About Us

For more than 25 years, HMS^® has engaged in prescription drug fulfillment and distribution services for the healthcare industry. HMS operates as a division of F. M. Howell & Company, a leader in package manufacturing and services for over 125 years. HMS' core competencies developed as a natural extension of F. M. Howell & Company's healthcare contract packaging business. Being part of a company with such a strong wealth of experience in package manufacturing and contract services provides HMS with a multitude of resources to draw upon.

Today, HMS is at the forefront of the industry, boasting the most technically advanced equipment, a state-of-the-art facility, and knowledgeable staff that can assure that the most complex project is completed in a timely manner with ease and accuracy.

About our Parent Company
F. M. Howell & Company is a fourth generation family-owned and privately held business that was founded in 1883. The Howell company is a Women's Business Enterprise. Three divisions offer related services to the pharmaceutical industry:

• Howell Marketing Services, a provider of fulfillment and distribution services.
• Howell Packaging, with sales offices in Elmira, NY, Suffern, NY, and Wellesley, MA, specializing in the design and manufacture of folding cartons and rigid boxes and is a provider of contract packaging services.
• Howell Plastics, a leader in custom thermoforming of high quality plastic packaging products.