RKW at Fruit Logistica 2024
From cultivation to packaging and transportation, the right solution for every needMannheim, January 23, 2024 - RKW Group will be presenting its film and net solutions as well as nonwovens for the entire supply chain, from plant cultivation to packaging and transport, at Fruit Logistica in Berlin from February 7-9, 2024. Whether early harvesting films, nonwoven crop cover or greenhouse films: RKW has a wide range of products for the cultivation of plants. Packaging and transport solutions from RKW offer efficient packaging options for food and ensure that goods are effectively secured
Mannheim (Germany), November 6, 2023 – RKW Group today announced that its Supervisory Board has appointed Eric Le Lay as CEO effective November 6, 2023. The Supervisory Board has been looking for a long-term successor to Peter Baumgartner for some time and is glad to announce Eric Le Lay’s appointment, who brings nearly three decades of experience in the industry. “With Eric we have found a global executive with extensive experience in our industry, mostly at Amcor and Huhtamaki. Eric has been successfully leading transformations of global businesses. His experience will be essential to
Located in Franklin, Kentucky, RKW North America is one of the leading manufacturers of sustainable, high-performance films for a wide range of applications across North America. Founded in 2000 as Danafilms Inc., the company became part of the RKW Group in late 2010, an independent family owned company headquartered in Germany with more than 65 years of experience in manufacturing excellent film solutions. The RKW Group operates 17 sites on four continents.
For over two decades, RKW North America has been producing high-performance mono and multi-layer films for the converting industry.
Mannheim, August 14, 2023 – The RKW Group publishes its Sustainability Report 2022, which, in line with the company's sustainability strategy, is based on the three fundamental pillars of sustainability, the ESGs (Environmental, Social, Governance), and shows its contribution to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs).
"At RKW, we are committed to our responsibility to society and the environment," says Peter Baumgartner, CEO of RKW. "This is also reflected in our corporate purpose: with our sustainable film solutions, we enable our customers to improve the daily
Mannheim (Germany), July 4, 2023 - In mid-June, RKW received the German Brand Award for its launch marketing campaign: #ExpandYourHorizon for the innovative RKW Horizon MDO-PE film.The German Brand Award is a competition of the German Brand Institute and makes brand successes visible. The Institute was founded by the German Design Council and GMK Markenberatung. With the German Brand Award, the institute awards one of the most important German brand prizes.
RKW received the German Brand Award "Excellence in Brand Strategy and Creation” in the category “Brand Communication 360° Campaign".
RKW Horizon® – MDO-PE films complement the sustainable ECORE® product portfolio of the RKW GroupMannheim (Germany), May 23, 2023 – Fully recyclable packaging: RKW Horizon® is the new generation of sustainable PE plastic films based on state-of-the-art MDO technology.
Especially when it comes to plastic packaging for consumer goods, consumers are demanding more sustainability, as this is the only way they will be accepted in the long term. Therefore, the RKW ECORE® sustainability portfolio has been expanded to include mono-axially stretched PE films (MDO PE), which are marketed under the
Mannheim (Germany), April 4, 2023 – The RKW Group will present its sustainable film solutions, for consumer and industrial goods at the Interpack 2023. The world's leading trade fair for packaging and processing technology will take place from May 4-10, 2023, in Düsseldorf, Germany.From Multipack collation shrink films for the beverage industry, labels and multilayer laminations films for consumer packaging to industrial packaging as RKW ProVent[®], a self-venting bag for moisture sensitive powdery goods. The new innovative RKW Fruit Pads, as well as the RKW CO2 Neutral[®] Packaging films
With its wide range of films and nonwovens, RKW offers its customers a variety of possibilitiesMannheim, March 23, 2023 – The RKW Group will present its broad product portfolio of films and nonwovens for hygiene and medical applications at this year's Index trade fair in Geneva from April 18 to 21. The spotlight will be on the well-known RKW brands Hyfol®, Aptra®, RKW HyCare® and Medifol®.
From one of the thinnest and most complex printed backsheets, textile backsheets as well as film solutions for feminine hygiene, to films for wound care products: RKW produces a wide range of premium
Mannheim (Germany), January 23, 2023 – Corrado Piroli was appointed Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the RKW Group at the beginning of January. With this internationally experienced financial expert, the company underlines its ambition to continue growing globally.The Italian-born Corrado succeeds Knud Müller, who left the RKW Group at the end of 2022 to pursue new professional challenges. Corrado comes to RKW from the Seves Group. There, the financial expert most recently served as CFO for more than 10 years; prior to that, he held various corporate finance positions and gained
Echte-Kalefeld, January 11, 2022 - The RKW Group is investing a single-digit million sum at its Echte site to be able to print even more brilliant printed images in the future. With the new state-of-the-art machine, RKW is at the same time further expanding its production capacity in the field of industrial packaging and in this way securing jobs in the region. The new ten-color printing line is the latest of several investments at the Lower Saxony site, the most recent being a new five-layer extrusion line inaugurated in August 2021.The site in Echte, Lower Saxony, with over 240 employees,
Wasserburg, November 17, 2022 - Together with eleven other companies, RKW Wasserburg exchanged views on the topic of energy efficiency in the E.ON Energy Efficiency Network Southeast Bavaria from 2019 to November 2022.In 10 efficiency workshops, topics such as the evaluation of resource efficiency measures (waste, material, etc.) with regard to emission reductions, optimal use of waste heat flows (The Pinch Analysis), self-generation/CHP/load management as well as cooling system and plant optimization were discussed. The last workshop took place on November 9 at RKW Wasserburg.
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Michelstadt, October 26, 2022 - From November 15-18, the RKW Group will present its Polydress TWISTA silage film as a new product family for the first time, expanding its wide range of solutions for the agar sector with this premium solution. Polydress TWISTA is now available in three different variants.Polydress TWISTA - saves labor and conserves resources
Thanks to patented folding technology, Polydress TWISTA combines silage and underlay film on one roll. This means that both films can be laid out in just one step, reducing the amount of work required to cover the silo by 50%. Due to
Mannheim, July 6, 2022 – The RKW Group has strengthened its commitment to sustainability and to preserving natural resources last year. The focus was particularly on further reducing greenhouse gas emissions and expanding recycling activities. More information is available in the Sustainability Report 2021 that the leading manufacturer of innovative film solutions published today .Once again this year, the Sustainability Report is based on the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations (SDGs). The company’s activities contribute to
Mannheim/Germany, May 31, 2022 – On June 1, 2022, Andreas Koppitz will be appointed Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) on the Executive Board of the RKW Group, thus completing the sales organisation of the leading global manufacturer of innovative, sustainable film solutions.Andreas Koppitz comes from the Mondi Group, where he was Managing Director and since 2018 Chief Operations Officer (President) responsible for the Consumer Flexibles segment. His expertise includes the development and successful implementation of growth strategies, the management of global change processes and the
Mannheim (Germany), May 25, 2022 – Misconceptions about plastic packaging are omnipresent in public discourse. In this context, plastics and plastic packaging are often viewed in a one-sided manner. With a campaign on social media, "Benefits of Plastic”, RKW took a closer look at these misconceptions, highlighting the advantages of plastics and various application examples in a fact-based manner.Plastic packaging - contrary to widespread misconceptions - plays an important role in protecting food from damage, contamination or loss of quality with its numerous protective functions. According
Mannheim/Bad Essen (Germany), April 7, 2022 – RKW HydroSpun GmbH in Halberstadt is changing hands. The facility in Sachsen-Anhalt and its approximately 30 employees have been acquired by the Bad Essen-based AGRO Group, which will begin its own production of spunbond nonwovens. In the future, the RKW Group will concentrate and expand its business with hydroentangled spunbond nonwovens at the Gronau site.With a capacity of 5,000 metric tons per year, Halberstadt is currently the smallest production site within the RKW Group. This is where the AGRO Group intends to produce nonwovens to help
Nordhorn (Germany), March 9, 2022 – Stretch hood films with a 30 percent content of recyclates from RKW in Nordhorn ensure smooth processing and safe transport of goods at ARGUS Additive Plastics GmbH in Büren (Germany)."With the sustainable stretch hoods, we use efficient packaging that gives our pallets the stability they need and at the same time reinforces our commitment to climate protection," says Sascha Hirsch, Managing Director of ARGUS Additive Plastics GmbH. Stretch hoods are subjected to enormous mechanical stresses and they help simplify goods logistics and ensure transport
Mannheim, Germany, December 20, 2021 – The RKW Group sees itself as part of the community and embraces thus its social responsibility. Around the world, the company and its employees contribute to charitable organizations and activities. At the end of the year, donations traditionally follow instead of Christmas gifts.Social commitment is part of RKW's self-image. The company and its employees have already emphasized this in their sustainability campaign. The situation is no different at Christmas time when it comes to donations. RKW locations worldwide decide independently to whom they
Mannheim, 22 November 2021 – The RKW Group continues its successful transformation into a global producer of innovative, sustainable film solutions and, with a new Executive Board, lays the foundation for further growth, especially in international markets. As of December 1, 2021, Peter Baumgartner will replace the current CEO Harald Biederbick. In addition, Marco Goetz has been appointed to the Executive Board as Chief Transformation Officer."In addition to many years of management experience in several industries, Peter Baumgartner brings a proven track record in global transformation
Petersaurach (Germany), October 28, 2021 – With digital printing on backsheet films, RKW is opening up completely new marketing and advertising opportunities for its customers in the hygiene industry.A newly designed system at the RKW plant in Petersaurach (Germany) now makes it possible to transfer highly individual, high-quality print images onto backsheet films not only in very high quantities via flexographic printing, as was previously the case, but also in very short runs.
"In principle, it's like an office printer. Here, virtually any conceivable idea can be implemented in a short
Mannheim (Germany), October 11, 2021 – Sustainability plays a central role for the RKW Group. The RKW Group invests year-round and worldwide in modernizations and innovations in favor of sustainable products and processes. For the second time, the company and its approximately 3,000 employees have now also actively contributed to social commitment in a dedicated sustainability campaign.The five-layer extrusion line commissioned in August at the Echte site, the latest of several investments in RKW's center of excellence for industrial packaging, exemplifies the RKW Group's commitment to
Net Zero Carbon Cement Bag offers sustainable solution -
Mannheim, 29 September 2021 - The RKW Group has won the Supplier Innovation Challenge of the cement manufacturer Tarmac. The decisive factor for the success was the sustainability performance of the Net Zero Carbon Cement Bag, which is based on the ProVent solution. Tarmac is one of the leading sustainable building materials, road construction and building products companies in the UK.The production of cement generates around 2.8 billion tonnes of CO2 worldwide - that is almost eight percent of all emissions. The contribution that
