WHEN EXCELLENCE MATTERS The RKW Group is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of film and nonwoven solutions. With around 3,000 employees at 20 global locations, the company processes approximately 370 thousand tons of plastic materials each year.
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the world of polyolefin films and nonwovens, the RKW Group is a well-known presence. With over 60 years of film manufacturing experience, the firm has long been recognised for its high performance and quality standards. RKW has embraced sustainability as an integral part of its corporate social responsibility plan. With sustainable film and nonwoven solutions, the Group’s goal is to improve the daily life of consumers.
Comprehensive Sustainability Approach Sustainability is a core focus of RKW. This is immediately obvious when reading RKW’s award-winning Sustainability Report, which details its extensive strategy. The company has already taken steps to realize many of its objectives, such as reducing energy consumption by investing in equipment with energy-saving potential. Some of the many other actions include purchasing energy from renewable sources, recovering heat for reuse, reducing water consumption, installing building insulation, or using materials based on renewable sources.
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RKW is also a member of the Zero Pellet Loss Initiative, and so aims to reduce pellet loss across the entire process chain and recycle scrap wherever possible. Every RKW Site has its own recycling facilities, where scrap is reprocessed into high-quality regranulate. Reducing film thickness and weight, known as ‘lightweighting’, is also a challenge the company is concentrating on. It supports RKW’s sustainability strategy by increasing load sizes in trucks and thereby reducing the number of trucks on the road. A range of products have already benefited from RKW’s efforts in this area.
RKW Gronau Site RKW’s main production Site for nonwovens is located in Gronau, Germany. It offers a wide range of nonwoven solutions that are customized for every potential need. These are manufactured with state-of-the-art technology ensuring high standards of purity combined with excellent mechanical properties. The nonwovens
