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Vinnolit GmbH & Co. KG is one of the leading PVC manufacturers in Europe and, worldwide, is among the Top 10 in Vinyls industry.

National and international activities of the company are managed from Ismaning, near Munich. Production sites are in Burghausen, Gendorf, Cologne, Knapsack, Schkopau and Hillhouse (UK). Turnover of Vinnolit in 2007 amounted to €816 million. Vinnolit employs 1,500 staff. Managing Directors are Dr Josef Ertl and Dr Ralph Ottlinger.

Vinnolit produces and markets a wide range of PVC products suitable for all kinds of PVC applications, e.g. in the building & construction sector, in the automotive industry or in the medical sector. Whether the PVC is for window profiles, rigid film, flooring, wall covering, technical coatings, automotive sealants or medical applications, Vinnolit is able to offer a suitable product. In the area of PVC products for special applications Vinnolit is the market and technical leader.

Additionally Vinnolit produces and markets intermediates such as caustic soda, vinyl chloride and tin tetrachloride, which are required in the chemical industry as well as in other branches.

VinTec - Vinnolit's technology center - is licensing EDC/VCM and S-PVC technology worldwide.

Vinnolit's main shareholder is Advent International.







History:
 
1993Founding of Vinnolit Kunststoff GmbH with Head Office in Ismaning, near Munich, combining the PVC activities of Hoechst AG and Wacker-Chemie GmbH
 
1998Founding of Vinnolit Monomer GmbH & Co. KG as a wholly owned subsidiary
Founding of Vinnolit Technologie GmbH & Co. KG (VinTec)
 
1998Founding of European marketing subsidiaries
 
2000Merger of the polymer and monomer activities into Vinnolit GmbH & Co. KG
Acquisition of the company by the private equity firm Advent International
Vintron GmbH in Knapsack becomes a wholly owned subsidiary
 
2003Integration of Vintron and VinTec into Vinnolit GmbH & Co. KG
 
2007Acquisition of the Paste PVC (E-PVC) business from Ineos ChlorVinyls