Bishop + Klein
Bischof + Klein SE & Co. KG | |
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legal form | Societas Europaea |
founding | 1892 |
Seat | Lengerich , Germany |
management | Board:
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Number of employees | 2600 |
sales | approx. EUR 576 million |
Branch | Plastics processing |
Website | www.bk-international.com |
Status: 2017 |
The B + K SE & Co. KG , based in Lengerich in Tecklenburger Land is a medium-sized manufacturer of flexible packaging made of plastic and plastic composites, as well as technical films, family-owned.
The enterprise
The company has a total of around 2,600 employees.
The B + K group includes:
- Bischof + Klein SE & Co. KG
- Bischof + Klein Polska GmbH sp.k., Walce (Poland)
- Bischof + Klein (UK) Ltd., Telford (Great Britain)
- Bischof + Klein France SAS, Pont-Audemer (France)
The shareholders are the descendants of the company's founder, Alwin Klein.
history
In 1892, Alwin Klein and Hermann Bischof founded the “Bischof & Klein paper mill and mint”. In 1922 the company entered the packaging industry with the production of paper sacks for the neighboring lime and cement works (Dyckerhoff). Small paper packaging and newspaper printing expanded the range . In 1950 the production of consumer packaging was increased. At the beginning of the 1960s, B + K was one of the pioneers in plastics processing and has been producing industrial plastic packaging since 1963 . With the expansion of plastics processing, the range of consumer packaging was expanded from 1980. The technical foils division was also set up at this time.
Business areas
The product range includes various types of packaging from industrial packaging and consumer packaging to special films for technical applications. Industrial packaging are for the industries chemistry produced agriculture and horticulture, construction and housing, High-purity products and food and beverage. In the consumer sector , B + K produces packaging for the agricultural and gardening, construction and house, hygiene, food and luxury goods, pet food, detergents and cleaning products industries. The focus of technical films is the production of surface protection films and technical composite films or laminating films.
Technology and development
The B + K Group produces on systems for extrusion (mono- / coextrusion), gravure / flexographic printing, solvent-based / -free lamination and coating as well as for extrusion lamination and coating. In a separate production hall, the company produces packaging for high-purity products under clean room conditions .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Erik Edelmann (43) new CSO at Bischof + Klein. FAMILY BUSINESS in FOCUS (FiFo) , July 3, 2020, accessed on July 5, 2020 .
- ↑ see https://www.bk-international.com/de/unternehmen/
Web links
Coordinates: 52 ° 10 ′ 41.4 ″ N , 7 ° 51 ′ 33.2 ″ E