Ever since the company was started in the spring of 1968, the basic idea has been the same; to manufacture custom plastic compounds and to strive to do this better than anyone else in the world.

From the beginning, Scandinavia was chosen as the main market and even today Scandinavia is an important market, even though we now work in most European countries and all over the world. We have never had and will never have the ambition to become one of the world's largest multinational manufacturers of plastic compounds. Our strength is instead to constantly be one step ahead and be able to offer a customized product range with such unique and creative solutions that no one else can compete with us on equal terms.

Polykemi is a family-owned company with just over 300 employees. The head office in Ystad has all the company's overall functions, such as sales, technical customer support, purchasing, administrative support functions and research and development. In China, Kunshan, there is an independent subsidiary for sales, purchasing, technical customer support, production and own development operations. In addition, there are our own subsidiaries / sales offices in Denmark, Germany, the Czech Republic / Slovakia and the USA.

Production in Ystad includes a number of extruder lines, where our machine operators are independently responsible for the entire production process - from mixing raw materials, fillers and additives according to customized recipes, handling the extruder and ongoing production control to packaging of finished product. Quality control and ongoing tests of production are carried out by our employees in the laboratory.

Our employees in stock are responsible for all post-processing of goods and handling of incoming and outgoing goods.

Polykemi has its own operation and maintenance department that handles all forms of ongoing repairs and maintenance of the machine park as well as the installation of new machines and peripherals. The operation and maintenance department has employees in the functions repair, electricity, ventilation and property.

The perception of plastic in connection with the environment and recycling is quite divided today, but thanks to development, increased awareness and a joint effort, the future looks bright.