The Worms-based film specialist is the global market leader and still cultivates its local roots
The Worms-based family-owned RENOLIT celebrated its 75th birthday on May 4th 2021. Since its beginnings, the company has developed into the world market leader for high-quality plastic films and related products.
"Thanks to our employees, who contribute to our success with full commitment every day, we have developed into the successful company we are today", says Michael Kundel, Chief Executive Office of the RENOLIT Group. "Unfortunately, due to the Corona pandemic, no major anniversary celebration can take place this year. As a token of our appreciation, all employees worldwide will therefore receive an anniversary bonus and a gift box", Michael Kundel adds. "This way we can celebrate our anniversary - albeit separately - and look back on our company history with pride."
The company's history begins in the post-war period: in 1946, Jakob Müller, a leather manufacturer from Kirn, founded Renolit-Werke GmbH - the original name of the new company, which was then still located on the premises of the Heylsche Lederwerke in Worms. Initially, the company produced high-performance plastic films as a substitute for leather, which was in short supply after the war.
Since then, the field of application has changed considerably: Nowadays, the company's products are used in numerous industries worldwide. Today, the independent family business operates as the RENOLIT Group at more than 30 production sites and sales locations in 20 countries. Seven employees in 1946 have now grown to more than 4,800 worldwide.
American RENOLIT Corporation located in LaPorte, Indiana employs approximately 200 employees. American RENOLIT Corporation is the headquarters for the US, while Worms is the global headquarters. American RENOLIT Corporation produces films for the sign, graphics, label industry, as well as film solutions for Interior Surface Finishes and Exterior Applications.
RENOLIT plastic films can be used to finish the surfaces of furniture and construction elements, to seal roof and civil engineering structures or to line swimming pools. The company produces films and tubes for medical applications and recyclable sheets as composite products with natural fibres for the construction and automotive industries. In addition, RENOLIT films are used to make products for office organisation, automotive interiors, self-adhesive products for the graphics and label industry as well as technical products. New in the range are a corrosion protection film for onshore wind turbines and furniture and storage solutions for garden, terrace and balcony.
The company
The RENOLIT Group is a globally active specialist for high-quality plastic films, sheets and other polymer solutions. With more than thirty production sites and sales units in over twenty countries, and with annual sales of EUR 1,032 billion in fiscal year 2020, the company with headquarters in Worms – around 70 km south of Frankfurt-am-Main – is one of the world’s leading plastics product manufacturers. More than 4,800 employees continue to further develop the knowledge and expertise gained from seventy-five years of business.
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