Our network
Together with partners for your success - in Germany and Europe
Klingele is your partner for corrugated cardboard and corrugated cardboard packaging solutions in Europe. As a member of our Blue Box Partner Alliance, we supply you throughout Europe and support you with qualified advice on all questions relating to your packaging processes.
We are also involved in German and international associations for the future-oriented and sustainable development of our industry. You can also benefit from our close networking with partners from science, research and start-ups. This enables us to bring the latest, scientifically sound expertise into our company and use it to develop innovations - for you too!
Blue Box Partners
Together with partners for your success - in Germany and Europe
Employees
Paper mills
Corrugated cardboard and processing plants
A Strong European Alliance for Packaging Solutions
Our alliance of Blue Box partners offers you an optimal combination of locally established family businesses with competent teams and a European presence. The four companies in the alliance Cart-One S.R.L. (Italy), Hinojosa Packaging Group, S.L. (Spain), Klingele Paper & Packaging Group (Germany) and VPK Group NV (Belgium) pursue long-term and sustainable corporate development. All four have their own paper mills and thus guarantee a reliable supply of paper as a raw material for their corrugated cardboard plants.
A powerful team of European Key Account Managers supports you in all your packaging-related concerns and offers you a consistently good service in the respective national language. Efficient organisational and communication structures, a dedicated team and clear contacts for you ensure smooth project handling at European level.
Our involvement in associations
To drive innovation in collaboration with our partners and make the packaging industry more sustainable, we are actively involved in key industry organisations and trade associations. Above all, we are working on sustainability solutions that continuously reduce our industry’scarbon footprint.
Dr Jan Klingele’s commitment epitomises our company’s philosophy. From 2020 to 2022, he was Chairman of the International Corrugated Case Association (ICCA). Prior to that, from 2016 to 2020, he was President of the European Federation of Corrugated Board Manufacturers (FEFCO), of which he is now Vice-President. From 2010 to 2016, Dr Jan Klingele also headed the German Corrugated Board Industry Association (VDW). In addition, he is actively involved in numerous other associations, including serving on the board of ‘Die Papierindustrie’ and the ‘Association for Packaging and Corrugated Board Papers’. A commitment to industry associations runs in the Klingele family: Dr Werner Klingele, Dr Jan Klingele’s father, was one of the co-founders of FEFCO and ICCA.
"Sustainability is a process that never ends, because we want to and must continue to reduce our carbon footprint. To this end, our specialist departments work closely together internally, but also maintain a constant dialogue with industry associations and external interest groups. Close cooperation and joint projects with scientific and research institutions also ensure the transfer of important expertise to our company. On this basis, we develop new, state-of-the-art concepts and innovations for our customers."
Andreas Niethammer, Chief Financial Officer
Initiative for tomorrow's climate targets: the Modellfabrik Papier (paper model factory).
The “Modellfabrik Papier” initiative meets the EU climate targets with pioneering research work and interdisciplinary projects. The Klingele Group is one of the founding members of the initiative.
The main aim of the “Modellfabrik Papier” is to identify new methods for more efficient paper production with fewer resources. Research will also focus on alternative raw materials and the use of digital technologies in the industry. In this way, the paper industry is taking responsibility and initiative for the climate targets of tomorrow.
