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Benecke Kaliko

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Industry
  
Automotive supplier

Website
  
www.benecke-kaliko.com

Headquarters
  
Hanover, Germany

Founded
  
1718

Key people
  
Dirk Leiß (Chairman)

Number of employees
  
2,569

Revenue
  
550 million EUR (2015)

Type
  
Aktiengesellschaft

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Benecke-Kaliko AG, based in Hanover, develops and manufactures technical and decorative surface materials made of plastics.

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Company

Benecke-Kaliko AG is based in Hanover and forms part of the ContiTech-Group. Its core expertise lies in the area of automotive interior trims. Benecke-Kaliko’s production activities are spread across four sites. In 2015, it generated sales of €550 million euro with a workforce of over 2,600 employees Benecke-Kaliko is the world market leader in the manufacture of sheeting for automotive interiors. The company produces soft trim for instrument panels, sun visors, glove compartment covers, airbag seals, door and side trim, seating, center consoles, and convertible roofs on behalf of automotive manufacturers. Benecke-Kaliko’s materials are also installed in airplanes, trains, RVs, and different industrial applications as well as on ships.

Main sites and products

At its headquarters in the Vinnhorst district of Hanover, Benecke-Kaliko employs around 1,000 staff members producing 36 mio m2 a year of surface materials.

At the Eislingen site, 500 employees manufacture around 18 mio m2 of thermoplastic polyolefin (TPO) sheeting a year.

In 2015, Benecke-Kaliko AG produced approximately 86 mio m² of surface materials.

Since 2006, Benecke Changshun Auto Trim Co., Ltd. based in Zhangjiagang, China, has manufactured PVC foam laminate and PVC-expanded leather for the Chinese automotive industry, currently producing up to 20 million m² a year with a workforce of around 480 staff members. This company is a joint venture with the Chinese automotive plastics retailer Jiangsu Changshun Group Co., Ltd. In 2013 a TPO production line was added.

A new plant was built in San Luis Potosí, Mexico, in 2008. The company has invested around €8 million in the factory. Since the start of 2009, this plant has been producing PVC foam laminate and PVC-expanded leather, as well as TPO compact foil and foam laminate for the American market – up to 7 million m² a year. The plant employs around 250 staff members.

Benecke-Kaliko has sales offices in numerous countries worldwide such as the USA, Brazil and India.

In fall 2014, Benecke-Kaliko started building a second Chinese plant in Changzhou. Series production (capacity of 10 mio m² a year) started end of 2015 with approximately 100 employees. The location has 159 employees. In addition, the company has acquired two locations from the Belgian Mecaseat Group in Pamplona, Spain and in Wagrowiec, Poland. Both locations combined currently have 160 employees and a capacity to produce around 8 million m² of surface materials. With this acquisition, Benecke-Kaliko has strengthened inter alia its industrial sector.

History

The company’s history dates back to 1718, when wall and ceiling covering materials were produced in Hanover under the name of “Königlich privilegierte Wachstuchmacherey vor dem Steinthore” [“Royally privileged oilcloth factory in front of the stone gate”] (i.e. outside the city walls, on Am Judenkirchhof). The relocation of the plant to its current site in Vinnhorst began in 1898 and the plant was opened in 1901.

The merger with Göppinger Kaliko GmbH took place in 1993, thereby creating the link with ContiTech Holding.

References

Benecke-Kaliko Wikipedia