Why RKW?
Why should applicants consider us? – Every company that is looking for the best people asks itself this question. Our specialists and managers offer some convincing arguments.
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Why do you work for RKW?
Every member of our team has their own personal answer to this question. But on some points, there is overwhelming agreement. Our employees are impressed by:
- the challenging and diverse tasks
- the various opportunities to develop professionally, also internationally
- the focus on future objectives
- the openness for ideas
- our special climate of Respect and cooperation.
What do you expect from your professional future?
This is where our particular strengths are so important: The reliability of a family-owned company...
... and the dynamics of a global player
which loves new challenges and embraces the future with creativity and innovation.
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59 years of experience in research, development and production of polyolefine films decorate RKW. In 1957, Jakob Müller founded the Rheinische Kunststoffwerke GmbH in Worms (Germany). The company has been expanding internationally since the 1960’s. Since the end of the 1990’s, RKW has grown through acquisitions in the USA, Vietnam, etc.
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21 locations of the RKW Group, apart from our headquarters in Frankenthal, are in Germany, Belgium, Finland, France, Sweden, USA, Egypt and Vietnam.
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3,000 people work for the RKW Group around the world.
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405,000 tonnes of PE and PP (Polyethylene and Polypropylene) are processed annually by our teams with advanced machines and technologies to films, nonwovens and nets.
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€ 953 million sales were generated in Jahr 2015
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100 percent family-owned. The owners of RKW do not just promote the global growth of RKW but also a strong and reliable corporate culture.
Respect!
What does Respect mean to you? Who do you Respect most? Have you already discovered how Respect for people and products facilitates successful cooperation?
For us at RKW, Respect is a virtue in itself. This means that Respect is not just an important success factor (as our customers always tell us) but also a topic which guides and steers us as a family-owned company. We feel responsible for the people who work for us. We value every individual employee. And we are pleased about the good atmosphere at RKW and the mutual trust with which we are met.
Read some of our respect stories!
College graduates
Freshly graduated? Join us and move up.
You offer us state-of-the-art knowledge and personal strengths. You could find the perfect opportunity with us: You could start at your position of choice directly or test your skills as a trainee. What makes us special? What do you want to achieve? Your team assists your start into your working life and your career planning. Willing to help, open for all questions and with many useful impulses. If you join us motivated, there are numerous opportunities for you both in Germany and abroad. Do you already have professional experience? Do you like to solve problems, especially in a team? Are you flexible and start packing when international opportunities are in sight? If so, we can offer you interesting career options!
Students
Still studying? Gain career experience with us.
With us, you will learn what you cannot learn in lecture theatres: Practical management, marketing or production, insights into materials and markets – and the satisfaction of working as part of a team and taking responsibility for your first independent work. At RKW, students do not spend time photocopying or making coffee but use their practice times to gather valuable work experience. We take you seriously and respect your knowledge: You can pass this on in team discussions! This allows you to establish contacts at an early stage and to prepare a future career at RKW. Practical advantage: Internship If you have successfully completed your basic study period, you can get to know the numerous specialist fields and networks of a Global Player at RKW. You can apply your theoretical knowledge to practical tasks.
- Internships at RKW usually last from 3 to 12 months
- Depending on the location, we offer internships in commercial and technical areas
- You will have a dedicated contact person and will be actively integrated into a team
High school graduates
School graduation in sight? Discover what you can achieve.
Half of life is work. And therefore it should be fun. Our tip: Apply to RKW now for a training place in your favourite occupation! Nine countries. 21 locations. And different apprenticeship programs: RKW offers diversity, advanced technologies, international opportunities along with the pleasant atmosphere of a family-owned company. We look after each other, are fair and helpful. Our trainees are just as important as the “old hands”. And regardless of which area you chose, we will make sure that you get excellent training and a good start to your working life.
One day apprenticeship at RKW
Take a look and see what apprenticeship in production at RKW looks like. Our apprentices Aziz Cengiz, Vahdet Imrak, Dominik Kammerer and Marco Rotter (RKW Site Petersaurach, Germany) contribute with this short video, developed and created by themselves, to a campaign of the German Plastics Industry Association (IK) that focuses on the topic of apprenticeship in the plastic packaging industry.
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Discover how respect at RKW helps people and the company to succeed. Would you like to take part? We are looking forward to hearing from you..