Investment in capacity expansion - RKW Echte inaugurates new ten-color printing line
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,
Every year, EU citizens produce an average of 500 kg of household waste per capita - a trend that is continuing. In view of limited natural resources and a growing world population, recycling is becoming increasingly important. In the future, it will be important to use materials as often as possible before they are incinerated, landfilled or, in the worst case, simply disposed of in the environment. For this reason, the RKW Group is committed to expanding the circular economy and intensifying its recycling initiatives.Recycling makes waste usable again and returns it to the economic cycle –