J. Rettenmaier & Söhne Gmbh + Co KG (JRS)
We are a manufacturer, problem solver and reliable system/ technology partner for a wide range of industries. As an owner-operated family company we have had strong roots in our region Southern Germany since 1878 and as a corporate group are now globally active, with around 4000 employees at over 90 locations worldwide. A spirit of inventiveness, courage and close customer relations has shaped what began as a classic oil and grain mill into global market and knowledge leader in the sustainable, functional plant fiber technology segment. We believe in a sustainable, better future and diligently contributing our part. For this reason we are always innovative with our JRS plant fiber technology to make nutritional products healthier, pharmaceutical products more improved and industrial products more resource-friendly - for a tomorrow worth living.
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- Business Type:
- Manufacturer
- Industry Type:
- Manufacturing, Other
- Market Focus:
- Globally (various continents)
- Year Founded:
- 1878
This company also provides solutions for other industrial applications.
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About Us
As an owner-managed, independent family business, we stand for innovation, long-term perspectives, reliability and security.
The global orientation of JRS makes an optimal procurement of raw materials of the highest possible quality whis is an important requirement in order to produce a wide variety of unique products. Our certified advanced production technology stands for top quality, innovative functionality and a perfect price/performance ratio.
As a global group of companies with employees at more than 60 manufacturing and regional sales organisations around the world, we are an appealing employer with a wide range of tasks and job descriptions.
We supply fibers in many variations, many of which benefit the processing industry in several ways:
- through innovative products with added-value,
- through solutions with cost advantages,
- through many technical and functional advantages,
- through high quality standards,
- through individually tailored application solutions.
Furthermore, our company offers all our customers room for progressive ideas through close cooperation in the transfer of technology.
Ecological and economical viability of our corporate activities is always a prerequisite for this.
All JRS employees work with this joint responsibility day-in, day-out.
History
- 1878 Acquisition of oil and corn mill, field Name 'im Holz' (Wood)
- 1938 Start of the industrial wood fiber production.
- 1949 Acquisition of the Heilbronn factory.
- 1953 Foundation of the J. Rettenmaier & Söhne OHG
- 1956 Beginning of the cellulose powder production.
- 1967 JRS develops new cellulose granules.
- 1975 Further refinement of cellulose powder.
- 1977 JRS provides cellulose fibers as an environmentally-friendly alternative for the asbestos processing industry.
- 1988 Production of fiber pellets for road construction in the Calenberg/Hanover plant.
- 1992 Start of production of MCC products (microcrystalline cellulose) for the pharmaceutical industry at the Weissenborn site in Saxony.
- 1993 Start of production and market introduction of wheat fiber.
- 1994 The Lodenau site begins production of fiber pellets for road construction. The first JRS office opens in Hong Kong.
- 1997 Start of production of carboxymethyl starch (CMS) at the Pirna site.
- 1998 Start of production at the JRS plant in USA schoolcraft.
- 1999 Start of production of croscarmellose at the Pirna plant.
- 2001 Start of oat fiber production at the Lodenau factory.
- 2003 JRS Pharma established in Europe and USA, business expansion with further production sites in Finland and USA. Start of production of colloidal MCC at the Weissenborn site.
- 2004 Capacity expansions for MCC production.
- 2006 Another plant in Cedar Rapids, United States for food products. Joint venture between JRS Pharma/GMW, Gujarat Microwax Private Limited (GMPL, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India).
- 2009 Start of production of HPMC and MC work in Zacapu, Mexico.
- 2010 Presentation of UFC (ultra-fine cellulose). Integration of ProJect Pharmaceutics GmbH, Biotech Services in JRS Pharma Business.
- 2011 Start of production at the Ellwangen site. Celonic AG, Biotech Services joins the JRS Pharma Family
- 2012 Completion of the Balakhna factory in Russia.
- 2013 Rettenmaier Switzerland AG founded. Absorption Corp./ Healthy Pet, USA, became part of the Petcare-Family.
- 2014 Food Application Laboratory opened in Asia, USA.
- 2015 Integration Canadian Harvest Oat Fiber-Production JRS South Africa founded, JRS Holzenergie Willburgstetten, Rettenmaier SEA Malaysia
- 2016 JRS-plant Brenil, France Integration JRS Holzenergie HEW Ettenheim and Herbrechtingen