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Mission and tradition

We are the leading global specialty supplier of ultra-thin, functional metal and composite foils for technical applications. We are a system partner for our customers and attach great importance to a sustainable approach to our employees, our environment and society. EppsteinFOILS is a member of WV Metalle and Plattform Blei.

 

Tradition and future orientation perfectly combined

Since 1852, a success story in foils is being written in the historic city quarter of Eppstein.

At the foot of Eppstein Castle in the Rhine-Main region and about 20 minutes by car away from Frankfurt airport, we produce ultra-thin tin foils and lead foils and also foils based on their alloys or NE metals.

EppsteinFOILS is a mid-sized enterprise, equally characterised by many years of tradition, continuous adjustment to technological transformation, and changing customer requirements. Continuity and innovation go hand-in-hand at our company.

Modern equipment, the excellent qualifications of our employees, and a strong orientation on the customer are the bases for the special quality of our products.

Our company in figures

~ 100
EMPLOYEES
> 100
ALLOYS
≤ 250 µ
THICKNESS
80 %
WORLDWIDE EXPORTS

Milestones

For more than 170 years, EppsteinFOILS and its predecessor companies have been operating at the Eppstein site in the vicinity of Frankfurt.

Since our founding period, we have been producing tapes, foils and capsules for use as cable foils, bottle decoration, wine and sparkling wine crown caps, as well as cigarette foils and tins for cosmetics products.

Our focus on holistic solutions and recognition of new market trends characterises us to this day: as early as in the 20s of the past century, our broad range covered aluminiumfoils, lead foils and tin foils that were rolled, printed, coloured, embossed and cut. In the subsequent years, the focus increasingly shifted to technical foil.

In the future, as well, nothing will remain as permanently as continuous change: through constant further development, use of state-of-the-art technologies and innovative product ideas, we take account of the changing market requirements.

  • 2021

    Conversion to EppsteinFOILS GmbH

    Conversion from EppsteinFOILS GmbH & Co KG to EppsteinFOILS GmbH

  • 2020 / 2021

    Change of shareholder EppsteinFOILS Holding GmbH

    The swiss industrie holding company Artum AG, Zurich, acquires 100% of the shares in the Eppsteiner Group of Companies and merges its shares with Storskogen Group AB, Stockholm, by way of a share exchange

  • 2014

    Commissioning of a foil cleaning system

    Metal surfaces nearly 100% free from residues

  • 2012

    Founding of Eppstein Technologies GmbH

    Spin-off of the development activities for new product approaches in the solar/photovoltaic segment under the roof of EppsteinTechnologies GmbH at the same site.

  • 2008

    Installation of a new coating line

    Double-sided coating system for sophisticated composites

  • 2008

    Change of the company name to EppsteinFOILS GmbH & Co KG

    Change of shareholders and separation from the previous group of companies by way of a management buy-out. This step was the logical expression of the company's reorientation and specialisation in the direction of new applications that has been taking place over the past few years.

  • 2004

    Acquisition of the foil business of the company Jung & Lindig, Hamburg

    Bundling of the foils operations of the company group in Eppstein.

  • 2003

    Asset acquisition of Alumax Foils Inc., USA

    Expansion of the USA business, entry in the market for medical technical foils

  • 1999

    Restructuring and specialisation in lead foils and tin foils

    Integration of all products and applications produced in the USA to date.


     

  • 1990

    Acquisition of Brooklyn Foil Inc., USA

    Entry in the North American market


     

  • 1966

    Expansion of the aluminium foil finishing

    Start of further processing of aluminium foils (printing, embossing, cutting).

  • 1952

    Takeover by the company Bleiwerk Goslar

    The company becomes part of a mid-sized company group.

  • 1905

    Start of the tinsel production

    A Christmas tree decorated with tinsel, bearing the lettering "Eis-Thau" [Thawing Ice] was entered in the register of trademarks at the first Patent Office established in German history in the late 19th century. The tinsel production was operated until the end of 2013.

  • 1897

    Thin aluminium foils

    Initial success in rolling out the new raw material aluminium into thin foils


     

  • 1873

    World Fair in Vienna

    As early as in 1873, participation in the first World Fair in Vienna and in the following decades, in 1883 in Paris and in 1893 in Chicago.

  • 1852

    Founding

    Founding of the Conrad Sachs company as a lead drawing plant in Eppstein