2017 Since it was founded in 1907, the family-run pharmaceutical company headquartered in Pullach near Munich, has become Europe's largest producer of effervescent medicinal products. The company has two production facilities and a total workforce of 800, 250 of whom are employed in the facility at nearby Wolfratshausen. The globally unique TOPO granulation process combines a variety of active pharmaceutical ingredients and foodstuffs to make solid and soluble dosage forms such as effervescent tablets, chewable tablets, lozenges, and instant beverages. As well as producing its own brands, which are sold by pharmacies, HERMES also develops and produces products for contract partners – a total of more than 500 products for 35 countries.