sustainable film solutions for global applications

Sustainable Film Solutions for Global Applications RKW GROUP | PROFILE

WHEN EXCELLENCEMATTERS

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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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WHEN EXCELLENCE MATTERS

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


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


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


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

100

(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.


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


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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