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Arnstadt, August 28.08.2023, XNUMX. Papacks, an innovative packaging company, has made headlines in the Thuringian Economic Mirror. In an in-depth interview with WIRTSCHAFTSSPIEGEL editor-in-chief Torsten Laudien spoke Tahsin Dag, company founder and boss of Papacks, about the recent opening of his second gigafactory in Arnstadt and his remarkable biography.

The newly opened PAPACKS® GIGAFACTORY 2 in Arnstadt marks an important milestone in the production of sustainable packaging 'Made in Thuringia'. The factory, which has more than doubled its capacity in the last three years, is ready to meet the increasing demand for eco-friendly packaging solutions. PAPACKS, an industry pioneer and multiple winner of the prestigious WorldStar Awards, sees this development as a step towards a greener, more sustainable future.

Read about the awards that PAPACKS at the POPAI DA-CH / Shop Awards 2023. Our company was honored with the special innovation award for the sustainable blockbuster nacho bowls and with gold in the health and product packaging category for the tablet blister. Learn more about these innovative, sustainable packaging solutions and what these awards mean.

Find out more about the Dieline Awards 2023, a prestigious global packaging design competition that showcases remarkable innovations such as Papacks' Sustainable Paper Blister Pack Appreciates. Discover the winners from 26 countries and how they are revolutionizing the packaging industry with plastic-free solutions. Read on and get inspired by the leading designs that are shaping the future of the packaging industry.

Papacks made it to the finals of the prestigious Sustainable Awards 2023, an internationally recognized competition for sustainable packaging innovations. Discover how our commitment to sustainability and innovation has been recognized.

PAPACKS presented its snack and nacho bowls, which are made from renewable raw materials and produced in Germany, at the KINO 2023 in Baden-Baden. Just in time for the trade fair, we were able to present our new variants of our nacho bowls, which, like the existing ones, also have an optional cashback option promotional stickers available.

African entrepreneurs meet in the PAPACKS® School of Sustainability to discuss the use of molded pulp packaging to improve sustainability in the packaging industry. With the support of UNIDO, they are looking for alternatives to plastic avoidance and recognize the enormous potential of molded pulp, especially by using local raw material sources in their home regions. The meeting opens new doors for the dissemination of sustainable packaging solutions in Africa.

We are proud to announce that PAPACKS won the ultimate packaging award in 2023 — the WorldStar Award in two categories Medical & Pharmaceutical Products and Packaging Materials & Components PAPACKS® HEMP CAPS.

A special thanks goes to the BUSHPLANET GROUP, Austria's largest head and grow shop as our customer for the joint packaging product, the development and production team of PAPACKS® and our hemp supplier Ukrainian Hemp®.

Discover the future of confectionery packaging at PAPACKS-As of 23.04. to 25.04.2023 at the international confectionery fair and Pro Sweets.

We are happy to announce that PAPACKS has reached the 2023nd stage in the competition for the renowned "Grand Prize for SMEs" 2. Counts in a challenging year PAPACKS to the 485 of a total of 4.075 nominated companies that made it onto the jury list in the 29th year of the competition.

Under the motto "Materials in the circular economy and energy transition", the 21st Thuringian Materials Day addressed current topics that have social, scientific and economic relevance with several keynote speeches. Around 130 representatives from science and business met and gave insights into the latest findings regarding sustainable materials and the future of the circular economy.

The innovative company PAPACKS has successfully made it onto the nomination list for the renowned "Grand Prize for SMEs". The prestigious prize, which has been awarded annually by the Oskar Patzelt Foundation since 1995, honors outstanding medium-sized companies for their economic and social performance.

PAPACKS® was honored as "Thuringian world market and technology leader" by the Minister for Economics, Science and Digital Society, Wolfgang Tiefensee, and the Managing Director of LEG, Andreas Krey, at the 1st Thuringian ChampionsMeet.

The packaging journal, one of the leading trade journals in the packaging industry, reports on PAPACKS® — Of packaging and a dressing for pulping. Read the article about PAPACKS® in the current issue.

In 2023, the POPAI DA-CH Awards are already in their 13th round. This year, there are again 15 categories to choose from for the POPAI DA-CH Award, which reflect the entire spectrum of activities at the point of sale. PAPACKS® receives two nominations for the submitted innovations in the packaging sector.

We are pleased to announce that PAPACKS was nominated for the BRCGS Food Safety Award (Europe) in the category "Site of the Year".

The award is presented to a BRCGS certified site that has demonstrated excellence in developing and maintaining its BRCGS program and has used the BRCGS certification to improve or grow its operations.

We are proud to announce that PAPACKS won the ultimate packaging award in 2023 — the WorldStar Award in two categories Medical & Pharmaceutical Products and Packaging Materials & Components PAPACKS® HEMP CAPS.

A special thanks goes to the BUSHPLANET GROUP, Austria's largest head and grow shop as our customer for the joint packaging product, the development and production team of PAPACKS® and our hemp supplier Ukrainian Hemp®.

packaging expert Tahsin Dag revealed the tricks of colorful Christmas packaging and referred to the problematic disposal and return of the packaging. Special prints and 3D effects in the design not only make the packaging more expensive for consumers, but also more harmful to the environment. At the same time, the product content is reduced due to the special shape of the packaging.

Sustainable packaging – What was ridiculed as a niche market back then is now
one of the decisive criteria for consumers and companies. Because according to a study by the consulting company EY, the immense waste of plastic is what worries consumers the most.

Find out more about our Fiber Bottles at our stand, dem PAPACKS® Organic Coating for barrier properties, as well as IMG injection molded granules as plastic-free injection molding granules.

A jury of experts under the patronage of NRW Economics Minister Neubaur selects model companies in NRW. PAPACKS is a prizewinner in the corporate competition "NRW Economy in Transition". heard with it PAPACKS to one of 9 outstanding companies that symbolize the structural change of the federal state towards a future-oriented business location in an exemplary way.

The consumer industry is under pressure: consumers want less plastic and the state is threatening a plastic tax. Tahsin Dag likes to compare himself to Elon Musk, he even calls his factory “Gigafactory”. Except that he makes yoghurt pots there and not electric cars. The 39-year-old is burning with ambition and wants to work with his company Papacks changing an established industry: the packaging and food industry.

In cooperation with the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ), it was possible for a total of 16 entrepreneurs to take part in the School of Sustainability & Green Innovations for the first time. These included entrepreneurs and politicians from Jordan who traveled more than 4.000 kilometers to take part in the sustainability workshop.

The fifth largest cinema in Germany, the CINEDOM in Cologne, begins as a pioneer with the use of environmentally friendly nacho bowls, Made in Germany by PAPACKS and thus saves over 1,25 tons of plastic per year. A prime example that invites all cinemas to join in and avoid single-use plastic in the cinema!

PAPACKS® developed fiber cast transport packaging together with the cosmetics giant COTY® and the premium flacon manufacturer HEINZ‐GLAS, which exceeded the expectations of the partners/customers. Perfectly protected premium bottles, but packaged without plastic, sustainable, recyclable and compostable: The traditional company HEINZ-GLAS is taking the next step towards a more environmentally friendly future. The transport of the exclusive glass products is even safer and plastic can be completely dispensed with.

The Plastic Waste Free World Conference & Expo is the world's largest event dedicated to discussing material innovations, technologies and circular economy solutions to create a world free of plastic waste. For the first time this year's trade fair took place in North America, Atlanta - at the forefront: PAPACKS®.

In the VHS Cologne has PAPACKS supports a special international poster project against plastic pollution of the oceans: OCEAN POSTERS against plastic pollution. The international project has been selected for the United Nations World Oceans Day website – a special honor

For several years, the PAPACKS® Part of the renowned POPAI DA-CH Awards.

On the evening of June 09, 2022 – was PAPACKS® at the 2022 POPAI Awards Gala, presented by Golde Indianer in the Food, Everyday Goods and Confectionery Product Packaging and Innovation categories.

The Dieline Awards, now in their 13th year, is one of the world's largest packaging design competitions. The Dieline Awards 2022 recognizes the very best and brightest designers and agencies designing product packaging around the world and raises awareness of the tremendous value of branded packaging design.

300 packaging professionals from 37 countries came together to celebrate the winners of the WorldStar Award 2022. The award ceremony was part of WPO activities in Milan (Italy), during IPACK IMA 2022. PAPACKS received 4 awards in the packaging categories and 2 prizes in the special category sustainability.

At this year's POPAI DA-CH Awards 2022, the PAPACKS® nominated in a double pack. The sustainable PAPACKS® Advent calendar made of pure paper fiber and PAPACKS® hemp CAPS convince the jury.

In PAPACKS® REFILL CAPS and PAPACKS® FIBER BOTTLE have been nominated as finalists at the Worldstar Global Packaging Awards for the Sustainability Special Award.

Think plastic-free packaging — Bundestag Vice President Katrin Göring-Eckardt visits the Cologne-based company Papacks​ in its production in Arnstadt – GIGAFACTORY 1

New York State has enacted the nation's strictest ban on expanded polystyrene as a packaging material.

PAPACKS wins 4 times the Worldstar Global Packaging Award, the most prestigious global packaging awards program of the World Packaging Organisation.

In Papacks Sales GmbH, Cologne, is expanding its new location for fiber cast packaging in Arnstadt, Thuringia, which went into operation in March 2021.

As every year, the PLASTIC WASTE FREE WORLD CONFERENCE & EXPO took place in Cologne this year. PAPACKS® presented its latest innovations and developments in addition to already implemented 100% plastic-free packaging solutions.

PAPACKS® IMG – Injection Molding Granules –
is an injection molding granulate made of 100% organic composition that is suitable for use in conventional injection molding machines, is recyclable and compostable.

Innovation PAPACKS® FIBER BOTTLE made from natural fibers with PAPACKS® ORGANIC COATING for barrier protection and PAPACKS® IMG as a solution for locking technology.

With the construction of the GIGAFACTORY 2, the capacities of the PAPACKS® doubled at the Arnstadt/Thuringia production site and created around 30 additional jobs at the site.

PAPACKS® wins the German Packaging Award 2021 in the Sustainability category with the Refill CAPS. For 30 years, the German Packaging Award has been connecting people across all industries from the entire value chain of the packaging world and is the largest award of its kind in all of Europe.

PAPACKS® wins the Gold Award for the special environmental award at this year's POPAI DA-CH Awards 2021 for the implemented sustainable refill CAPS overall concept.

The submitted proactive implementation of PAPACKS® not only flashed the jury, but will bring real sustainability to the packaging of the luxury cosmetics industry in the future. 

PAPACKS® was awarded the coveted Global Award of the Shop! Environments Association for sustainability.

The shop! Awards are the premier awards program in the retail industry, honoring the best of the best in the retail design industry.

Together with our customer tutaPETS, we successfully implemented the idea for an environmentally friendly animal coffin and produced both the product itself and the product packaging

We are proud to be able to close 2020 with this article in SPIEGEL.

We are particularly looking forward to 2021 with the start of production in the new PAPACKS® GIGAFACTORY 1 in Thuringia to have created capacities for new customers in order to pack more products in the future in a sustainable and environmentally friendly way without plastic.

In the current edition of the economic mirror for Thuringia PAPACKS its new GIGAFACTORY 1 in Arnstadt/Thuringia as well as all possibilities for manufacturing companies to use the capacities and possibilities of sustainable packaging with immediate effect. 

PAPACKS® is a finalist for the German Sustainability Award. Join us LIVE in online format on December 3rd from 19.30 p.m

The show with the mouse reports on PAPACKS® Pulp Production of sustainable advent calendars. A TV production by ARD/Das Erste® and WDR® for “The Show with the Mouse”

The regulation bans single-use plastic products that are made from fossil fuels. Disposable plates or cups made of biodegradable plastics are also prohibited.

The new prize is based on the goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development proclaimed by the UN and is intended to give consumers orientation at a time when sustainable design is more in demand than ever.

PAPACKS® is now after the nomination in the next step as a finalist with the project pulp coffee capsules.

This Friday afternoon sets PAPACKS a sign and milestone in the history of sustainable packaging. PAPACKS invests more than ten million euros in Arnstadt, directly at the Erfurter Kreuz and creates around 20 new jobs in the new PAPACKS GIGAFACTORY 1.

What was considered impossible just a few years ago has been proven today by two innovation pioneers. Acting regionally, environmentally conscious and efficient is not only possible but also advantageous. Three players rely on the circular economy and convert their supply systems into highly efficient cycles that enable multiple use of the raw material.

Home / PAPACKS® Production Netherlands PAPACKS® Expansion Netherlands Production of high-quality paper fiber molded parts in the thermoforming manufacturing process Expansion of production capacity in the Netherlands PAPACKS® PRODUCTION NETHERLANDS started

Home / PAPACKS® CZECH REPUBLIC Sustainability for Central and Eastern Europe Opening of our branch in Prague PAPACKS® CZECH REPUBLIC opens its doors in the heart of Europe Im

Home / PAPACKS® R&D innovation hub Research and development for pulp production and machinery 3D tooling technology for production optimization PAPACKS takes up the new R&D Innovation Hub

Home / POPAI DA-CH Awards 2020 PAPACKS wins the special environmental award in gold! "Reset Plastic" — Sustainable packaging concept for precision tools https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9RAstOJBjc At today's in

Home / Tailor-made green packaging Interview with bioeconomy PAPACKS has been developing and producing packaging and products from renewable raw materials since 2013. Whether egg boxes, coffee capsules or technical

Home / PAPACKS MESSAGE Take responsibility for packaging Tahsin Dag, Founder & CEO wants more responsibility for packaging https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6omsE4ZNaw A world of packaging without plastic —

Home / How to get out of the plastic flood? On the microphone: Michael Borgers (Deutschlandfunk) and Tahsin Dag (Founder & CEO PAPACKS) Avoiding waste, living in an environmentally friendly way – sustainability

Home / EU Green Deal - Von der Leyen wants to organize a trillion euros for climate protection Dag: "Those who don't act now will fall by the wayside, ours

Home / Clear victory in the EcoPitch of the Cologne Chamber of Industry and Commerce for PAPACKS From left to right: Maxi Uellendahl (Business Juniors Cologne, Tahsin Dag (Founder & CEO PAPACKS), Monika König (CologneAgenda

Home / Fridays For Future — Youth education project “unpacked” at student practice workshop PAPACKS® PAPACKS is a partner of the youth education project "Unpacked", funded by the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear

Home / Member of Parliament André Stinka visits Topic: Plastic-free packaging SPD parliamentary group in North Rhine-Westphalia — AK 17 Environment, agriculture, nature and consumer protection The topic of plastic packaging and related

Home / PAPACKS® won the POPAI Award 2019! Winner of the POPAI Awards 2019 in the category - Packaging (Luxury and Fashion) On the evening of 08.

Home / Against the flood of plastic: PAPACKS presents the world's first ecologically sustainable Coffee2Go cup in Mainz Tahsin Dag, CEO of the company PAPACKS, will be at the event

Home / Plastic Free Holidays! EU bans single-use plastic from 2021 Dear customers, friends and family, An exciting year is now coming to an end and so are we

Home / Drinks! The leading trade magazine for the beverage industry about the PAPACKS® packaging concept Sustainable packaging concept and presentation of the PAPACKS® Mission for the beverage industry The trade journal drinks!

Home / Cologne City Gazette PAPACKS® saved 1.350 tons of plastic waste in the last quarter One capsule, many possibilities. In the Kölner Stadtanzeiger from October 12.10.2018, XNUMX in the special publication —

Home / Cover story: Sustainable materials in the specialist magazine Drinks! Read the full article - click here PAPACKS® offers one for all those interested who want to get away from single-use plastic

Home / Natural materials instead of petroleum – PAPACKS® Fiber Castings Verpackungsrundschau 09/18 Read the complete article – click here Brief portrait of PAPACKS® in the current packaging review 09/18 on

Home / Sustainable management with PAPACKS® Read article in full – Click here Plastic packaging will be expensive in the future... Reasons for this are plastic tax, high disposal costs, more expensive raw material costs

Home / PAPACKS® Editorial in the sales economy Special issue for FachPack 2018 Read the article in full - click here In the special issue for FachPack 2018 of the specialist magazine

Home / PAPACKS® Pulp – the gold of the future in the specialist magazine Creativ-VerPacken No. 6 at FachPack 2018 Read the entire article – click here to search for a company

Home / Cologne City Gazette PAPACKS® interviewed as an expert on sustainability Read the entire article – click here Full-page report on plastic waste in the Kölner Stadtanzeiger dated

Home / PAPACKS® intelligent can trays in beverages! Specialist magazine Previous Next We are pleased about the detailed article published in the specialist magazine for the beverage industry. The journal

Home / PAPACKS® is a member of BAUM eV We are pleased about the admission as a member of BAUM eV today. Under

Home / Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung: PAPACKS® fights against plastic waste Naturally: packaging without plastic The FAZ article from June 25.06.2018, XNUMX in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, about the

Home / PAPACKS® wins GOLD POPAI Award 2018 in the area – product packaging On the evening of June 14, 2018, in the ballroom of the Frankfurter

Home / EU plastic ban Turning a problem into an opportunity Every German alone causes an estimated 37 kilograms of plastic waste every year. EU-wide the mountain of rubbish is a good 26

Home / Workshop Sustainability for manufacturing companies As a responsible person, secure the future of the company through sustainability China has stopped importing packaging materials made of plastic, styrofoam

Home / Manager Training Program of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy with Georgia Visit of a 20-strong professional and managerial delegation from Georgia

Home / PAPACKS is the winner of the iF DESIGN AWARD 2018 Störtebeker Bier-Growler Together with our customer Störtebeker Braumanufaktur and the design agency wermarke