Klingele Papierwerke - Verpackungen aus Wellpappe & Wellpappenrohpapiere

Helping the environment naturally – with corrugated board.

Corrugated board doesn’t just mean safe packaging and successful sales. It also represents a significant contribution to the protection of the environment, conservation of natural resources and sustainability. Thanks to our active energy, quality and environmental management we comply with international standards, which also facilitates collaboration with customers from different countries.

Eco-friendly corrugated board

Corrugated board is a recycling product. Our board stock comes from paper that, in nine cases out of ten, is derived from 100% waste paper. The remainder comes from sustainably-managed forests. We use adhesives based on maize and wheat starch, and solvent-free, water-based flexoprinting inks, so our packaging is in all respects an eco-friendly product. After use, the board is collected via the RESY recycling system and delivered to paper mills for re-use. Almost 100 % of corrugated board packaging is recycled and made into new packaging.

Energy management

Energy efficiency features high on our list of priorities, so we carry out regular energy analyses to find out where there is potential for further savings.

This is an area with plenty of scope, and we make maximum use of it. Here are some examples of how we save energy:

• When purchasing machines, we check whether they can be fitted with energy-efficient motors
• All our plants are equipped with a smart compressed-air system that optimises consumption and brings considerable CO2 savings. For example, there is a documented CO2 saving of 77 tonnes per year at our Hilpoltstein box plant (Certificate)
• In winter, we heat our production halls and warehouses with the warm air recovered from the generation of compressed air.
• Our Delmenhorst plant was awarded the Environmental Award of the City of Bremen for its wastewater treatment plant. The plant extracts fresh water from the ink-contaminated wastewater resulting from the production of printed board, creating a closed cycle.
• Central main refuse conveyors in production halls replace individual extractor systems.