Rhodia Acetow

Rhodia Acetow – Your Global PartnerRhodia Acetow is the only global filter tow company entirely dedicated to serve the cigarette industry.Our mission is to provide our customers with the latest innovations enabling them to differentiate on their markets.Cellulose Acetate has been at the cutting edge of innovation for over 100 years. It has been part of aviation, cinema, synthetic fibres, plastics and many more fields. Today, its major application is in cigarette filters.Rhodia Acetow was one of the pioneers in the industry of Cellulose Acetate and built its first industrial plant in France, in 1912. Other plants followed in Germany, Brazil, the USA, and in Russia.Since then, the technical know-how and expertise in acetylation has been at the heart of Rhodia Acetow and as a world leader in this field, our teams are developing innovative applications and processes that will define Cellulose Acetate in the future. That future is based on a sustainable raw material that is environmentally friendly from certified forestry, through production and biodegradable disposal. Our innovation will have to respond to the growing needs for safer tobacco products, also it will bring diversification opportunities like the Accoya® acetylation wood.