Today, cardboard packaging has to fulfil numerous functions in order to be labelled. In addition to holding together and protecting the contents, they are also responsible for consumer information and protection against counterfeiting in the case of pharmaceuticals, for example, and they are also an advertising medium for cosmetics.
The advantages of packaging made of paper, cardboard and paperboard (PCP), in addition to the favourable price-performance ratio, are good Processing properties such as strength and machinability, but also the suitability for Refinement process such as printing, colouring, coating, metallising or laminating. Added to this is the ecologically favourable recyclability. The disadvantages of PCP, such as sensitivity to moisture and a lack of barrier properties, can often be compensated for by finishing or by combining it with plastic or metal. The possible applications are correspondingly large, so that a forecast of Pöyry Management Consulting According to forecasts, global demand for this packaging will continue to grow to 482 million tonnes by 2030.
Edelmann scores with innovative cardboard packaging and system solutions
Innovative companies in the industry can document consistently high quality and effective solutions with numerous awards and impressively advertise their products. An outstanding example of this is Carl Edelmann GmbH in Heidenheim, which was founded in 1913 and currently has more than 2,300 employees at 13 locations producing around five billion packages and package inserts produced. In the Health Care division, Edelmann develops and produces folding cartons for pharmaceuticals and food supplements. The Beauty Care division includes packaging for perfume, cosmetics, hair colouring and care products. The Consumer Brands range includes packaging for confectionery, cigarettes, wine, spirits, technical products and speciality chemicals.
Excellent packaging "enhances" the products
Edelmann was already one of the winners at the beginning of the German Packaging Competition (DVP). One example of many is the palletisable cardboard folding box for engine oil with a composite film inner bag, a special greaseproof print and a pouring spout, which won an award in 1978. Prizes were added every year. One of the most beautiful was developed for Cologne GmbH Cologne: a folding box for the 222nd anniversary of 4711, this Artist Edition received the German Packaging Award in 2014 "Best packaging". Also in 2014, the edition packaging "The Paper Skin" for Leica Cameras.
With its Technical Design Centre, the company places great emphasis on the development of System solutionsThe company's consistent customer focus enables it to fulfil the needs of the packaging industry as well as those of end users for counterfeit protection and consumer friendliness. With its consistent customer orientation, the company fulfils the needs of the packaging industry as well as those of end users for counterfeit protection and consumer friendliness. Accordingly, in 1985 Edelmann was also the first German companywhich has been certified by the Quality Association for Pharmaceutical Packaging.
The range of particularly user-orientated packaging includes the packaging that was awarded the DVP in 2012. Weleda ampoule packaging (image), a system packaging customised to the packaging technology used in the pharmaceutical industry. In addition to the DVP, the name Edelmann also appears several times in the Pro Carton ECMA Award or the Print & Media Award. Some packaging users also honoured special achievements, including 3M, which named Edelmann Supplier of the Year in 2011 and 2013, and the pharmaceutical industry, which presented the Pharmapack Award.
