{"id":2528,"date":"2024-04-10T18:54:38","date_gmt":"2024-04-10T16:54:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gi-polymere.de\/about-us\/company-history\/"},"modified":"2024-04-25T19:04:03","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T17:04:03","slug":"company-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gi-polymere.de\/en\/about-us\/company-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Company history"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1712842515849{margin-top: -100px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column]<div class=\"zozo-timeline-wrapper vc-timeline-items wpb_animate_when_almost_visible wpb_left-to-right\"><div class=\"zozo-timeline-item timeline-style-2 timeline-align-center-left timeline-skin-dark\"><div class=\"timeline-centered-wrapper\"><div class=\"zozo-time-separator-text\"><div class=\"zozo-time-separator-inner\"><h4 class=\"timeline-sep-text\" style=\"color:#0b983b;\">1998<\/h4><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-centered-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"timeline-content-wrapper\"><h4 class=\"timeline-title\">founding of the company<\/h4><\/div><div class=\"timeline-separator-outer\"><div class=\"timeline-separator-border\" style=\"border-left:1px solid ;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n          <div class=\"zozo-timeline-wrapper vc-timeline-items wpb_animate_when_almost_visible wpb_right-to-left\"><div class=\"zozo-timeline-item timeline-style-2 timeline-align-center-right timeline-skin-dark\"><div class=\"timeline-centered-wrapper\"><div class=\"zozo-time-separator-text\"><div class=\"zozo-time-separator-inner\"><h4 class=\"timeline-sep-text\" style=\"color:#0b983b;\">2014<\/h4><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-centered-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"timeline-separator-outer\"><div class=\"timeline-separator-border\" style=\"border-left:1px solid ;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-content-wrapper\"><h4 class=\"timeline-title\">Move to the new administration building with storage space in the GVZ Kassel<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n          <div class=\"zozo-timeline-wrapper vc-timeline-items wpb_animate_when_almost_visible wpb_left-to-right\"><div class=\"zozo-timeline-item timeline-style-2 timeline-align-center-left timeline-skin-dark\"><div class=\"timeline-centered-wrapper\"><div class=\"zozo-time-separator-text\"><div class=\"zozo-time-separator-inner\"><h4 class=\"timeline-sep-text\" style=\"color:#0b983a;\">2015<\/h4><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-centered-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"timeline-content-wrapper\"><h4 class=\"timeline-title\">Commissioning of in-house production at the VW plant in Wolfsburg<\/h4><\/div><div class=\"timeline-separator-outer\"><div class=\"timeline-separator-border\" style=\"border-left:1px solid ;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n          <div class=\"zozo-timeline-wrapper vc-timeline-items wpb_animate_when_almost_visible wpb_right-to-left\"><div class=\"zozo-timeline-item timeline-style-2 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style=\"color:#0b983a;\">2017<\/h4><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-centered-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"timeline-content-wrapper\"><h4 class=\"timeline-title\">Foundation of the subsidiary General-Industries Polymere GmbH (focus on plastics trading)<\/h4><\/div><div class=\"timeline-separator-outer\"><div class=\"timeline-separator-border\" style=\"border-left:1px solid ;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n          <div class=\"zozo-timeline-wrapper vc-timeline-items wpb_animate_when_almost_visible wpb_right-to-left\"><div class=\"zozo-timeline-item timeline-style-2 timeline-align-center-right timeline-skin-dark\"><div class=\"timeline-centered-wrapper\"><div class=\"zozo-time-separator-text\"><div class=\"zozo-time-separator-inner\"><h4 class=\"timeline-sep-text\" style=\"color:#0b983a;\">2018<\/h4><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-centered-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"timeline-separator-outer\"><div class=\"timeline-separator-border\" style=\"border-left:1px solid ;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-content-wrapper\"><h4 class=\"timeline-title\">Expansion to include the Eschwege production site (Focus Foam)<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n          <div class=\"zozo-timeline-wrapper vc-timeline-items wpb_animate_when_almost_visible wpb_left-to-right\"><div class=\"zozo-timeline-item timeline-style-2 timeline-align-center-left timeline-skin-dark\"><div class=\"timeline-centered-wrapper\"><div class=\"zozo-time-separator-text\"><div class=\"zozo-time-separator-inner\"><h4 class=\"timeline-sep-text\" style=\"color:#0b983a;\">2019<\/h4><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-centered-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"timeline-content-wrapper\"><h4 class=\"timeline-title\">Commissioning of a powerful extruder with melt filtration &amp; innovative separation technology<\/h4><\/div><div class=\"timeline-separator-outer\"><div class=\"timeline-separator-border\" style=\"border-left:1px solid 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class=\"timeline-sep-text\" style=\"color:#0b983a;\">2023<\/h4><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-centered-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"timeline-separator-outer\"><div class=\"timeline-separator-border\" style=\"border-left:1px solid ;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-content-wrapper\"><h4 class=\"timeline-title\">Expansion of the Eschwege site by another extruder line<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n          <div class=\"zozo-timeline-wrapper vc-timeline-items wpb_animate_when_almost_visible wpb_left-to-right\"><div class=\"zozo-timeline-item timeline-style-2 timeline-align-center-left timeline-skin-dark\"><div class=\"timeline-centered-wrapper\"><div class=\"zozo-time-separator-text\"><div class=\"zozo-time-separator-inner\"><h4 class=\"timeline-sep-text\" style=\"color:#0b983a;\">2023<\/h4><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-centered-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"timeline-content-wrapper\"><h4 class=\"timeline-title\">General-Industries Polymere GmbH will 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