Klöckner Pentaplast
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| Klöckner Pentaplast Group | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1965 |
| Headquarters | London, United Kingdom |
| Website | www.kpfilms.com |
Company Profile
Klöckner Pentaplast (kp) is a plastics manufacturer that is purpose-driven to deliver sustainable protection of everyday needs by creating innovative films and trays such as blister packaging that provide product safety, help avoid food waste, safeguard medication and medical devices and protect the integrity of countless durable products with Klöckner Pentaplast's pharmaceutical packaging.
The company designs and manufactures for a sustainable solution that their customers use to package and protect products in daily situations around the globe. As well as the company understands the responsibility for a circular economy where plastics are a source of valuable raw material.
The company was originally founded in Montabauer, Germany in1965 and today it has 31 plants in 18 countries and employs more than 5,700 people.
kp continually invests in state-of-the-art technology to ensure that their products perform consistently and meet precise specifications for colour, surface, thickness, formulation and function.
The company applies and maintains these internationally recognized business management standards at our global manufacturing plants:
- ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System
- ISO 14001:2015 Environmental Management System
- British Retail Consortium (BRC) Global Standard for Packaging and Packaging Materials
- SQF Food Safety Codes
- ISO 45001:2018
- ISO 50001:2018
Products/Technology
- Pharma and medical
- Pharmaceutical packaging films
- Medical device packaging films
- Consumer Packaging
- General Thermoforming Packaging Films
- Anti-Static and Static Control Films
- SmartCycle® films for Consumer Packaging
- Food Packaging
- Protein Food Packaging Trays
- Recyclable Food-to-go Packaging Films
- Flexible films for Food Packaging
- Rigid Plastic Food Packaging Films
- Recyclable Polystyrene Diary Packaging
- Fresh Produce Packaging Solutions
- Recyclable Bakery Packaging Solutions
- Labels
- Shrink Sleeve Plastic Label Films
- Pentalabel® Pressure-Sensitive Label Films
- Pentalabel® Roll Sleeve Label Films
- Wine Capsule Label Films
- Battery Label Films
- Cards and Graphics
- Sustainable Films and Overlays For Bank Cards
- Print, Box and Stationery Films
- Home, building and construction
- Cooling Tower and Pipe Insulation Films
- Pentatape® PVC films
- Pentadecor® Decorative Surface Films
- Plastic Films For Vinyl Flooring
History
- 1965 - founded in Montabaur, Germany
- 1970 - begins exporting to USA and Canada
- 1977 - kpAmericas founded in Gordonsville, Virginia, USA
- 1990's - the following companies were aquired during the 1990's: Roxan GmbH, Aerni-Leuch, AG and Stanley Smith Ltd
- 1996 - kpEurope forms joint venture with Hoechst/Kalle to form Kalle Pentaplast GmbH. The kpGroup becomes world’s leading producer of high-quality rigid films
- 2000's - Aquisition of: ARCOR, VillPET, P&E Verpackungen GmBH, G-PLAS, Witt Plastics, Greenway Plastics, RIFLEX PMC Film and Waytek Corporation
- Greenfield sites built: Beaver, Rayong, Santo Tirso and Suzhou
- 2012 - kp acquired by a group of investors led by Strategic Value Partners, LLC
- 2015 - kp’s 50th anniversary
- First kp i.center: Charlottesville, USA
- Facility relocation: Montreal, Canada
- Capacity expansion: Gendorf, Germany
- 2016 - Expansion: new slitting line Cotia, Brazil.
- kp acquires Farmamak (Istanbul, Turkey)
- 2017 - kp acquires LINPAC Senior Holdings Ltd
- 2018 - kp London, Corporate Office opens
References
PETplanet Insider Articles
Issue 03 / 2022: Klӧckner Pentaplast: rPET/PET capacity expansion
