ophthalmics. The company offers end-to-end services from method and process development through analytical testing, API manufacturing, GMP-compliant aseptic fill & finish (clinical and commercial), visual inspection with CCIT, secondary packaging with serialization, and GDP-compliant transport. Operations center on two advanced filling lines: the robocell (Europe's first gloveless robotic filling line for small high-value batches) and the flexfill system (for medium batches up to 600 liters), processing ready-to-use syringes, vials, and cartridges.
Product overview
PSM GmbH is a family-run German pharmaceutical CDMO (Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization) offering end-to-end aseptic fill and finish services. The company operates from Schiffweiler in Saarland, Germany, and provides a comprehensive portfolio spanning the entire drug development lifecycle from clinical phases to commercial GMP manufacturing. Core services include method and process development, analytical services, API manufacturing, non-GMP and GMP-compliant aseptic fill and finish, visual inspection with CCIT, and secondary packaging with serialization. The company operates two advanced filling lines: the flexfill system from groninger (handling medium batches up to 600 liters) and the robocell (Europe's first gloveless robotic filling line for small batches with highest product yield requirements). PSM processes all common ready-to-use primary packaging formats—prefillable syringes up to 10 mL, vials up to 100 mL, and cartridges up to 10 mL—serving biopharmaceutical drugs, biosimilars, small molecules, and diluents across therapeutic areas including mAbs, mRNA, peptides, and ophthalmics.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- robocell: The first gloveless robotic filling line in Europe for small batch CDMO services with highest product yield requirements.
- flexfill
Products and services
- API Manufacturing
- Method and Process Development
- Analytical Services
- Non-GMP Fill & Finish Services for Technical Tests
- Aseptic Fill & Finish Services for Clinical Trials
- Aseptic Fill & Finish Services for Commercial Products
- GDP Transport & GMP Storage
- Visual Inspection with Container Closure Integrity Testing (CCIT)
- Secondary Packaging with Serialization
- robocell (Gloveless Robotic Filling Line)
- flexfill (Flexible Filling Line)
Quantifiable outcome
- Annual production capacity of approximately 30 million units from the flexfill filling line alone; ~15 million units per year from commercial filling lines
- +2 more outcomes
Companies that use PSM
Customer profileNamed customers1 record
Segments2 records
Ideal customer profiles2 records
PSM technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed No
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Feature4 records
PSM partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
14 partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and supporting.
- PSMC (Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation)corePSMC (Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation) is a Taiwanese semiconductor foundry. PSMC has partnered with Tata Electronics for a semiconductor fabrication plant in Dholera, Gujarat, India, representing India's first full-scale semiconductor fab with Taiwanese expertise. This partnership is associated with the broader PSM entity in the context of India's semiconductor manufacturing ecosystem under the Semicon India Programme. Note: This PSMC-Tata partnership pertains to semiconductor manufacturing and may be a distinct entity from the German pharmaceutical PSM GmbH.
- groningercoregroninger is one of the leading international manufacturers of aseptic filling machines for the pharmaceutical, consumer healthcare, and cosmetics industries. PSM uses groninger filling machines including the highly flexible flexfill line for syringes, vials, and cartridges, and the robocell gloveless robotic filling system. groninger provides the core filling and closing technology that forms the heart of PSM's manufacturing operations.
- SKAN AGcoreSKAN is a Swiss global market and technology leader for isolators, cleanroom devices, and decontamination processes for aseptic production of biopharmaceutical substances. SKAN provides the isolator housing for PSM's robocell gloveless robotic filling system and other barrier technologies. PSM co-exhibits with SKAN at industry events. The partnership enables PSM to meet the highest regulatory requirements for aseptic fill & finish.
- Körber PharmamajorKörber Pharma is a global pharma technology expert providing integrated solutions including inspection, handling, packaging machines, track and trace, and software. PSM uses Körber visual inspection machines for fully automated quality control of vials and syringes with 100% Container Closure Integrity testing, and Körber packaging line technology. PSM has conducted Factory Acceptance Tests (FAT) at Körber facilities in Switzerland and Munich.
- SCHOTT PharmamajorSCHOTT Pharma provides advanced drug containment and drug delivery solutions including glass syringes, cartridges, vials, and ampoules. SCHOTT Pharma produces more than 11 billion products per year, with over 30,000 patients receiving injections from SCHOTT containers every minute. The partnership provides PSM with primary packaging solutions for injectable drugs, ensuring seamless compatibility across the fill & finish value chain.
- Martin Christ Gefriertrocknungsanlagen GmbHmajorMartin Christ is a world leader in the development and manufacturing of freeze dryers (lyophilizers) with over 75 years of experience. The company built a suitable freeze dryer for PSM's robocell — a fully automated, gloveless robotic filling system. PSM conducted Factory Acceptance Tests (FAT) at Martin Christ facilities.
- Fedegari GroupmajorFedegari is a highly dynamic industrial group and benchmark across the bio/pharmaceutical industries worldwide, founded in 1953 in Pavia, Italy. Fedegari offers innovative solutions for clean and sterile processes including moist-heat sterilization, dry-heat sterilization/depyrogenation, cleaning, decontamination, stopper treatment, and isolation. Fedegari provides sterilization equipment enabling PSM's clean and sterile manufacturing processes.
- HERMAmajorHERMA is a leading European specialist in packaging and product labeling with decades of experience in the pharmaceutical and healthcare sectors. HERMA labeling machines are used in PSM's secondary packaging operations, featuring modular designs with printing, inspection, and ejection components for high safety and reliability under individual production conditions.
- PharmBioTec gGmbHcorePharmBioTec gGmbH is a non-profit company specialized in contract research offering high-quality services in pharmaceutical analytics, synthesis, and research and development. Located at the Pharmacampus in Schiffweiler alongside PSM, the partnership provides integrated R&D and fill & finish capabilities. PSM and PharmBioTec share technical interfaces and project management, offering clients full-service pharmaceutical development.
- TempTranscoreTempTrans provides temperature-controlled logistics and transport services for temperature-sensitive pharmaceutical products. As part of the Schiffweiler pharma campus group, TempTrans works with PSM to provide integrated cold-chain logistics for filled pharmaceutical products, ensuring product integrity from manufacturing through distribution.
- Europharm GmbHcoreEuropharm is a pharmaceutical wholesale distributor serving several hundred specialty pharmacies across Germany, including hospital-affiliated pharmacies. It is part of the same corporate group as PSM at the Pharmacampus Schiffweiler. Europharm operates as a network distributor for medications, providing the group with commercial reach in the German pharmacy market.
- 1az Pharmcore1az Pharm imports pharmaceutical products from other European countries, re-labels packaging for the German market, and specializes in high-priced medications including oncology and rheumatology treatments. It is part of the same corporate group as PSM at the Pharmacampus Schiffweiler. The company also imports and distributes medical cannabis.
- Hochschule Trier, Umweltcampus BirkenfeldsupportingHochschule Trier (Umweltcampus Birkenfeld) partners with PSM for dual study programs including 'Biopharmaceutical Drug Manufacturing – dual (B. Eng.)' and 'Cleanroom Technology in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing – dual (M. Eng.)'. These programs provide PSM with a pipeline of specialized talent.
- Hochschule Kaiserslautern, Campus PirmasenssupportingHochschule Kaiserslautern (Campus Pirmasens) offers a dual study program in 'Industriepharmazie' (Industrial Pharmacy) in partnership with PSM. This program supports PSM's talent acquisition for pharmaceutical manufacturing roles.
Scale indicators3 records
Recent moves8 records
Expansion highlights6 records
PSM competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- Aenova Group: Aenova is a German-headquartered CDMO with significant aseptic fill-finish and sterile manufacturing capabilities for pharma and biotech customers. Like PSM, it serves European pharma companies with injectable and biologic manufacturing, though at considerably larger scale.
- Vetter Pharma: Vetter is a leading German-based CDMO specializing in aseptic fill-finish of syringes, vials, and cartridges for biologics and complex injectables. It is the most directly comparable German sterile fill-finish peer and competes head-to-head for the same clinical-to-commercial outsourcing contracts PSM targets.
- Recipharm: Recipharm is a European CDMO offering sterile fill-finish, biologics manufacturing, and development services from multiple continental sites. It is a directly comparable peer for mid-batch aseptic fill-finish of injectables, particularly for biotech and specialty pharma customers in Europe.
- IDT Biologika: IDT Biologika is a German CDMO offering aseptic fill-finish, biologics manufacturing, and vaccine services from facilities in Germany. Its sterile injectable capabilities for clinical and commercial supply make it a directly comparable domestic peer for PSM's target customer base.
Broad incumbents
- Baxter BioPharma Solutions: Baxter BioPharma Solutions is a global CDMO providing sterile fill-finish of vials, syringes, and lyophilized injectables for pharma and biotech customers. It competes for the same sterile injectable contract manufacturing opportunities and operates at significantly larger scale than PSM.
- Lonza: Lonza is one of the world's largest CDMOs, providing aseptic fill-finish, mammalian and microbial biomanufacturing, and integrated development services across multiple modalities. It is a broad incumbent that competes for high-value biologics fill-finish contracts in Europe and globally.
- Catalent: Catalent is a global CDMO with extensive aseptic fill-finish capacity for biologics, sterile injectables, and pre-filled syringes across multiple sites in Europe and the US. It competes for the same commercial and clinical fill-finish outsourcing programs and serves as a benchmark for scale and customer breadth that PSM is building against.
- Boehringer Ingelheim BioXcellence: BioXcellence is the biopharmaceutical contract manufacturing arm of Boehringer Ingelheim, offering large-scale aseptic fill-finish, cell culture, and bioprocessing services globally. It is a broad incumbent competing for the same biologics fill-finish contracts PSM targets but at substantially larger scale and broader modality coverage.
Emerging players
- Baccinex: Baccinex is a Swiss CDMO specializing in aseptic fill-finish of vials and pre-filled syringes for clinical and small-batch commercial supply. Its flexible small-batch positioning for biotechs and clinical-stage programs closely parallels PSM's robocell and flexfill offering.
- R-Pharm: R-Pharm is a vertically integrated Russian-headquartered pharmaceutical group with growing CDMO capabilities for biologics and sterile injectables. It is an emerging player with partial overlap to PSM's biologics fill-finish positioning, particularly relevant to European biotechs seeking alternative suppliers.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat5 records
Key risks7 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
PSM social profiles
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Trust signalCompliance3 records
PSM financial estimates
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PSM leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles1 record
PSM funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds
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Frequently asked questions about PSM
What does PSM do?
PSM GmbH is a family-owned German pharmaceutical CDMO providing aseptic fill and finish services for biologics, biosimilars, small molecules, diluents, and ophthalmics. The company offers end-to-end services from method and process development through analytical testing, API manufacturing, GMP-compliant aseptic fill & finish (clinical and commercial), visual inspection with CCIT, secondary packaging with serialization, and GDP-compliant transport. Operations center on two advanced filling lines: the robocell (Europe's first gloveless robotic filling line for small high-value batches) and the flexfill system (for medium batches up to 600 liters), processing ready-to-use syringes, vials, and cartridges.
Is PSM a public or private company?
PSM is a private company. It is classified as family owned and is currently operating.
When was PSM founded?
PSM was founded in 2020. It employs 51 to 100 people.
Where is PSM based?
PSM is headquartered in Schiffweiler, Germany, in the Europe region.
How does PSM make money?
One revenue line is on record: contract Manufacturing Services (CDMO).
Who are PSM's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are Aenova Group, Vetter Pharma, Recipharm and IDT Biologika. Broad incumbents are Baxter BioPharma Solutions, Lonza, Catalent and Boehringer Ingelheim BioXcellence. Emerging players are Baccinex and R-Pharm.
Does PSM have an API?
No public API is recorded for PSM.
What industry is PSM in?
PSM's product category is Pharmaceutical CDMO Services. Its primary akta.pro industry code is HLAGABAH, Sterile Fill-Finish & Aseptic Manufacturing CDMO, with a secondary code of HLAAAKAB, Drug Product Fill-Finish & Aseptic Manufacturing Services. Its NAICS code is 325412 and its SIC code is 3841.