Production Companies

Archroma is a global, diversified provider of specialty chemicals serving the branded and performance textiles, packaging and paper, and coatings, adhesives and sealants markets. Headquartered in Pratteln, Switzerland, the company operates a highly integrated, customer-focused platform that delivers specialized performance and color solutions to meet customers’ needs in their local markets, touching and coloring people’s lives every day, everywhere. Archroma works with 2,800 employees in 31 countries and with 25 production sites.

At the GENDORF Chemical Park, Archroma’s approx. 70 employees produce and develop new products based on short chain fluortelomers, which are sold to the global market as specialty products for producing and highly refining the surfaces for textile, paper, leather, and stone applications. These fluoroplastics also play a major role in the manufacture of medical textiles and high-quality protective face masks to ensure the widest possible protection against viruses.

Clariant operates its largest site worldwide with around 730 employees in the GENDORF chemical park in the "Bavarian chemical triangle". The focus of production is on chemical primary and intermediate products, which are further processed in the internal network and sold to industrial customers. The products from Gendorf primarily include basic and auxiliary materials for the production of detergents, fabric softeners, industrial and household cleaners, cosmetics, body care products and disinfectants, aircraft de-icing agents, heat transfer and brake fluids, and for oil production and processing. The most important raw materials for these products are ethylene from petroleum, fatty acids and fatty alcohols, both of which are mainly obtained from renewable sources. In addition, Clariant operates research and development departments, a technical center for process development and a department for quality assurance and analytics in Gendorf. The focus of research and development is to develop new products quickly and close to the market and to bring them to production maturity.

Clariant's focus is on innovation and sustainability. The company, which operates in the field of specialty chemicals, is represented on five continents with more than 100 group companies. Around 13,300 employees work for Clariant, which was founded in 1995. The head office is in Pratteln, near Basel, Switzerland.

Dyneon GmbH, a wholly owned 3M subsidiary, is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of fluoropolymers and specialized additives. Dyneon is specialized in the development, manufacturing, and marketing of fluoroelastomers, polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), fluorothermoplastics and plastics additives, and is represented in more than 50 countries via the distribution channels of the parent company 3M. With its facilities for research, development, and the production of fluoromonomers and fluoropolymers, the Gendorf site functions as the company’s German headquarters. Dyneon™ high-performance plastics and rubbers are used in a wide range of applications, such as the automobile industry, aerospace, the electrical, electronic, and semi-conductor industries, the chemical industry, and in architecture. The reliability and service life of plants, machinery and motors are increased because of the outstanding properties of these high-performance polymers, such as temperature and chemical resistance, electrical insulation properties, and flexibility. All Dyneon sites for design-engineering, development, manufacturing, and service are certified to the world-wide quality standard. The production facilities were also certified in accordance with the world-wide standard for environmental management systems.

Global Amines Company, established in 2013, is a 50:50 JV of Swiss global specialty chemicals company Clariant and Asia’s leading agribusiness group Wilmar International, based in Singapore. The company focuses on the production and sales of fatty amines and selected amine derivatives, further used in many everyday goods for personal and home care as well as for various technical applications. Global Amines combines Clariant’s long-time market experience with amines & derivatives and WILMAR’s strong position in vegetable oils and fats. Global Amines is thus the first fully integrated company along the value chain from renewable raw materials to fatty amine derivatives. With its own production facilities in Germany, Brazil, China, and Indonesia, and tolling facilities in other regions it provides a true global reach for the industrial, home & personal care segment and is now a top player in the field of amines.

At the GENDORF Chemical Park, Global Amines Germany GmbH employs round about 110 people for the manufacture of fatty amines and derivatives, further used in many everyday goods for personal and home care as well as for various technical applications.

The company Gummitechnik Kreißler GmbH (GTK) is a specialist for compression moulding, coatings and surface protection. The product range extends from the production of moulded rubber articles and special seals to the professional coating of pipelines and containers and surface protection for various chemicals. The company, based in the GENDORF Chemical Park in Burgkirchen, Upper Bavaria, was founded in 2011 and employs 14 highly qualified staff.

InfraServ Gendorf is the operator of the GENDORF Chemical Park and an expert in the chemical and process industry. With nearly 1,100 employees, InfraServ Gendorf develops and implements integrated solutions for economical and safe plant operation: from planning and construction, maintenance and plant operation to plant safety, environmental services/analytics and IT solutions. As a chemical park operator, the company offers services in the fields of on-site services, supply, disposal and logistics. About 50 young people are completing their vocational training at InfraServ Gendorf. InfraServ Gendorf Technik, InfraServ Gendorf Netze and the training academy Bildungsakademie Inn-Salzach are hundred percent subsidiaries of the InfraServ Gendorf Group.

Focused on delivering its vision: "The Sustainable Protection of Everyday Needs", kp is a global leader in rigid and flexible packaging, as well as specialty product films for pharmaceutical and medical devices, food, beverages, and cards. With a broad and innovative portfolio of packaging and product films and services, kp plays an integral role in the customer value chain, safeguards product integrity, ensures consumer health and safety, improves sustainability, and protects brand reputation. Founded in 1965, kp has 31 plants in 18 countries and more than 5,900 employees dedicated to serving customers worldwide at more than 60 locations.

At the Gendorf site, Klöckner Pentaplast develops and produces premium films for a wide range of technical applications. In addition to films for adhesive tape and premium furniture surface finishing films, the Gendorf-based product line also includes films for adhesive tape for insulation wraps, specialty- films for credit cards, and innovative shrink films for the packaging industry.

Linde is a leading global industrial gases and engineering company with 2020 sales of $27 billion (€24 billion). We live our mission of making our world more productive every day by providing high-quality solutions, technologies and services which are making our customers more successful and helping to sustain and protect our planet. The company serves a variety of end markets including chemicals & refining, food & beverage, electronics, healthcare, manufacturing and primary metals. Linde's industrial gases are used in countless applications, from life-saving oxygen for hospitals to high-purity & specialty gases for electronics manufacturing, hydrogen for clean fuels and much more. Linde also delivers state-of-the-art gas processing solutions to support customer expansion, efficiency improvements and emissions reductions. 

At the GENDORF Chemical Park, Linde Gas operates a plant for nitrogen iquefaction, including liquid storage and automatic tanker truck filling, as well as a plant for cleaning and liquefaction of carbon dioxide. The raw CO2 is delivered by the site partner Clariant. The cleaned and liquefied carbonic acid is food-grade.

W. L. Gore & Associates is a global material science company dedicated to transforming industries and improving lives. Since 1958 Gore has build a reputation for solving complex technical challenges in the most demanding environments – from space to the highest peak oft he world and the inside of the human body. Over 11,000 Associates and a strong, team-orientated corporate culture generate an annual sales of $3.8 billion. The headquarters is located in Newark, Delaware, USA.

Approximately 1.600 associates of W. L. Gore & Associates GmbH work in its four Bavarian locations in Putzbrunn, Feldkirchen-Westerham, Pleinfeld and Burgkirchen, supporting the full range of Gore’s product portfolio. In the five Putzbrunn plants, associates work in production, development, sales and service. Gore produces membranes, fabrics, filters and sealants for a multitude of applications as well as functional textiles. The Feldkirchen-Westerham facility is focused on sales, marketing and production of functional textiles for end-users. Gore’s activities for the brand GORE WEAR® are also centered at this location. Gore’s two Pleinfeld plants are dedicated to production and sales of cable products. At Burgkirchen/Chemical Park GENDORF location Gore operates a small-scale production facility for fluoropolymers with more than 80 associates. The products manufactured on site are not commercially available and are further processed for several products in the various business divisions.

 

As a leading manufacturer for PVC and an important partner for caustic soda, Westlake Vinnolit offers individual solutions for customers from a wide range of industries, such as the construction sector, the automotive industry, medical technology or pulp and paper production. As a manufacturer of high-quality PVC specialties, Westlake Vinnolit is a global market leader. At its headquarters in Ismaning near Munich and its four production sites in Burghausen, Gendorf, Knapsack and Cologne, 1,400 employees generate annual sales of around €1 billion.

Westlake Vinnolit participates in the chemical industry's Responsible Care program for the continuous improvement of safety, health and environmental protection and supports VinylPlus®, the European PVC industry's voluntary commitment to sustainable development, as an "Official Partner" financially, ideally and through active participation.