What Carolex does

Carolex is a privately held French plastic manufacturing company headquartered in Longué, France, that has been in continuous operation since 1980. The firm provides packaging solutions to three end-markets: medical, pharmaceutical, and retail. Its positioning across regulated (medical, pharmaceutical) and consumer (retail) packaging suggests a portfolio that balances higher-margin, qualification-heavy work against higher-volume, more commoditized production.

The company employs between 101 and 250 people and operates as a mid-sized industrial converter. No detailed product catalog, technology stack, machinery base, certifications, or process capabilities are disclosed in the available source material. The corporate website (carolex.fr) returns only a loading/verification page, so primary technical and commercial information cannot be confirmed through public channels.

Carolex's business model is consistent with a contract / specification-driven packaging manufacturer: production to customer drawing or specification, qualification cycles for medical and pharmaceutical customers, and repeat industrial supply into retail channels. No pricing model, GTM motion, distribution channel, or customer segmentation detail is available in the inputs, and no funding rounds, M&A activity, or recent strategic actions are documented.

Name

Carolex

Website

https://carolex.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1980

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Longué

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

Carolex is a plastic manufacturing company that designs and produces packaging solutions for the medical, pharmaceutical, and retail sectors. The company manufactures physical packaging products tailored to the compliance and handling requirements of these regulated and consumer-facing industries.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Medical Packaging Solutions
• Pharmaceutical Packaging Solutions
• Retail Packaging Solutions

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Direct peers

• Constantia Flexibles: Austria-based manufacturer of flexible plastic packaging for pharma, food, and consumer industries. Comparable European plastic packaging peer with overlapping medical/pharmaceutical and retail end-markets.
• Albéa Group: European-based global supplier of beauty, personal care, and pharmaceutical packaging made primarily from plastics. Comparable European plastics packaging manufacturer with pharma-adjacent end-markets.
• Airlite Plastics: Mid-sized custom plastics manufacturer producing rigid plastic packaging for retail and industrial customers. Comparable as a similarly-sized custom plastic packaging manufacturer serving multiple sectors.
• Coveris: European-headquartered flexible and rigid plastic packaging manufacturer serving food, healthcare, and consumer goods. Comparable mid-sized European plastic packaging peer with similar multi-segment customer profile.

Broad incumbents

• Berry Global Group: Global plastic packaging manufacturer serving healthcare, consumer, and industrial markets. Comparable because it offers plastic packaging solutions to medical, pharmaceutical, and retail customers, similar to Carolex's end-market focus.
• AptarGroup: Global provider of dispensing systems and packaging components for pharmaceutical, beauty, and food/beverage markets. Comparable as a plastics-based packaging supplier to regulated consumer end-markets.
• Amcor: Global packaging company with healthcare and consumer flexibles divisions. Comparable for its plastic packaging offerings serving pharmaceutical and retail customers, similar to Carolex's customer base.
• Gerresheimer AG: European-headquartered manufacturer of specialty packaging for pharma and healthcare. Directly comparable end-market overlap with Carolex in pharmaceutical and medical packaging.
• Sealed Air Corporation: Global packaging company known for protective and food packaging solutions. Comparable in serving retail and consumer goods packaging markets with plastic-based formats.
• Sonoco Products Company: Diversified global packaging manufacturer with healthcare and consumer packaging divisions. Comparable as a multi-sector plastic and hybrid packaging supplier.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights3 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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