Facts about FRIES
Company
- family business in 3rd generation
- 200 employees, including 7 apprentices
- export rate 89 % in about 50 countries
- 4 strategic business segments:
- Packaging – buckets, jerrycans, drums and cans for transportation of foods, dangerous foods, pharmacy, chemistry or for storrage of explosive substances
- Gastronomy – dishwashing and storrage baskets, numerous of international patents are hold
- Industrial baskets und workpiece carrier systems – used in the industrial parts cleaning
- Moulding – automotive industry
Corporate video
History
- 2019 Formation of Cup Concept Belgium
Subsidiary company Cup Concept forms a Joint-Venture with the company Biopack in Gistel - 2018 NSF-Certificate
- 2018 100% takeover of Cup Concept, formation Cup Concept Austria
Fries takes over 100% of the market leader for reusable solutions - 2017 Majority stake in Cup Concept Mehrwegsysteme GmbH Sexau
Fries acquires the majority stake in the market leader for reusable solutions - 2014 Industrial parts cleaning
Fries develops the first heat and chemical-resistant racks made from plastic for industrial parts cleaning - 2013 Name is changed to Fries Kunststofftechnik GmbH
- 2010 Investment in company Cup Concept
Market leader of distribution and cleaning of returnable cups in the events sector - 2005 Automotive
Production of automotive parts – manufactured using extrusion blow moulding method - 2003 Sale of yarn carrier activities to Italy
(migration of customer target group) - 2000 Launch of IML
Installation of first IML (InMouldLabeling) system for manufacturing high-quality, embellished items using injection moulding - 1995 Automotive production
Production of injection moulding parts for automotive industry - 1994 Certification in line with EN ISO 9001
- 1977 Division of Emil Adolff
- 1957 Extrusion blow moulding begins
Expansion through manufacture of hollow containers - 1954 Polymer processing begins
Manufacture of items using injection moulding method - 1935 Takeover by Emil Adolff
Manufacture of textile yarn carriers (spools) made from paper for spinning mills (textile industry) - 1896 Theodor FRIES was founded
Manufacture of textile yarn carriers (spools) made from paper for spinning mills (textile industry) - 1896 Initial production begins