The Story of Muehlstein

The year was 1911. William Howard Taft was president. Roald Amundsen led the first expedition to the South Pole. And an immigrant named Herman Muehlstein founded the company that still bears his name.

Through two world wars, the Great Depression, and dramatic changes in the plastics industry, the company has not just endured, but prospered. Today, Muehlstein is part of the Ravago Group, a global leader with offices in more than 50 countries and annual polymer sales of more than 10 billion pounds.

The entrepreneurial spirit imbued in the company by our founder—and the innovative, can-do culture it inspired—has helped Muehlstein remain fiercely dedicated to the success of our customers and suppliers.

Ultra Broad Offering

Muehlstein offers an enormous range of commodity products for all manufacturing processes. This includes producer-branded prime, Certene® Prime Products, compounded polyolefins, wide-spec, plus blended and recycled resins. We sell polyethylene (PE), polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polypropylene (PP), styrenics, plus recycled scrap.

The total amount of product we market each year is about two billion pounds—the equivalent of about 11,100 railcars.