Cardbox Packaging

What Cardbox Packaging does

Cardbox Packaging Holding GmbH, founded in 2011 and headquartered in Vienna, Austria, is an international producer of high-quality folding carton packaging and paper cups serving enterprise FMCG brand owners across food, confectionery, cosmetics, beverages, household goods, and tobacco. The company runs five manufacturing plants: Wolfsberg and Pinkafeld in Austria, Neubuz in the Czech Republic, a production site accessed through a 2025 strategic partnership with Famar d.o.o. in Slovenia, and Pittston, Pennsylvania in the United States. Core production relies on offset printing (including a Heidelberg XL 106 press), die-cutting (Promatrix 106 CSB), and gluing technologies, combined with proprietary dispersion-based sustainable barrier coatings (CBX CBC FF for frozen foods and CBX CBC GR for grease-prone products) that allow full recyclability versus conventional plastic-laminated packaging. The portfolio spans folding cartons, paper ice cream cups (100ml–480ml) and lids, the patented Karlo Spoon 100% recyclable cardboard cutlery, the Eco Tray meal packaging line, the K3® cardboard-plastic combination system developed with Greiner, and the recently launched DosenKARTON reusable can carrier built around Austria's mandatory deposit-return regulation.

Name

Cardbox Packaging

Legal name

Cardbox Packaging Holding GmbH

Website

https://cardbox-packaging.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Cardbox Packaging is an Austrian-headquartered international producer of folding carton packaging and paper cups serving enterprise FMCG brands in food, confectionery, cosmetics, beverages, household goods, and tobacco. It operates five manufacturing plants across Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovenia, and the United States, with proprietary sustainable barrier coatings.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Folding Carton and Paper Cup Packaging Manufacturing

NAICS

Folding Paperboard Box Manufacturing (322212)

SIC

Paperboard Containers & Boxes (2650)

akta.pro primary industry

Folding Cartons & Paperboard Packaging Converting (IMAMAHAB)

Keywords

• Folding carton packaging
• Paper cups and lids
• Sustainable barrier coatings
• FMCG packaging manufacturing
• Food-grade paperboard packaging

Headquarters

HQ city

Vienna

HQ country

Austria

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Folding Carton Packaging Manufacturing: Direct manufacturing and sale of high-quality cardboard packaging to FMCG companies. Primary revenue stream from food, confectionery, cosmetics, beverage, household goods, and tobacco packaging.
2. Paper Cups and Lids: Production of paper cups, lids, and ice cream packaging. Includes sustainable options like bio-PLA coating.
3. Digital Services: 3D visualizations, data management, artwork processing, color management, and design services for packaging.
4. Co-packing Services: Assembly and finishing services at Czech facility in Zádveřice.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Cardbox Packaging manufactures high-quality folding carton packaging, paper cups and lids, and proprietary sustainable barrier coatings for FMCG brand owners in food, confectionery, cosmetics, healthcare, beverages, household goods and tobacco. The company runs five plants in Austria, Czech Republic, Slovenia and the United States and supports customers from design and structural development through offset printing, die-cutting, gluing, co-packing and prepress services.

Product overview

Cardbox Packaging is an international producer of high-quality folding carton packaging and paper cups serving the FMCG market. The product portfolio centers on core offerings of folding carton packaging and paper cups/lids, supplemented by innovative products including the Karlo Spoon (100% recyclable cardboard cutlery), DosenKARTON (sustainable can carrier for Austria's deposit system), and Eco Tray (cardboard meal trays). The company offers sustainable barrier coatings (CBX CBC FF/GR) that replace plastic laminations for 100% recyclability, and provides value-added Digital Business Unit services including 3D visualizations, data management, and artwork processing. The company operates competence centers for printing (Wolfsberg), development and gluing (Pinkafeld), and industrial presetting/artwork management (Czech Republic).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Karlo Spoon: 100% recyclable cardboard spoon for dairy and convenience food on the go, developed with Greiner Packaging. Awarded European Carton Excellence Award 2021 in Innovations category and WorldStar Global Packaging Award 2022.
• DosenKARTON
• Eco Tray
• CBX CBC FF
• CBX CBC GR
• K3®

Products and services

• Folding Carton Packaging High-quality folding cartons for FMCG brand owners including food, confectionery, cosmetics, beverages, household goods and tobacco, with finishing options such as hot foil, cold foil, UV, soft-touch and low-migration inks.
• Paper Cups and Lids Carton cups and lids for ice cream and food service, available in 100 ml to 480 ml sizes with bio-based sustainable coating options for foodservice and retail brands.
• Karlo Spoon 100% recyclable cardboard spoon made from virgin fibers with water-based coating for food contact, supplied folded for easy assembly by dairy and convenience-food brands.
• DosenKARTON Reusable, stackable carrier tray made of recycled cartonboard for Austria's mandatory beverage-can deposit system.
• CBX Circular Barrier Coatings (CBX CBC FF and CBX CBC GR) Proprietary dispersion barrier coatings applied to cartonboard to make frozen-food (CBX CBC FF) and greasy-product (CBX CBC GR) packaging 100% recyclable without plastic lamination.
• Eco Tray Barrier-coated, hot-sealable cardboard tray that replaces plastic meal containers for chilled and ambient ready-meal applications.
• K3® Packaging Cardboard-and-plastic combination packaging with a tear-off paperboard wrap for dairy cups, soup and oatmeal, providing shelf differentiation and improved sustainability versus full-plastic cups.
• Digital Business Unit Services Prepress and data-management services including 3D packaging visualization, artwork management, color management, warping for rounded products and customized data management software for brand owners.
• Co-packing and Assembly Services Manual and automated assembly, insertion and finishing of packaging components for FMCG customers at the Czech Republic facility.

Quantifiable outcome

• 90% of turnover from food industry packaging
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Famar d.o.o.coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 September 2025Strategic partnership with Slovenian packaging specialist Famar d.o.o. to expand presence in sustainable paper packaging. Collaboration strengthens both companies' position in the sustainable packaging market.
• Valuepap GmbHcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2021Structural designer partner for packaging development. Acquired by Cardbox Packaging in 2021 to strengthen sustainable paper cup capabilities. Based in Pinkafeld, Austria.
• Greiner Packaging InternationalcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 December 2020Joint development of Karlo Spoon - 100% recyclable cardboard spoon for dairy and convenience food. Partnership combines Cardbox's cardboard expertise with Greiner's plastic packaging capabilities. Greiner is Kremsmünster, Austria-based leading European plastic packaging manufacturer with nearly 4,900 employees at 30+ locations in 19 countries, generating €692 million in 2020 revenues.
• Stora EnsominorOthersScandinavian cartonboard supplier providing materials for premium packaging including Cuckoo Ice Cream and Polz brandy packaging.
• Metsä BoardminorOthersCartonboard supplier for multiple award-winning packaging solutions including Manner Mini Mix and Playbrush Smart One.
• BillerudKorsnäsminorOthersCardboard supplier for Gloot charcoal heating packaging - Carton Austria Award 2021 winner.
• Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AGminorOthersMachinery partner supplying state-of-the-art offset printing presses (XL 106 series) and die-cutting equipment. Supports Austrian site expansion.
• Agfa NVminorOthersPrinting plate supplier providing Energy Elite ECO thermal printing plates enabling 86% chemical reduction and significant water/energy savings.
• FH Campus ViennaminorOthersAcademic partnership for food safety education. Organized customer event on migration and food safety topics.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves12 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Direct peers

• Mayr-Melnhof Karton: Austrian-headquartered folding carton and cartonboard manufacturer, the most direct comparable to Cardbox's folding-carton converting business. Both serve European FMCG brand owners with high-quality printed cartons, overlapping in customers, machinery platforms (offset/die-cut) and food-industry exposure.
• Huhtamäki Oyj: Nordic food and consumer packaging group with global paper-cup, ice-cream-cup and folding-carton capacity, directly comparable to Cardbox's paper-cup line (Valuepap subsidiary) and FMCG food customer base. Closest peer on the paper-cup side of Cardbox's portfolio.
• Graphic Packaging Holding Company: US-listed global folding-carton converter with a strong food and beverage end-market focus, overlapping Cardbox's Pittston, PA operations and sustainability positioning. Directly comparable on converting technology, customer types and sustainable-barrier-coating development.

Broad incumbents

• Pactiv Evergreen Inc. North American food and beverage packaging group with paperboard and foodservice cup capabilities, comparable to Cardbox on paper-cup and folding-carton substrates and on US foodservice customers like ice-cream and dairy brands.
• Smurfit Kappa Group: Global paper-based packaging incumbent with European FMCG footprint, comparable customers and converting capabilities but operating at vastly greater scale and with a corrugated-heavy portfolio. Sets the competitive ceiling on multinational RFP pricing and capacity.
• Mondi plc: Vertically integrated paper and packaging group combining cartonboard production with corrugated and folding-carton converting, competing with Cardbox for European FMCG accounts. Provides a benchmark on integrated paperboard economics that Cardbox, as a pure converter, cannot replicate.
• Sonoco Products Company: US-listed global packaging manufacturer with paperboard-based consumer and food packaging exposure, including folding cartons and paper cups. Overlaps with Cardbox in the Pittston geography and the food/ice-cream customer base.

Others

• Stora Enso Oyj: Nordic cartonboard supplier and a key raw-materials provider to Cardbox. While primarily upstream, Stora Enso also operates packaging divisions, making it an adjacent competitor-cum-supplier relevant for evaluating fibre-cost trends and vertical-integration risk.
• Greiner Packaging International: Austrian-based strategic partner of Cardbox and a leading European plastic-packaging manufacturer. Joint developer of the K3® platform and Karlo Spoon, both positioned at the paper-plastic interface that defines Cardbox's sustainability-led growth thesis.
• Famar d.o.o. Slovenian sustainable paper-packaging specialist that entered a strategic partnership with Cardbox Packaging in September 2025. Comparable on substrates and customer type, providing a regional entry point into Southeastern Europe.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance10 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors1 record

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M&A2 records

Investments

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