Kobusch-Sengewald - facts

Business unit:
Producer and processor of flexible packaging material and provider of special packaging solutions

Production sites:
Warburg, Halle/Westphalia

Employees: Approx. 500

Managing directors:
Hartmut Scherf, Erwin Vahle, Dr. Carsten Esser

Sales: Approx. 132 million Euros

Market segments:
Fresh food, dry food, non food, medical

• Mono films, laminated films and coextruded films
• Peelable films
• Barrier films (MAP)
• Flat and (semi-) tubular films
• Deep-drawn films
• Shrink sleeves and stretch sleeves, wrap-around labels
• Medical films and other rollstock for sterile barrier systems
• Medical films and bags for I.V. solutions 
• Stand-up pouches and top gusset bags, flat and chain bags 
• Sterilisable and boilable films and bags
• Bags with and without reclosure system
• Laser perforation
• Packaging systems: top and base web fitting together 
• Metallised films / Aluminium laminates
• Rotogravure and flexographic printing for as many as ten colours
• Solvent-based and solvent-free lamination

References:
Apollinaris, B. Braun, Bernard Matthews, Birkel, Duni, Fit, Fresenius, Gambro, Harry-Brot, Henkel, Katjes, Nestlé/Herta, Procter & Gamble, Reckitt/Benckiser, Sinalco, Vileda etc.

Certificates and standards:
IMS: Integrated Management System (quality/environment/hygiene/operational safety)

• DIN EN ISO 9001:2000
• DIN EN ISO 14001:2004
• HACCP Certification
• BRC/IoP Certification

• Organic film (made of renewable raw materials, bio-degradable, compostable)
• Reclosable lid film
• Laser perforation for easy-opening of bags

Ownership:
Kobusch-Sengewald is a subsidiary of the international group Pregis Corporation, one of the leading producers of specialty packaging solutions with production sites in 18 countries, and sales (2007) of 1 billion US$.