Robert Pauli Scherer
American inventor and businessman

Robert Pauli Scherer

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American inventor and businessman
Gender:
Male
Birth:
1906(Detroit, Michigan)
Death:
1960
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Education:
BA
University of Michigan
( - 1928)
BS, chemical engineering
University of Michigan
( - 1930)
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Robert Pauli Scherer (1906–1960) was an American inventor who founded the RP Sherer Corporation.

In 1933, Scherer invented the rotary die encapsulation process, revolutionizing the soft-gelatin encapsulation field.He founded the R. P. Scherer Corporation to commercialize his invention.R.P. Scherer was acquired by Cardinal Health, Inc. in 1998. and subsequently named Catalent Pharma Solutions.