Centroplast
Creating value from plastic.
Innovation in plastic since 1961
We at Centroplast Engineering Plastics GmbH master your challenges!
Since Centroplast Engineering Plastics GmbH was founded, we have been passionately dedicated to the development and production of plastics.
Over the years, we have continuously expanded our expertise and today we are proud to extrude thermoplastics and manufacture high-quality components and assemblies. Our customers are from many industries and we specialize in meeting their individual requirements.
As a renowned plastics specialist, we not only focus on high-quality semi-finished products, but also offer customized finished parts in small or large series. Our focus is on developing sophisticated technical solutions that meet your specific challenges and applications. We understand the diversity of industries and pride ourselves on delivering innovative plastic solutions that meet the highest quality standards.
Your partner for customized plastic solutions
Our team of experts is always on hand to support you in all matters relating to plastics and plastics processing.
We are at your side right from the beginning:
- For development projects
- In custom production
- For the manufacturing of spare parts
- For the implementation of series production
Trust in our many years of experience and let us form values out of plastics together. We look forward to successfully implementing your projects and offering you customized solutions.
The best customer experience you can have through technology,
product and service.
We are more than just a collection of products and services. Our company philosophy is characterised by a clear "why", an effective "how" and a diverse "what". The various technical challenges of our customers and our innovative strength are the driving force behind the development of state of the art plastic solutions.
Why
Through our innovative prowess, we develop “state of the art” solutions in plastics that will always meet the technical challenges of our customers.
How
The perfect combination of innovative technology,
the product and service enables us to offer highly individualized solutions for our customers. We attach great importance to a results-oriented cooperation with our customers.
What
As a plastics specialist, we are able to fulfill both customer requests for semi-finished products and for customized finished parts in small or large series.
We develop mature technical solutions for specific customer challenges and applications.
Our strenghts at Centroplast
To our power in innovation we build "State of the Art"solutions in plastic. For your industry - customised for your company.
- Semi-finished products: High-quality semi-finished products made of thermoplastics according to individual requirements.
- Finished parts: Customised finished parts in small and large series.
- Technical solutions: Development of sophisticated technical solutions for specific challenges.
- Partner in innovation: Advice on innovative plastics solutions.
The perfect interaction of innovative technology, products and service enables us to fulfil highly individualised customer wishes.
Our values are deeply rooted in our corporate culture.
We are ...
inventive
For us, clever solutions add value for our customers.
reliable
The satisfaction of our customers is our future success.
courageous
Only with courage can we break new ground together with our customers.
results-oriented
Thinking in terms of results makes us proud of our work.
approachable
The dialog with our customers enables us to reach top performance.
curious
We create continuous value for our customers through constant curiosity.
The fascinating evolution of plastics through Centroplast
From the beginnings until today
The history of plastics is still young: They have only been produced since the start of the 20th century – and have been making many areas of our everyday lives easier since then. Centroplast has been passionately committed to the development and production of plastics since 1961.
We have summarised the most important milestones of our company for you in our brief history:
- 1961: Company founded under the name of Gleitstoff-Gesellschaft mbH & Co KG.
- 1973: Company name changed to Centroplast Kunststofferzeugnisse GmbH
- 1981: Production of plastic semi-finished parts and finished plastic products
- 1991 - 93: Expansion of the production skills, production of high-performance plastics
- 1996: Successful certification per DIN ISO 9001
- 1998: Centroplast becomes an integral part of Centrotec SE
- 2004: Company name changed to Centroplast Engineering Plastics GmbH
- 2008: Expansion of the machining with 5-axis CNC machining centres
- 2014: Introduction of the 3D printing process
- 2015: Expansion and professionalisation of the internal processes; formation of the material development department
- 2016: Construction of the in-house laboratory
- 2017: Extrusion of the world's largest bipolar plate made of graphite-polymer compound.
- 2018: Opening of a sales office for the French market
- 2019: Production of technical films
- 2020: Establishment of series production for bipolar plates made of graphite-polymer compound
Focus on sustainability
Environmental standards at Centroplast
At Centroplast, we regard sustainability as an integral part of our corporate culture. We have established working methods that promote the sustainable treatment of resources and respect people and the environment.
Our responsibility goes beyond direct influences such as energy consumption, emissions, waste and waste water. In addition to efficient, resource-conserving products, we identify potentials for reducing energy consumption and pollutant emissions.
We consider not only direct but also indirect factors such as product life time, administrative decisions as well as the behaviour of our contractors.
We hardly working on reducing raw material waste every day. We continuously optimise material recycling through efficient work planning in order to make a sustainable contribution to conserving resources.
Quality management by Centroplast
Quality is not achieved at a single location –quality can only be achieved if everyone in the company stays continually focussed on this overall goal. For this reason, the high quality demands at Centroplast apply to every process.
From the first consultation with our customers about the manufacturing of thermoplastics in our in-house extrusion plant, their mechanical processing as well as delivery in exact quantities, on time at the agreed date of course – all of our workers live and breathe the "Total Quality Management System". Centroplast staff members take responsibility for this claim at all levels and are continuously involved in all optimisation processes.
PFAS Statement
We are committed to reducing PFAS (per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances) in our processes and products. This initiative emphasises our commitment to environmental protection and consumer safety. We are committed to full transparency and will report on our progress.
Our manufacturing is implemented in compliance with DIN 7168 medium or DIN 2768 medium tolerances for plastics. Random sample checking measurements and subsequent final testing with calibrated measurement and testing equipment are used to verify the product quality of our semi-finished parts and finished parts.
One-hundred percent quality checking for an order incl. documentation is also possible on request. All measurement and testing equipment is monitored at regular intervals and its calibration documented in test logs. We can also deliver our products with accompanying test logs on request.
Non-destructive testing of the semi-finished parts for cavities, inclusions and porosity is carried out at regular intervals with ultrasonic testing. Ultrasonic testing of semi-finished parts can generally be carried out during the checking procedures, with corresponding customer order.
Certification per DIN ISO 9001 shows that the quality standards at Centroplast are not just written on paper, but rather are in daily use. In addition, audits can be carried out by independent test centres.
Also, we can verify standards compliance for anything that impacts the end product itself: Of course our thermoplastics are produced and delivered in accordance with the quality standard DIN EN 15860.
For many of our customers, it is also important to know what approvals our plastics have, e.g. whether they are suitable for contact with foodstuffs. All of our approvals and certificates are available in the download area of our online portal AdvanceDock.
The certification per DIN ISO 9001 can also be found here
The REACh ordinance per EU directive 1907/2006/EC has been valid since 01.06.2007 and replaced the European chemical act which had been applicable until then.
REACh stands for:
R = Registration
E = Evaluation
A = Authorisation and Restriction
Ch = Chemicals
Amongst other things, the REACh ordinance requires that all substances (chemicals and preparations) produced in the EU, are pre-registered and registered with the European chemical agency (ECHA). The REACh ordinance applies to all chemicals and preparations.
Polymers are explicitly (per article 2, section 9) excepted from registration and evaluation. As a result, there is no mandatory registration for our semi-finished plastic parts and finished plastic parts.
RoHS Certificate of Conformity Directive 2011/65/EU and (EU) 2015/863
RoHS stands for:
- R estriction
- o f
- H azardous
- S ubstances
The RoHS Directives 2011/65/EU and (EU)2015/863 of the European Union regulate the restriction of the use of hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment.