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THAT'S WHAT WE ARE

THE POWERFUL PLACE WHERE EXTRUSION MEETS INNOVATION.

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INNOVATIVE FOR OVER 40 YEARS

Curiosity, courage, and pioneering spirit are the driving forces for innovation in a team. And it is precisely these core elements that represent the "i" in CiTEX. Thinking outside the box is also part of our strategy. This is how we create new worlds without leaving our world. Because our expertise and experience in extrusion always remain at the centre of all our thinking. As an innovative and sustainable family business, we aim to fly, but still be very much down-to-earth.

OUR IDEAS FOR TOMORROW

We offer a hub for experts. In so doing, we always stay one step ahead of technical progress in extrusion. Where we are technologically is at the forefront! With this claim, CiTEX offers strategic experience to its companies, start-ups, forward-looking idea creators as well as its own subsidiaries and the natural pioneering spirit of the holding's DNA. Many only think about the future, we create it. 

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This is how we see our responsibilities as a holding company.

We promote and develop ideas strategically, but the visions originate in our subsidiaries. As CiTEX, we provide the platform for the latest innovations and the corresponding scientific freedom and support their implementation.

 

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Coaching

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Research

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Innovations and technologies

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Organisation developement

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Target markets

On the other hand, CiTEX offers various entrepreneurial services for subsidiaries of the holding or also for external partners based on decades of expertise. Here you will find an overview of all services:

 

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Finance

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Quality management and certification

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Patents and legal services

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Project management and application for research projects

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Controlling

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Human Resources Management

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IT and Infrastructure

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Facility Management

“Our subsidiaries are unique and unbeatable as a group in the world of extrusion - the interaction makes CiTEX as a holding so special."

Reinhard Klose
Company Founder and Visionary
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WORLD MARKET LEADER FROM MELLE

With our company headquarters in the Osnabrück region and the proximity to the university cities of Bielefeld and Osnabrück, we are carrying out research on major research projects and innovations for the whole world even in a small town. A key focus here is on the digitization of plastic extrusion.

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EXCELLENT TEAMWORK!

Citex Top Innovator 2019 award
Top 100 Innovations in Germany
Citex honored with AMA Innovation Award
AMA Award
Citex Top Innovator 2019 award
Top 100 Innovations in Germany
Citex honored with AMA Innovation Award
AMA Award
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THE HEADS BEHIND CiTEX

Pioneering spirit, entrepreneurial experience as well as special knowledge in extrusion technology and cross-industry engineering know-how go hand in hand with our managing directors.

 

Portrait Dr. rer. nat. Ralph Klose

Dr. rer. nat. Ralph Klose

CEO, Chief Executive Officer 
Managing Director

Shareholdings
Corporate and brand strategy
Data science + AI
Start-up strategy
Cooperations

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Martin Hewing

CFO, Chief Financial Officer
Managing Director

Finance
Controlling
HR

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Roland Leiße

CBDO, Chief Business Development Officer

Business Development & Strategy
Organizational Development
Digitalization
Marketing 

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Radek Galinski

CTIO, Chief Technology & Information Officer

Technologies
Innovation Management
IT
Intellectual Property
Research and development

Jan Lohoff

CSO, Chief Sales Officer

Sales International CiTEX Group
Business Unit Manager Measuring Technology

AS A FAMILY BUSINESS, SUSTAINABILITY IS AT THE TOP OF THE LIST

We live our company wholeheartedly. We make our economic decisions in such a way that our employees will continue to have a secure job in the future. 
We always look one step ahead. 
We plan with stability and sustainability on our crystal-clear vision: to keep our experts in the company and to remain the global market leader in innovation.

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Our new measurement processes save important resources

Every idea must pass through the bottleneck of feasibility and economic viability. This is the exciting field in which we at CiTEX move every day. And sustainability must always be our aspiration for the result. Why? Because the quality and durability of products are decisive factors for the environment and economic success. Especially in extrusion, where materials are the main cost factor, the factor of saving resources remains a significant one. We research, optimize and work on this every day!

 

Talking about sustainability is not enough for us, we have targets!

RAW MATERIAL SAVINGS

Reduction of raw material requirements through measurement technology

Targets

  • Development of technologies for the circular economy in the plastics sector

  • Development of solutions to reduce waste/overweight in the extrusion industry

  • Development of technologies for use in the processing of recyclable or biological raw materials - Beyond Plastics

ENERGY AND CO2 SAVINGS

Reduction of energy demand through raw material

Targets

  • Reduction of excess weight in production

  • Technology development for the processing of biological raw materials

  • Local sourcing

  • E-mobility through charging stations and conversion to e-cars

  • If possible, online calls and less travel

  • Use of geothermal energy

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Building the future together.

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