Röchling Automative AG & Co. KG

The Röchling Group, which is headquartered in Mannheim, includes a large number of locations in countries all over the world. With a workforce of several thousand employees, they  manufacture products in close proximity to its customers and markets. Their three company divisions, Industrial, Automotive and Medical, generate billions in sales every year on the European, American and Asian continents.

The history of Röchling begins in 1822: That was the year in which Friedrich Ludwig Röchling founded a coal trading company in Völklingen. His four nephews, the "Röchling brothers," begin producing coke and processing industrial iron in 1849. The acquisition of Völklinger Iron Works in 1881, now a UNESCO World Heritage site, marks the beginning of the steel era. But that's not the only material Röchling bets on - in 1920, it acquires its first plastics company, making it a trailblazer in plastics processing.

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