Company

family business in 3rd generation
165 employees, including 4 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

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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)