Dieline Award 2026

PAPACKS Fiber Box Wins in Two Categories

Cologne, May 6, 2026 PAPACKS received two awards at the Dieline Awards 2026. The Fiber Box, a fiber-based transport packaging for seafood under refrigerated logistics, won first place in the „Plastic Free“ category and third place in the „Food“ category. The first user of the solution in operational deployment is Transgourmet Seafood.

Fish and seafood place special demands on packaging in refrigerated transport: it must be mechanically stable, food-contact compliant, and integrable into existing logistics chains.

PAPACKS produces the Fiber Box using a special molded fiber process at its BRCGS and ISO 9001 certified facility in Arnstadt. Food contact compliance has been confirmed by the testing institute Eurofins.

The Fiber Box is designed for a cold chain between 0 and 2°C. Its stackable design reduces the storage volume of empty boxes by approximately 66 percent.

At the end of its use, the packaging is disposed of via the waste paper stream (PAP 21). In the EU tariff system for Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), it falls into the currently lowest tariff category.

„Fiber-based packaging in cold chain logistics was long considered a non-scalable solution. That an application in the seafood sector—one of the most demanding food segments—is now receiving international acclaim shows:

The technical maturity is there. The next task is to make such solutions available at the scale the food industry needs them today.“, says Tahsin Dag, CEO and founder of PAPACKS.

The Dieline Awards have been presented annually for over a decade and are considered one of the most internationally recognized awards for packaging design in the packaging industry. The „Plastic Free“ category was introduced in 2019 and is awarded in cooperation with the A Plastic Planet initiative. The 2026 award winners will be presented at Luxe Pack New York. More information: dielineawards.com

About PAPACKS®

PAPACKS® industrially produces fiber-based packaging from paper, wood, and industrial hemp fibers with plant-based coatings for food packaging, bottles, and containers, as well as transport and protective packaging for product manufacturers and industry. The manufacturing process uses several molded pulp methods and takes place at the BRCGS-certified sites in Arnstadt (Germany) and Appingedam (Netherlands), with a capacity of over one billion molded parts per year. The company holds more than 120 patent families worldwide and manages its expansion from its headquarters in Cologne through licensing partners in target markets such as Europe, North America, South America, and Australia – with know-how transfer and local production. Since 2022, PAPACKS has received the WorldStar Packaging Award annually.

PAPACKS Fiber Box Wins WorldStar Award: Special Prize and Three Categories

PAPACKS won four awards at the WorldStar Packaging Awards 2026 with its Fiber Box: the „Special Award for Packaging That Saves Food“ and the categories „Food,“ „Packaging Materials and Components,“ and „Transit.“.

Joint appearance with TransGourmet Seafood at Fish International

TransGourmet Seafood will be using the PAPACKS® Fiber Box as transport packaging for fish and chilled products from 2026. The two companies made a joint appearance at fish international 2026 (February 22-24, Messe Bremen) to present the cast fiber packaging, which has been tested in real-life operation, to the fish industry.