Kautex Textron

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Kautex Textron GmbH & Co. KG

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legal form GmbH & Co. KG
founding 1935
Seat Bonn , GermanyGermanyGermany 
management Jörg Rautenstrauch (Managing Director)
Number of employees > 6,000 (2019)
sales $ 2.2 billion (2019)
Branch Plastics , automotive suppliers, packaging
Website www.kautex.de
Status: 2019

Company building on Kautexstr. in Bonn

The Kautex Textron GmbH & Co. KG is a subsidiary of the multi-industry company Textron Inc. and a supplier for hybrid and conventional plastic tank systems , selective catalytic reduction systems (SCR) as well as camera and sensor cleaning systems. Further products are camshafts, cast parts and plastic packaging for a wide variety of industries. The company is headquartered in Bonn.

history

In 1935 Reinold Hagen founded the galvanic workshops in Siegburg . These took over galvanic work as well as the production of stamped and drawn articles. Later, it was renamed the operation in Kautex ( Rubberised schuk- Ex ). Seals, sleeves, hoses and profiles were produced. As a result, Kautex succeeded in being the first company in the world to produce a container over ten liters using the blow molding process . In 1944, Kautex had 230 employees.

At the end of the Second World War , the plant was completely destroyed. In 1945 a new plant was built on its own property in Hangelar, which started production in 1946 with 47 employees. In 1959, Kautex already employed over a thousand people and was the largest European manufacturer of thermoplastic hollow bodies. In 1958, a branch was also built in Bonn - Duisdorf .

In 1964, the company built the prototype of a plastic fuel tank made of polyamide for the automaker Ford and in 1972 Kautex developed the first plastic fuel tank made of HDPE for Volkswagen . With the purchase of a plant in Waldkirch in 1992, Kautex expanded its packaging segment. At that time, barrels, canisters and bottles were produced in Waldkirch. Today the plant specializes in the production of plastic canisters and bottles for the chemical, agrochemical, pharmaceutical and food industries. In 1976 the mechanical engineering division was sold to Krupp and was given the name Krupp Kautex . In 1994 the company began manufacturing a multi-layer car tank using the coextrusion blow molding process developed by Kautex. Until then, the wall of a tank was single-layer.

In 1996 the company began to expand into Asia and a year later it was acquired by the American conglomerate Textron .

In 2004, in collaboration with Bosch , the company started developing an ammonia tank for diesel vehicles with an SCR catalytic converter . In 2005, the first PZEV plastic fuel tank system that complies with California Air Resources Board guidelines was produced. In 2006, Kautex Textron began developing a tank system called NGFS, in which all parts are fastened inside the tank. The first series orders for NGFS and SCR follow in 2007. In 2015, Kautex delivered another industry premiere with the hybrid fuel tank made entirely of plastic. This made Kautex the first supplier on the market with two plastic tank solutions that met the requirements for pressurization.

Products

Automotive

The company produces the following auto parts:

  • conventional fuel tank made of plastic
  • pressurized fuel tanks (hybrid fuel tanks)
  • Cleaning systems for windshields and headlights
  • autonomous cleaning systems for driver assistance systems ( ADAS , Advanced Driver Assistance Systems)
  • Camshafts

Industrial Products

Kautex IP (Industrial Products) develops and produces bottles and canisters with a filling volume of 10 milliliters up to 30 liters made of the following plastics:

The containers manufactured using the mono- and co-extrusion blow molding process are produced for the chemical, agrochemical, pharmaceutical and food industries as well as for laboratories. New bottles and canisters are created in the company's own packaging development department in Bonn-Duisdorf.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Imprint
  2. ↑ About Kautex
  3. ↑ Annual Report 2019 of Textron Inc.
  4. ↑ See also Dr. Reinold Hagen Foundation
  5. ^ Theodor Rutt: Land on Sieg and Rhine - History-Culture-Economy . Scientific archive, Urkunde-Bild-Chronik, Bonn 1960
  6. ↑ For the history of Kautex, see the Packaging Journal.
  7. ↑ See also [1] Kautex Advanced Fuel Systems
  8. ↑ See also Kautex Automotive
  9. ↑ See also conventional fuel systems
  10. ↑ See also Kautex Advanced Fuel Systems
  11. ↑ See also Kautex Clear Vision Systems
  12. ↑ See also ADAS
  13. ↑ See also [2] CWC Textron Castings
  14. ↑ See also [3] Kautex Industrial Products

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Coordinates: 50 ° 45 ′ 3.7 ″  N , 7 ° 9 ′ 42.1 ″  E