Welcome to Rhodia Acetow! - Filter Tow and Cellulose Acetate Flakes

<P>About Us > Rhodia Acetow <P>Rhodia Acetow is the third largest producer of cellulose acetate tow for cigarette filters and one of the top merchant suppliers for cellulose acetate flakes in the world. <P>The source material for Rhodia® Filter Tow is provided by nature: Wood contains cellulose which can be turned into wood pulp to form the basis of a variety of products. For the manufacturing of Rhodia® Filter Tow, wood pulp is chemically transformed into cellulose acetate flakes. These flakes can easily be dissolved into acetone and processed into filter tow. <P>Our quality control and assurance systems consistently monitor the Rhodia® Filter Tow manufacturing process round the clock to guarantee the excellent quality of the product. The constantly increasing demand for Rhodia® Filter Tow shows that our customers appreciate this globaly recognised quality standard. <P>About Us > History <P>Rhodia is one of the founders of the acetate industry. In 1912, we began the production of cellulose acetate flakes in France, at that time used in paintings and coatings. A decade later yarn production began in France and later also in Germany and Brazil. In the mid 50's, only a few years after its invention in the USA, Rhodia began to manufacture Filter Tow for the cigarette industry and has ever since continiously developed this technology further. ... the best is yet to come. <P>About Us > Rhodia Divisions <P>The Rhodia Group is organized into enterprises with a market/consumer conception. Five worldwide divisions are in charge of Rhodia's strategic vision, and the worldwide coordination and leadership of the enterprises. Rhodia Acetow is a member of the services & specialities division. <P>Products > General <P>Acetate flakes are the natural raw material for acetate tow, commonly called filter tow. Acetate flakes are produced out of woodpulp. Filter tow is used by the cigarette-industry for the manufacture of cigarette-filters. Another Rhodia product is Wicktow, the preferred raw material for ink reservoirs, which hold the ink within pens. <P>Products > Rhodia Acetol <P>We manufacture cellulose acetate flake from wood pulp of exceptional purity, for use in the textile industry as speciality fabrics (veils, linings, silk yarns). The material is marketed under the trade name of Rhodia® Acetol. <P>Key figures <P>122.000 tons capacity number 3 worldwide with 15% of the worldwide capacity largest flakes supplier for the yarn free market <P>Products > Rhodia Filter Tow <P>We manufacture acetate tow and market it under the trade name of Rhodia® Filter Tow, the principal raw material for making cigarette filters. <P>Key figures <P>105.000 tons capacity number 3 worldwide with 18% market share number 1 in Europe with 45% ms and Latin America with 80% ms <P>Products > Rhodia Wicktow <P>We manufacture polyester tow which is marketed under the trade name of Rhodia® Wicktow. <BR>Most of the 5 billion fibre pens produced annually contain polyester tow which was developed by Rhodia Acetow GmbH. <P>Production Sites <P>Not only are we there for our customers, we are also where our customers are. <BR>Rhodia Acetow has six sites all over the world. From here we offer service close to our customer as well as the quality, productivity, experience and innovation, which made us what we are today: the third largest producer of cellulose acetate for cigarettes and for the textile industry in the world. <P>Production Sites: <BR> Freiburg, GER <BR> Kingsport, USA <BR> Roussillon, FRA <BR> Santo Andre, BRA <BR> Serpukhov, RUS <BR> Valencia, VEN