The family-owned company manufactures high-quality plastic films and polymer products for automotive, medical, construction and wind energy applications.
RENOLIT SE
Worms (headquarters)New on Amplifa
About RENOLIT
RENOLIT SE is an internationally active, independent family-owned company in the plastics industry headquartered in Worms. The group produces high-quality plastic films and polymer-based products, including window profile films, thermally formable furniture films, self-adhesive films for vehicle wrapping, surfaces, seals, and components for transfusion sets, façade cladding and pool liners. The core process is calendering, in which PVC films are manufactured on roller lines; a calender acquired in 1950 is still in use in production today. The company supplies industries such as automotive, medical and pharmaceutical, home and construction, marine applications, packaging, visual communication and wind energy. Around 5,000 employees develop and produce at more than 30 sites in 20 countries on four continents, over 1,000 of them at the Worms headquarters. Founded in 1946, the company is wholly owned by Andreas Lang, Christiane Helms and Anja Fischer.
- Site
- Worms
- Processes
- Production of plastic films, Calendering (film production with a calender), Production of thermally formable furniture films (thermoforming), Production of self-adhesive films, Production of window profile films
- Materials
- PVC (Igelit), Calendering, Thermoforming
- Founded
- 1946
- Employees
- 5000
- Industries
- Automotive, Medical & Pharma, Home & Construction, Marine/Shipping, Packaging, Visual Communication/Advertising
- 01
Compounding/Plastic granulate
- 02
Film calendering
- 03
Coating/Finishing (self-adhesive films)
- 04
Converting
- 05
Sales
Materials & Processes
PVC (Igelit)
Material used since the company's founding for films, sheets and surface products in almost all areas of application.
Calendering
Roller process for the continuous production of plastic films, especially from PVC.
Thermoforming
Process for processing thermally formable furniture films for three-dimensional surfaces.
Sites
Worms
DEHeadquarters and production
- Materials
- PVC
- Calender (roller line for film production, in use since 1950)
Products & Applications
Inside the production
Industries
Processes & technical limits
| Processes | Tolerance | Max. part | Weight | Lot size | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Production of plastic filmsPlastics | – | – | – | – | PVC |
| Calendering (film production with a calender)Plastics | – | – | – | – | PVC |
| Production of thermally formable furniture films (thermoforming)Plastics | – | – | – | – | PVC |
| Production of self-adhesive filmsPlastics | – | – | – | – | PVC |
| Production of window profile filmsPlastics | – | – | – | – | PVC |
1 Anlagen & Maschinen
| Machine | Manufacturer / model | Quantity | Working area | Year built | Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calender (roller line for film production) | – | 1 | – | 1950 | Worms |
Company History
- 1946
Founded on 4 May by Jakob Müller in Worms as “Renolit-Werke-Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung”; production of PVC sheets made of Igelit as a leather substitute with seven employees
- 1950
Acquisition of a calender for film production, which is still in use in production today
- 1956
Foundation stone laid for the current company headquarters in Worms; first foreign business in the Netherlands and Spain
- 1970er
Addition of self-adhesive films (e.g. for taxis and police vehicles) to the portfolio
- 1981
Introduction of films for window profiles
- 1989
Introduction of thermally formable furniture films
- 2006
Acquisition of Solvay's industrial films division for €330 million (19 sites in Europe/North America, joint ventures in China and Brazil) as well as acquisition of a film company in China
- 2008/2009
Expansion into Russia, Ukraine and India
- 2010
Acquisition of the Italian film manufacturer Eurogloss, integrated into Renolit Milano S.r.l.
- 2011
Expansion into Turkey; conversion from an AG into an SE (Societas Europaea)
- 2012
Acquisition of the Medical Film Division of Austar PMC (China), integration into Renolit Healthcare
- 2018
Opening of the production site Renolit Chile SpA in Valparaíso
- 2019
Separation from the RKW Group as part of a reorganization