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Klingele’s company history is a success story with three main features: our people, their ideas and their commitment.
The story began when the company was founded in 1920 and is still unfolding with every apprentice or new employee who joins us. For 100 years now, our name has stood for comprehensive expertise in the fields of corrugated board, paper and corrugated packaging.
2023
Investment in Africa
Commissioning of the Sheet plant Diamniadio, Senegal
2021
Acquisition in the Caribbean
As of 01 April 2021, Klingele has acquired the production site Société Guadeloupéenne de Carton Ondulé (SGCO) on the French island of Guadeloupe in the Caribbean from International Paper Company.
2020
Klingele acquires Kraftliner mill in Brazil
Klingele purchased the Kraftliner paper mill in Nova Campina and a hydroelectric power plant in Catas Altas in the state of São Paolo from Klabin S. A., the largest producer of corrugated board paper and packaging in Brazil. Klingele has now expanded its range of paper products to include virgin fiber papers.
2020
100 years of Klingele
The company was founded 100 years ago. Klingele is now present for its customers in Europe, Africa and Central America with two paper mills, twelve corrugated board plants, eight converting plants and one sheet feeder plant.
2019
Launch of a new uniform brand identity
Klingele has launched a new uniform brand identity on 12 December 2019. In the future, Klingele will operate under the umbrella brand “Klingele Paper & Packaging Group”, replacing the former name “Klingele Papierwerke”. The reasons for this is the dynamic growth of the group in Germany and abroad over the past decades, as well as numerous acquisitions and investments.
2019
Acquisition on the British market
Klingele acquires 50 percent of the British company Onboard Ltd. Klingele is thus investing in the Group's first sheet feeder plant and further expanding its strategic partnerships abroad.
2018
Acquisition of Ondunova
Klingele has acquired all of the shares of the the Spanish Ondunova Group after having been a part of the company since the early 1970s.
2017
Investment in Cuba
The Klingele Group invests in the promising Cuban corrugated cardboard industry through its Spanish subsidiary Klingele Embalajes will therefore operate two corrugated cardboard plants and a folding box plant in Havanna.
2017
Step to Scandinavia
Klingele now participates with a 26% shareholding in the Scandinavian Peterson Group, which is the market leader in Norway and has a strong presence in Denmark and Sweden.
2013
Expansion
Foundation of Blue Paper SAS, as a joint venture of Klingele and VPK Packaging. Conversion of the paper mill for magazine paper into a mill for corrugated board papers.
2008
Energy for the future
Klingele opened a refuse-derived fuel (RDF) power plant known as "Weener Energie" at the Weener paper mill.
2000
Foundation of Klingele Golfkarton
In Elst, in the province of Gelderland on the Dutch-German border, Klingele founded Klingele Golfkarton C.V. In 2019, the processing plant moved to Nijmegen.
2000
Programme of expansion
Klingele embarked upon the biggest programme of expansion the company had ever seen. In subsequent years, around 400 million euros were invested in new machinery, technology and processes.
1992
Third generation
Following the death of Dr. Werner Klingele, overall responsibility passes to his son, Dr. Jan Klingele.
1980
Quantum leap
The Weener paper mill started production on a new paper machine, giving Klingele’s technology a decisive competitive edge in the corrugated board base paper market.
1968
Ongoing progress
Dr. Brigitte Klingele became a director and the company’s presence spanned the whole of Germany.
1961
New markets
In 1961, Klingele acquired a paper mill in Weener marking the beginning of the family-owned company’s interest in paper manufacturing. In the same year, Klingele triggered its expansion in Spain with the acquisition of a major share in a local company.
1952
Separate ways
In 1952, the two founding families, Klingele und Holfelder, decided to end their partnership. Grunbach became the headquarters of the Klingele Group and the Holfelder family retained ownership of the Wiesloch plant.
1947
Second generation
Following the death of the founder, Alfred Klingele, his son, Dr. Werner Klingele, took over the management of the company.
1936
Expansion
A second production plant, later to become the Klingele Group’s headquarters, was built in Grunbach near Stuttgart in 1936.
1920
Foundation
Alfred Klingele and his brother-in-law Emil Holfelder began production of corrugated board at their plant, Badische Wellpapierfabrik Klingele & Holfelder, in Wiesloch near Heidelberg on 21 April 1920.