Today has seen a landmark merger in the promising business area of blown film extrusion: 

Reifenhäuser GmbH & Co KG Maschinenfabrik from Troisdorf and Kiefel Extrusion GmbH in Worms joined together under the roof of the Reifenhäuser Group forming the new REIFENHÄUSER KIEFEL EXTRUSION GmbH.  This set's  the course for growth and market leadership in this business field.

Worms will be the headquarters of the new business unit. 

There is hardly any other name in the plastics sector that epitomises innovative strength like the name Reifenhäuser. The group with its seat in Troisdorf is the largest provider of machines and lines for the extrusion of thermoplastic materials worldwide.

In 2008, Kiefel Extrusion GmbH together with its subsidiaries realised turnover proceeds of some 40 million euros. With its approximately 200 employees, the innovativ company is among the world’s leading providers of blown film extrusion lines and other machinery for the production and conversion of high-quality flexible films. Worldwide the products are used both in the consumer goods segment, for example in food packaging and also in industrial goods packaging. Sales are effected via a global network.

"Through the joining of our technical competencies at the Troisdorf and Worms sites, we have created the world's largest development and know-how pool in this sector and moved to the top of our market", explains Bernd Reifenhäuser (43), managing director of the parent company, Reifenhäuser GmbH & Co KG Maschinenfabrik.

"Together, we offer the most comprehensive range worldwide of extrusion lines for blown film applications", emphasises Edgar Gandelheidt, former managing director of Kiefel Extrusion GmbH and also future managing director of Reifenhäuser Kiefel Extrusion GmbH in Worms. "This brings benefits to our customers whom we support as innovative partners and of course to our employees for whom we are reliable and solid employers going forward," the 47-year-old adds.