RKW Group
| Company type | Societas Europaea (SE) |
|---|---|
| Industry | Chemical processing |
| Founded | 1957 |
| Headquarters | , Germany |
Key people | Harald Biederbick (CEO), Roger Chantillon, Knud Müller, Dr. Alexander Wansel |
| Products | Polypropylene and polyethylene films, nonwovens and nets |
Number of employees | c. 3,000 |
| Website | www.rkw-group.com |
The RKW Group is a German manufacturer of plastic films headquartered in Mannheim. As of 2011 it was one of the top two plastic films companies in Europe and sold products in five markets: industrial films, industrial packaging, consumer packaging, agricultural films and nets, and hygiene and medical films. It had factories in Europe, Vietnam, Egypt, and the US.[1] In 2002, RKW took over four locations of former BP Plastec.[2] In 2009, the company founded the first production facility on the African continent in Egypt.[3] In 2015, it opened a plant in Guangzhou, China. The same year, RKW acquired plastic film producer Hyplast NV in Hoogstraten, Belgium.[4] In the fiscal year 2018, RKW generated total sales of EUR 878 million, and about 3,000 employees processed 367,000 tonnes of plastic materials at more than 20 locations around the world.[5] In 2019, RKW invested US$18.8 Million into its North American production site in Franklin, Kentucky.[6] RKW was founded in 1957 by Jakob Müller as Rheinische Kunststoffwerke GmbH in Worms, Germany.[7] The company is owned by the founder's family.[2]
References
- ^ Defosse, Matt (4 January 2011). "Plastic film extrusion: RKW acquires Danafilms". PlasticsToday.
- ^ a b "Renolit: Reorganisation: Holding firm dissolved / Three new companies / Continuity of Management". Plasteurope.com. 3 February 2002.
- ^ "RKW Egypt Ltd - Unsupported Plastics Film and Sheet Companies - Giza - Egypt". FindTheCompany.com. 28 June 2017.
- ^ "Company Overview of RKW Hyplast NV". Bloomberg.com. 28 July 2017.
- ^ "Euro Bulk Systems". eurobulksystems.com=. 18 March 2019.
- ^ "RKW to ramp up investment in Kentucky site". nonwovensnews.com=. 19 February 2019.
- ^ "RKW Agri GmbH & Co. KG". Environmental-expert.com. 28 July 2017.
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