sustainable film solutions for global applications
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Sustainable Film Solutions for Global Applications RKW GROUP | PROFILE
WHEN EXCELLENCEMATTERS
rkw-group.com
RKW is the market leader in the areas of hygiene and agricultural films, films for the beverage industry
and packaging for powdery goods. In addition, the company manufactures films and nonwovens for
medical applications, for the chemical and converting industries as well as for the construction sector.
RKW's sustainable films enable its customers to improve the daily life of consumers all over the world.
In the fiscal year 2017, RKW generated total sales of EUR 905 million. About 3,000 employees process
378,000 tonnes of plastic materials at 20 locations around the world.
True to the corporate slogan “When excellence matters,” the company, which was founded in 1957,
offers outstanding performance in terms of quality and service. Respect and reliability are the core values
of RKW and form the basis of the company’s success.
The Best of Both Worlds: Family Owned and a Global Market LeaderThe RKW Group is an independent, family-owned company headquartered in Frankenthal, Germany, and is one of the world’s foremost manufacturers of excellent film solutions.
Three Business Units for Excellent Solutions• Hygiene & Industrial
• Packaging
• Agriculture
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Our Business MissionWith sustainable film solutions, we enable our customers to improve the daily life of consumers all over the world.
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Division Hygiene & Industrial RKW produces innovative film solutions that are used in all sorts of day-to-day products – from diapers and adult incontinence products to medical and industrial applications for leading manufacturers around the world.
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Hygiene & medical
Industrial films (technical films)
Nonwovens
• Products for babycare, femcare and adult incontinence
– Breathable and non-breathable films (printed and plain)
– Perforated films – Laminates (films and nonwovens) – Tapes – Elastic and non-elastic components
• Medical films and laminates
• Wound care films (plaster films)
• Lamination films
• Barrier films (up to 7 layers)
• FPO® – mineral-filled films
• Label films
• Surface protection films
• Embossed films (release films)
• Aptra® – breathable films and laminates
• RoofTopGuard II – synthetic roofing underlays
• Carded nonwovens
• Spunbonded nonwovens
• Laminates (nonwovens and films)
• RKW HyJet®: hydroentangled spunbonded nonwovens
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Division PackagingThe potential applications for plastic films are diverse. Customers of RKW's packaging solutions include global beverage brand owners as well as renowned manufacturers in the chemical and food industries.
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Consumer packaging
Industrial packaging
• Printed multipack shrink films
• FFS (Form, Fill & Seal) films for – Food industry: frozen food,
fresh produce, fluids, noodles – Non-food industry: soil/turf,
construction industry/insulation, tissue
• Pet food
• Household products such as courier bags, bags, freezer bags, trash bags, draw-tape bags
• FFS films for industrial goods – Specialty: RKW ProVent® for
powdery goods
• Converted sacks: – Heavy-duty bags
(glued and welded) – Block sacks – Valve sacks
• Transport protection films: – Shrink films and hoods – Stretch hoods – Anti-lamination films
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Division AgricultureRKW is one of the world’s leading suppliers of films and nets for the agricultural and horticultural markets. The comprehensive product portfolio includes high-quality, optimized, and sustainable solutions.
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Round bale nets
Pallet nets
Round bale films
Greenhouse films
Horticultural films(e.g., early harvest films)
Silage films and tubes
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Our Core Values: The Essence of Our DNARKW is a value-based company. Respect and reliability are our core values. They show what RKW stands for and are an essential part of our company philosophy.
• We always deliver what we promised to our
customers: products in the quality and time
we agreed upon.
• We stand for excellent product performance.
• We keep our promises to our employees.
• Our stakeholders can expect a stable business.
• We interact with our peers, employees, customers and
partners respectfully – everyone is treated sincerely.
• We value everyone's input – positive and critical.
• We praise good results.
• We enjoy the best of both worlds: working in
a family-owned company with its long-term
orientation and being a global player.
Respect Reliability
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Taking Responsibility for Future Generations
Sustainability is an integral part of RKW’s company philosophy and allows risks to be identified
in advance and opportunities for new business to be realized. RKW believes that economic
strength, social responsibility, and environmental protection are inseparably linked.
RKW takes responsibility – including commitment to cross-company sustainability committees.
Thinking about the day after tomorrow and acting accordingly must always be the guideline
along the entire value-added chain.
• Protecting natural resources
• Lowering emissions
• Avoiding environmental pollution
• Sustainability is an integral part of RKW’s corporate policy
• Sustainability is not at odds with economic success
• All-encompassing safety at work
• Protecting the health of our employees
• Optimizing working conditions
As one of the leading film manufacturers, RKW takes responsibility for a worthwhile future.
Ecology – in all phases of the product life cycle
Economy
Social responsibility for people
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More Facts
60 years of experience
20 locations
3,000 people
60
20
3,000
in the research, development, and production of polyolefin
films set RKW apart. In 1957, Jakob Müller founded Rheinische
Kunststoffwerke GmbH in Worms, Germany. The company has
been expanding internationally since the 1960s. Since the end
of the 1990s, RKW has grown through acquisitions in the USA,
Vietnam, etc.
of the RKW Group, including our headquarters in
Frankenthal, are in Germany, Belgium, Finland, France,
Sweden, USA, Egypt, Vietnam, and China.
work for the RKW Group around the world.
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378,000 tonnes of PE and PP
EUR 905 million sales
100 percent
378,000
905
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(polyethylene and polypropylene) are processed annually
by our teams with advanced machines and technologies
into films, nonwovens, and nets.
were generated in 2017.
family-owned. The owners of RKW do not just promote
the global growth of RKW, but also a strong and reliable
corporate culture.
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US
China
Vietnam
GermanyBelgium
France
Egypt
FinlandSweden
US
China
Vietnam
GermanyFrankenthal (HQ)
Echte
Gronau
Halberstadt
Michelstadt
Nordhorn
Petersaurach
Wasserburg
BelgiumHoogstraten
Liège
ChinaGuangzhou
EgyptCairo
FinlandPori
RKW Sites Worldwide
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US
China
Vietnam
GermanyBelgium
France
Egypt
FinlandSweden
US
China
Vietnam
FranceSaint-Galmier
Saultain
Ville-le-Marclet
SwedenHelsingborg
USChester, SC
Franklin, KY
VietnamHo Chi Minh City
As of September 2018
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rkw-group.com
The RKW Group is an independent, family-owned
company and one of the world’s foremost manufacturers
of excellent film solutions. RKW is the market leader in
the areas of hygiene and agricultural films, films for the
beverage industry and packaging for powdery goods.
In addition, the company makes films and nonwovens
for medical applications, for the chemical and converting
industries as well as for the construction sector.
In the fiscal year 2017, RKW generated total sales of
EUR 905 million. About 3,000 employees process
378,000 tonnes of plastic materials at 20 locations
around the world.
RKW SE HeadquartersNachtweideweg 1–7 | 67227 Frankenthal | Germany
T +49-(0) 62 33-87 09-0 | F +49-(0) 62 33-87 09-177
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