The story
In 1975, Gerwin Schüttpelz founded the cph Chemie Produktions- und Handelsgesellschaft as a dealer in industrial adhesives. In 1977, the production of starch- and cellulose adhesives commenced and in 1990, these were followed by the first protein-based label adhesive. Coca-Cola Deutschland, which was then based in Essen asked cph in 1990, to develop a special label adhesive for PET bottles. At this time the name of the company was changed to cph Deutschland GmbH. Then a production unit was set up in Ukraine followed by the establishment of cph Industries Moscow. Participation in cph Quimica in Portugal in 2002, came next and in 2009, a subsidiary company was established in the Netherlands.
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