What FOCKE & CO does

FOCKE & CO is a German family-owned manufacturer of high-speed packaging machinery, founded in 1955 by engineer Dr. h. c. Heinz Focke and headquartered in Verden, Germany. The company operates through three core divisions: (1) Cigarette Packaging & OTP (Other Tobacco Products), offering the Smart Line, Hi5 Line, Hinge Lid Series, Soft Cup Series, and end-of-line case packers and palletizers; (2) Hygiene & Tissue / Food & Consumer, operated through subsidiary Focke Packaging Solutions GmbH in Barssel, providing stacking and bagging, case packers, wrap-around and tray packers, and palletizers; and (3) Contract Manufacture, operated through H.-H. Focke GmbH & Co. KG in Berlin, delivering precision CNC machining, surface treatment, assembly, and cam-gear engineering. Underlying the portfolio is a platform approach built on proprietary motion control technologies and extreme-precision components, which the company describes as setting benchmarks in output and product quality.

The business generates revenue across hardware sales (packaging machines, spare parts from a 40,000+ SKU global inventory) and professional/managed services (technical service via 200+ field technicians, Perfect Fit Maintenance contracts, FOCKE Academy training, remote support, retrofits and upgrades). Go-to-market is exclusively enterprise field sales through 8 wholly-owned country representations in Germany, the USA, Brazil, Hong Kong, Russia, Japan, Singapore, and Turkey, supplemented by direct service channels. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed. The company serves large industrial customers in tobacco, hygiene/tissue, food, and consumer goods — Philip Morris is the only named customer disclosed. Management is led by a triumvirate of Managing Directors (Gesa Focke, Marco Selle, Irmin Steinkamp) with the Focke family retaining operational control; no institutional investor involvement is indicated. The group employs approximately 2,200 people, including 350 engineers and 120 apprentices, and has sold more than 20,000 machines since founding.

Name

FOCKE & CO

Legal name

FOCKE & CO. (GmbH & Co. KG)

Website

https://focke.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1955

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

FOCKE & CO is a German family-owned manufacturer, founded 1955, of high-speed packaging machinery and precision contract manufacturing services for the tobacco, hygiene/tissue, and food & consumer industries, sold globally via 8 country representations and a 200+ technician service network.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Packaging Machinery

NAICS

Packaging Machinery Manufacturing (333993), Food Product Machinery Manufacturing (333241)

SIC

Special Industry Machinery (No Metalworking Machinery) (3550)

akta.pro primary industry

End-of-Line Integration & Packaging Line Systems (IMAHAOAN)

akta.pro secondary industries

Bagging, Pouching & Sachet Packaging Equipment (IMAHAOAH), Conveying, Feeding & Material Handling for Packaging Lines (IMALAOAG)

Keywords

• Packaging machinery
• Cigarette packaging equipment
• End-of-line automation
• Hygiene tissue packaging
• Contract manufacturing

Headquarters

HQ city

Verden

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices10 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Packaging Machine Sales: Sale of high-speed packaging machines for cigarette packaging, OTP, hygiene & tissue, and food & consumer industries
2. Spare Parts: Original spare parts with high quality and performance. Fast delivery and high availability guaranteed through worldwide inventory of more than 40,000 spare parts strategically located in service centers
3. Technical Services: Technical service including maintenance, installation, retrofits, and upgrades for FOCKE equipment. Over 200 service technicians worldwide provide support
4. Training Services: FOCKE Academy provides technical training programs at company facilities in Verden, Germany and at customer premises. Online training modules available
5. Perfect Fit Maintenance (PFM): Structured maintenance program with customized maintenance scope based on technical workshop and inspection

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

FOCKE & CO designs, manufactures, and services high-speed packaging machinery for industrial production. Its core products are cigarette packaging lines (Smart Line and Hi5 Line) and complementary equipment such as case packers, tray packers, palletizers, bundlers and bagging systems, also applied in hygiene/tissue and food/consumer-goods packaging. The company complements these machines with a global spare parts catalog (40,000+ parts), remote support, training, preventive maintenance, and upgrades/retrofits.

Product overview

FOCKE & CO is a German family-owned packaging machine manufacturer founded in 1955, offering two main product segments: (1) Cigarette Packaging & OTP, featuring the Smart Line, Hi5 Line, Hinge Lid Series, Soft Cup Series, Case Packer, and Palletizer; and (2) Hygiene & Tissue | Food & Consumer, featuring Stacking and Bagging, Case Packer (Side Load, Top Load), Wrap Around and Tray Packer, Highly Flexible Packer, and Palletizer & Bundler. The company also provides digital services including a 3D Spare Parts Catalog, Remote Support, Perfect Fit Maintenance, and Training Services. A subsidiary, H.-H. Focke GmbH & Co. KG in Berlin, offers contract manufacturing including Design, CNC Machining, Surface Treatment, Assembly, Quality Management, and Cam Gears services. The portfolio operates on a platform approach where machines share common service infrastructure including 3D documentation and remote support capabilities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Smart Line: Cigarette packaging machine line
• Hi5 Line
• Hinge Lid Series
• Soft Cup Series
• Perfect Fit Maintenance

Products and services

• Smart Line High-speed cigarette packaging line offered by FOCKE & CO as a flagship product grouping its main packaging machinery into one integrated system for tobacco manufacturers.
• Hi5 Line Second flagship high-speed cigarette packaging line from FOCKE & CO, positioned as the alternative to the Smart Line for tobacco industry customers.
• Hinge Lid Series Cigarette packaging machine series for hinge-lid box formats, sold as part of FOCKE & CO's tobacco packaging machinery portfolio.
• Soft Cup Series Cigarette packaging machine series for soft-cup (soft pack) formats within the FOCKE & CO tobacco packaging portfolio.
• Case Packer Side Load Side-loading case packer for end-of-line packaging in cigarette, hygiene/tissue, food/consumer-goods and chemicals/paints production.
• Wrap Around and Tray Packer Wrap-around and tray packing machine used in FOCKE & CO end-of-line packaging solutions.
• Highly Flexible Packer Flexible end-of-line packaging machine from FOCKE & CO's end-of-line portfolio for production lines with varying pack formats.
• Case Packer Top Load Top-loading case packer for end-of-line packaging within FOCKE & CO's machinery range.
• Palletizer and Bundler Palletizing and bundling machine for end-of-line packaging, part of FOCKE & CO's packaging machinery portfolio.
• Stacking and Bagging Stacking and bagging system in FOCKE & CO's end-of-line packaging machinery portfolio for hygiene/tissue, food and other consumer-goods applications.
• Spare Parts Supply After-sales spare parts business for installed FOCKE & CO packaging machinery, backed by a stock of more than 40,000 parts and an online parts shop.
• 3D Spare Parts Catalog Digital 3D spare parts catalog integrated with QUALIDAT QA system, enabling customers to identify and order spare parts online, including download of CAD data.
• Remote Support Remote service offering that uses eWON routers to connect customer machines with FOCKE & CO service technicians and data glasses for live visual support during interventions.
• Perfect Fit Maintenance Preventive and corrective maintenance service from FOCKE & CO's own service technicians to keep installed packaging machines running reliably.
• Training Services Training programs for customer personnel covering operation, maintenance, instruction and programming of FOCKE & CO packaging machines.
• Upgrades and Retrofits Upgrade and retrofit services that modernize or adapt installed FOCKE & CO packaging machines to new requirements.

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature6 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Coesia Group: Italian industrial group with multiple packaging machinery brands (including GD, ACMA, Volpak); competes with FOCKE across tobacco, consumer goods and end-of-line, with a similarly diversified vertical segmentation approach.
• Krones AG: Large German packaging and beverage machinery incumbent; overlaps with FOCKE in case packing, palletizing and end-of-line integration, but with broader portfolio in bottling and process technology.
• GEA Group: German industrial machinery group with significant food processing and packaging equipment exposure; comparable in scale, German engineering heritage, and end-of-line integration capability.
• ProMach: US-based packaging machinery integrator with broad portfolio in case packing, palletizing and end-of-line; comparable business model of integrating packaging lines for CPG customers and a parallel geographic footprint in North America.

Direct peers

• Schubert Group (Gerhard Schubert GmbH): German manufacturer of top-loading packaging machinery (TLM) for food, cosmetics and consumer goods; competes with FOCKE's Highly Flexible Packer and case packer lines in FMCG segments.
• Ishida Co., Ltd. Japanese specialist in multihead weighing, bagging and case packing for food and consumer goods; direct overlap with FOCKE's Hygiene & Tissue / Food & Consumer segment in bagging and case packing equipment.
• Molins PLC: UK-listed provider of cigarette manufacturing and packaging equipment; competes head-on with FOCKE in tobacco primary packaging lines and aftermarket support.
• GD (G.D Società per Azioni, part of Coesia): Bologna-based specialist in cigarette making and packaging machinery; the closest functional peer to FOCKE's Cigarette Packaging & OTP division, including hinge lid and soft pack formats.
• Mpac Group plc: UK-listed packaging machinery OEM and line integrator serving food, beverage and healthcare; comparable mid-sized competitor with similar end-of-line and case packing portfolio and service-led aftermarket model.
• Syntegon Technology (formerly Bosch Packaging Technology): Global packaging machinery manufacturer serving pharma, food and consumer goods with high-speed lines; direct competitor to FOCKE in primary and secondary packaging equipment with comparable aftermarket and digital service strategy.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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