VVK VERTRIEB VEREDELTER KUNSTSTOFFE GMBH

The company VVK GmbH was founded in 1983 by merchant Hermann Plate in Ahrensburg near Hamburg. In 1989, the company headquarters moved to the Cologne area and has been located in Siegburg since 2013. There is no difference between a pessimist and an optimist, as God lets a good man be – in both cases, nothing happens, says the mountaineering and entrepreneur legend Yvon Chouinard. We, on the other hand, see ourselves as action-hungry optimists. And we invite you to change the world together with us. Can you imagine a world without plastic? We cannot. In the morning, an alarm clock made of plastic rings. Then you jog in a synthetic fiber outfit and shower with shampoo, whose bottle would otherwise not exist, just like the water pipe. Following are items like the car steering wheel, the desk, the mobile phone, the snack container, the television, the toothbrush. They all show: plastic accompanies us throughout the day and makes it easier. At the same time, our plastic age threatens to turn into an ecological nightmare: tiny particles are entering the seas and killing their organisms. The concentration of plastic waste now exceeds that of plankton by seven times. Seabirds are affected, whales, seals, cod, mackerel. But that’s not all. The common raw material for producing plastic is petroleum – and thus a finite resource, whose diverse costs are constantly rising. Whether in the form of market prices, political dependencies, or environmental hazards from tanker accidents. For this reason, the world is increasingly calling for a new material that is both biodegradable and based on renewable resources or waste. Bioplastics are a promising answer here. And a trend with double-digit growth rates. VVK GmbH – the distribution of refined plastics – is committed to this development and works to make it usable and profitable for as many industries as possible. We advise on all opportunities and advantages of bioplastics. We initiate innovations. We support the introduction of new products. We coordinate processes in production and trade. We establish profitable contacts across Europe. Quality is the prerequisite for technical innovations and economically sustainable success. Therefore, we focus on certified raw materials and monitor the CO2 balance, as far as possible, during their cultivation. Regarding the products, we again place value on good recycling properties and as environmentally friendly additives as possible. This includes aspects such as UV stabilizers or flame retardants. We generally reject health-threatening ingredients like phthalates and other plasticizers. So that you can responsibly contribute to tackling a waste problem of gigantic proportions. And convince your partners and customers with an environmentally oriented attitude.