Section 2 i) Initial Research Work - Gewerbliche Schule Ravensburg

RPCRPC is a group of companies, whichproduce packaging, in our case fixpackaging.The group have 7.500 employees and49 plants in 12 countries. The turnoverof the composite is about £1bn. Thepackagings of that company are usedin different sectors: personal cure,pharmaceutical, bottles , fresh food,long shelf like food and fruit, ice cream,crop protection, garden careproductions, detergents etc..The company we visited has 110employees and a turnover of £14m. The company uses PET,HD,PP,PCR andproduce bottles from 25ml size to 2 l, 24hours a day and 7days a week. Did youknow that milk is most packaged in the UK?Tuesday 11 th GE- General ElectricOur Tuesday at GE started with a presentation of the Welsh students, in which theygave us an overview about the company. After that we got a guide through theturbine testing area, followed by a really good lunch.58