Case Study: REHAU Group achieves automated global A2A file transfer and 4× efficiency with Axway Transfer CFT

Managing Worldwide A2A File Transfer with Axway Transfer CFT

REHAU, a global developer and manufacturer of polymer-based solutions with ~15,000 employees across 170+ locations, faced the challenge of coordinating decentralized sales, production, and logistics across a highly heterogeneous IT landscape (multiple mainframes, iSeries, PC and Linux servers and diverse local applications and codepages). The company needed real‑time, secure, highly available application-to-application file transfer to support Just‑in‑Time/Just‑in‑Sequence production, reduce global coordination costs, and handle growing language and protocol requirements.

REHAU standardized on Axway Transfer CFT to automate and manage A2A transfers, exchanging over 13,000 files daily across systems, with transparent transport, checkpoint/restart reliability, centralized browser-based monitoring, and seamless integration with existing networks and applications. The solution delivered JIT/JIS support and a four-fold efficiency gain for time-to-market specs, high automation with minimal administration, end-to-end monitoring, and data compression that cuts transfer volumes by roughly 80–90%, enabling 100% of internal data exchange to be run by a small team.

REHAU Group

Thomas Schott

IT Manager