dm-folien

What dm-folien does

dm-folien GmbH is a privately held German mid-sized packaging materials distributor (mittelständischer Verpackungsmittelhändler) headquartered in Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg, founded in 1987. The company offers over 3,000 articles across 15+ product categories including films (LDPE, HDPE, PP, PET), bags, sacks, tarpaulins, nets, strapping bands, adhesive tapes, containers (including fruit/vegetable and MAP trays), nonwovens, foam products, ropes, and packaging devices, with specialized lines for agriculture, construction, industry/commerce, and private customers. Core technology centers on polyethylene-based packaging materials and in-house flexible production for custom products, prototypes, and small batches.

The business operates a dual-channel go-to-market: a self-serve Shopware-based B2B e-commerce storefront (dm-folien.com) with quantity-based tiered pricing and multiple payment options (PayPal, Amazon Pay, credit card, prepayment, invoice), paired with a dedicated sales team organized into three product verticals (packaging for industry/commerce, agricultural products, and fruit/vegetable packaging plus crop protection nets). Distribution includes standard parcel shipping via DHL (€6.95 flat within Germany), pallet/freight via DSV, and warehouse pickup. The company is ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 14001:2015 certified.

Revenue is generated through one-time product sales at unit pricing with volume discounts, shipping to Germany, EU, and international markets. The company holds no external investors, operates with 51-100 employees, and maintains a recycling-focused product line alongside worldwide import services for international procurement. It has no app, no public API, and no AI/ML capabilities disclosed.

Name

dm-folien

Legal name

dm-folien GmbH

Website

https://dm-folien.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1987

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

dm-folien GmbH is a German mid-sized packaging materials distributor (est. 1987, Reutlingen) offering 3,000+ SKUs across films, bags, sacks, tapes, nets, and agricultural and construction supplies to B2B and private customers via e-commerce and direct sales.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Packaging Materials Distribution

NAICS

Industrial Supplies Merchant Wholesalers (423840)

SIC

Wholesale-Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods (5190), Wholesale-Paper & Paper Products (5110)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYIMALABAJ

Industrial & Heavy-Duty Flexible Packaging (Construction, Chemicals, Liners)

Industrials, Manufacturing & Construction/Packaging & Containers/Flexible Packaging (Films, Pouches, Laminates)

SECONDARYIMALAFAM

Custom Engineered Transit Packaging & Packaging Design Services

Industrials, Manufacturing & Construction/Packaging & Containers/Protective & Transport Packaging (Foam, Dunnage, Pallets, Crates)

SECONDARYIMANAEAI

Foodservice & Single-Use Plastic Packaging (Cups, Lids, Cutlery) Manufacturing

Industrials, Manufacturing & Construction/Plastics & Rubber Manufacturing/Plastic Packaging Products Manufacturing

Keywords

• Industrial packaging supplies
• Agricultural films
• Polyethylene films
• Packaging distribution
• Stretch film products

Headquarters

HQ city

Reutlingen

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. B2B E-commerce Sales: Direct-to-customer and business-to-business sales of packaging materials through own e-commerce platform. Products include films, bags, bands, containers, nets, tarpaulins, sacks, foam products, ropes, stretch films, bags, nonwovens, and accessories. Revenue generated through product sales with quantity-based pricing tiers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

dm-folien GmbH is a mid-sized German packaging materials distributor that manufactures, imports, and sells more than 3,000 articles \u2014 films, bags, sacks, tapes, nets, ropes, tarpaulins, foam products, cartons, paper packaging, and accessories \u2014 to industrial, agricultural, construction, and consumer customers. It complements product distribution with custom flexible production of prototypes and small batches, just-in-time warehouse logistics, and worldwide import procurement services.

Product overview

dm-folien is a mid-sized German packaging materials distributor (Verpackungsmittelhändler) offering over 3,000 articles across films, fleeces, nets, bags, sacks, tarpaulins, tapes, ropes, carrier bags, and rubber bands. The company also operates an online e-commerce shop (Shopware-based) alongside specialized product lines for agriculture (Agrarprodukte), paper packaging (Papierprodukte), and recycling (Recyclingprodukte). Services include custom production (Prototypen und Kleinmengen), logistics/just-in-time delivery, and worldwide import. The portfolio spans 15+ main product categories with numerous sub-products covering industrial, agricultural, construction, and consumer packaging needs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• B\u00e4nder (Bands and Tapes) Range of bands and tapes including barrier tapes, stretch bands, rubber bands, adhesive tapes, and strapping bands for packaging, securing, bundling, and area-marking applications across industry, construction, agriculture, and shipping.
• Beh\u00e4lter (Containers and Food Trays) Food packaging containers and trays including fruit and vegetable trays and MAP (modified atmosphere packaging) trays made from wood pulp, polypropylene, RPET, and rice straw.
• Beutel (Bags) Comprehensive bag range including adhesion closure, bag-in-box, zipper, flat, grip seal, pet waste, drawstring, bubble, trash, paper, foam, side gusset, vacuum, shipping, nonwoven bags, and packaging funnels.
• Folien (Films) Extensive film product range covering construction films, B1 film, cover sheet film, decorative films, film cut pieces, greenhouse films, fabric films, grid films, raised bed films, wood coverage films, louver curtains, bubble wrap, sleeve films, shrink film, side wall film, silo film, pond liners, tablecloths, underlayer films, vacuum films, and tarpaulins.
• Agrarprodukte (Agricultural Products) Specialized agricultural product line including agricultural stretch films, pressing yarn, wrapping nets, sleeve films, silo film, barrier film, underlayer film, silo protection grids, silo sandbags, side wall film, straw fleece, silage additives, and crop protection products.
• Ger\u00e4te (Packaging Devices and Tools) Equipment and tools for packaging operations including dispensers, film unwinders, tape dispensers, knives, trash bag stands, package tape dispensers, sack filling devices, shrink guns, welding devices, stretch film dispensers, strapping devices, vacuum devices, and miscellaneous tools.
• Kartons (Cartons) Cardboard boxes and cartons including automatic bottom cartons, folding cartons, pallet cartons, juice cartons, and shipping tubes.
• Netze (Nets) Net products for construction, agriculture, and horticulture including construction site nets, clip nets, container nets, vegetable protection nets, hail protection nets, wood wrapping nets, mole nets, pallet nets, pool cover nets, round bale wrapping nets, sandbox nets, shading nets, silo protection grids, sun sails, pond nets, grape nets, grandstand nets, bird protection nets, and wind protection nets.
• Planen (Tarpaulins) Tarpaulins for construction, scaffolding, and general covering including construction site tarpaulins, scaffold protection tarpaulins, fabric tarpaulins, grid tarpaulins, and wood cover tarpaulins.
• S\u00e4cke (Sacks) Sacks and bags including asbestos plate sacks, tree watering sacks, big bags, film sacks, garden waste sacks, fabric sacks, jute sacks, body bags, trash sacks, mesh sacks, sand sacks, shrink hoods, and Christmas tree sacks.
• Schaum (Foam Products) Foam products including edge insulation strips, foam film, foam film bags, and foam nets for protective packaging and insulation.
• Seilerwaren (Ropery Products) Rope and twine products including binding twines, bungee cords, wooden ropes, sewing thread, nylon ropes, PP ropes, pressing yarn, and sisal rope.
• Stretchfolien (Stretch Films) Stretch films for pallet wrapping and packaging including agricultural stretch films, automatic machine stretch films, cling film, hand stretch films, mini stretch film, waste wrapping film, and stretch paper, available with varying recycled content.
• Taschen (Bags and Pouches) Bags and pouches for delivery, carrying, and shipping including delivery note pockets, carrier bags, and shipping envelopes, including paper shopping bags.
• Vliese (Nonwovens and Fleeces) Nonwoven fabrics and fleeces for gardening, agriculture, and horticulture including ribbon fabric, beer table cloths, garden fleece, wood chip fleece, compost fleece, straw bale protection fleeces, and weed control fleeces.
• Zubeh\u00f6r (Accessories) Accessories for packaging and securing including quick tensioners, filling material, hygiene products, cable ties, eyelets and fasteners, strapping band accessories, closures, and coffee filters.
• Papierprodukte (Paper Products) Paper-based packaging products including paper bags, paper adhesive tape, paper trash sacks, paper stretch, paper shopping bags, cartons, delivery note pockets, and shipping envelopes \u2014 including potato carrier bags, kraft paper bags, and paperboard cartons.
• Recyclingprodukte (Recycled-Material Products) Products made from recycled materials including recycled coverage films, barrier tapes, coverage sheets, construction films, printed closure bags, stretch bands, flat bags, film sacks, pet waste bags, delivery note pockets, trash sacks, side wall films, stretch films, and shipping envelopes.
• Dienstleistungen (Custom Production, Logistics, and Import Services) Service offerings including flexible production of custom-made products, prototypes, and small batches; just-in-time logistics and delivery; and worldwide import services for organizing international procurement of goods in large quantities.

Quantifiable outcome

• Delivery within 1-3 business days for standard items
• +1 more outcomes

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration8 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• DHLminorOthersShipping partner for package delivery within Germany and internationally.
• DSVminorOthersShipping partner for pallet and freight deliveries.
• PayPalminorOthersPayment processing partner for online transactions.
• Amazon PayminorOthersPayment processing partner for Amazon account holders.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Sealed Air: Global manufacturer of protective packaging (bubble wrap, vacuum films, food packaging). Overlaps with dm-folien's protective packaging category as both a supplier and a competing product brand.
• Mondi: Global packaging and paper group with significant corrugated and flexible packaging production. A broader incumbent player overlapping with dm-folien's distribution as a supplier and on packaging products in adjacent categories.
• Antalis: Europe-wide distributor of paper, packaging, and visual communication products. Overlaps with dm-folien on cartons, paper bags, and protective packaging, but operates at significantly larger scale and broader scope.
• Uline: North American packaging distributor with very deep catalog of shipping, industrial, and janitorial supplies. Comparable business model and breadth, though US-centric — useful for benchmarking what scaled catalog distribution looks like.
• Inapa Packaging: Pan-European paper and packaging distributor headquartered in Portugal. Competes in industrial packaging distribution across the same geographies and with overlapping SKUs (films, tapes, cartons), though with a stronger paper heritage.

Direct peers

• RAJA Group: Europe's largest packaging distributor, headquartered in France, offering a comparable multi-category catalogue of films, bags, tapes, and shipping supplies across B2B channels. Direct competitor in the same product/customer overlap with dm-folien, but at much larger scale.
• ratioform: German packaging distributor (part of the TAKKT group) offering films, bags, shipping materials, and warehouse supplies to B2B customers via catalog and e-commerce. Closest German-language direct competitor with similar one-stop-shop positioning.

Emerging players

• Packhelp: Digital-first packaging supplier focused on custom-printed boxes and sustainable packaging for SMBs and e-commerce. Comparable in e-commerce GTM and sustainability positioning, though narrower in product scope (mostly paper-based).
• nopaperform: German B2B e-commerce platform for office, packaging, and facility supplies. Direct German-market competitor in the same B2B online distribution channel, though with broader facility/office focus beyond packaging.

Regional players

• Falkenhahn AG: German packaging distributor specializing in industrial packaging, films, and protective materials based in North Rhine-Westphalia. Comparable mid-sized German Mittelstand distributor with overlapping product categories targeting industrial customers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@dmfoliengmbh4522
• Facebookfacebook.com/dmfoliencom
• Instagraminstagram.com/dmfolien
• Xx.com/dmfolien
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/dm-folien

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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