Sultana

What Sultana does

Caja de Cartón Sultana, S.A. de C.V., operating commercially as Cartón Sultana, is a Mexican corrugated cardboard packaging manufacturer founded in 1968 and headquartered in Santa Catarina, Nuevo León. The company operates a fully automated plant with cutting-edge technology for the corrugated packaging industry and structures its offering around three integrated service lines: Soluciones de Empaque (production and supply of corrugated packaging materials that protect, transport, and promote client brands), Soluciones de Logística (supply chain logistics processes with guaranteed on-time and complete deliveries), and Administración de la Cadena de Suministro (multi-area teams covering engineering, design, planning, vendor development, production, logistics, transportation, quality, customer service, commercial, and IT). The product line is 100% renewable and recyclable, which the company uses as a sustainability differentiator.

Sultana serves six B2B vertical markets — industrial (primary), automotive, electronics, appliances (electrodomésticos), food (alimenticio), and agricultural — through direct enterprise field sales and a dedicated commercial team. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed. Distribution is direct manufacturing plus strategically located logistics centers positioned to serve demanding just-in-time supply chains across Mexico. Marketing channels include a corporate website with case studies and a blog, plus LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram for B2B visibility. The company displays six certification logos on its website indicating quality and sector compliance, though specific certifications are not enumerated.

The company is privately held under Mexican law as a variable capital corporation (S.A. de C.V.), with no public listing, no disclosed institutional investors, and no disclosed revenue or headcount figures. Operating geographies are domestic (Mexico), with the principal footprint in Nuevo León. No management team, ownership structure, funding rounds, M&A activity, partnerships, or patent portfolio are disclosed in the available data, representing material information gaps for any investment assessment.

Name

Sultana

Legal name

Caja de Cartón Sultana, S.A. de C.V.

Website

https://cartonsultana.com.mx

Company type

Private

Founded year

1968

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Cartón Sultana is a Mexican corrugated cardboard packaging manufacturer founded in 1968 that produces protective packaging, delivers logistics services, and administers supply chains for industrial, automotive, electronics, appliances, food, and agricultural clients in Mexico.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Packaging

NAICS

Corrugated and Solid Fiber Box Manufacturing (322211), Warehousing and Storage (493)

SIC

Paperboard Containers & Boxes (2650)

akta.pro primary industry

Corrugated Packaging & Boxes (RSC, die-cut, bulk bins) (IMAMAHAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) & FMCG (TLAIALAH)

Keywords

• Corrugated packaging
• Industrial packaging solutions
• Logistics services
• Supply chain management
• Cardboard manufacturing

Headquarters

HQ city

Santa Catarina

HQ country

Mexico

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Corrugated Packaging Materials: Manufacture and supply of corrugated cardboard packaging materials that protect, transport, and promote brands
2. Logistics Solutions: Logistics services resolving supply chain needs, guaranteeing complete and on-time deliveries
3. Supply Chain Administration: Multi-area team services including engineering, design, planning, vendor development, production, logistics, transportation, quality, customer service, and IT

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Cartón Sultana manufactures and supplies corrugated cardboard packaging materials that protect, transport, and promote brands. Beyond box production, the company delivers logistics processes that solve real supply chain needs and provides end-to-end supply chain administration through multi-area teams covering engineering, design, planning, vendor development, production, logistics, transportation, quality, customer service, commercial, and IT functions.

Product overview

Cartón Sultana is a packaging and logistics solutions company offering a unified portfolio centered on corrugated cardboard solutions. The core offering consists of three integrated service areas: Soluciones de Empaque (Packaging Solutions) for producing protective packaging materials, Soluciones de Logística (Logistics Solutions) for supply chain logistics and delivery optimization, and Administración de la Cadena de Suministro (Supply Chain Management) for end-to-end coordination across engineering, planning, production, logistics, quality, and customer service. Founded in 1968, the company serves industrial, automotive, electronic, appliance, food, and agricultural sectors from its automated facility in Monterrey, Mexico.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Soluciones de Empaque (Packaging Solutions)

Quantifiable outcome

• 100% renewable and recyclable corrugated cardboard

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Sealed Air: Global packaging company specializing in protective and food packaging solutions. Overlaps with Sultana's protective packaging positioning for industrial customers, particularly in electronics and appliances, though focused on non-corrugated formats.
• International Paper: Global producer of corrugated packaging and containerboard with operations in Mexico. Competes with Sultana in serving Mexican industrial customers but operates at global scale with integrated paper mills and a much wider geographic footprint.
• Greif: Global industrial packaging company producing corrugated, rigid, and specialty containers with significant operations in Mexico. Competes with Sultana in serving Mexican industrial accounts but offers a broader industrial packaging portfolio.
• Graphic Packaging: Global paperboard packaging company serving consumer goods and food and beverage customers. Competes with Sultana in adjacent paper-based packaging categories though focused more on folding cartons than corrugated boxes.
• Smurfit Westrock: Global leader in corrugated packaging (formed by the Smurfit Kappa and WestRock merger) with extensive operations across Latin America including Mexico. Competes with Sultana on corrugated products but serves a vastly broader global customer base with vertically integrated paper production.
• Sonoco Products: Global diversified packaging company with operations in Mexico serving industrial and consumer markets. Overlaps with Sultana's industrial packaging and supply-chain services offering though at significantly greater scale and geographic breadth.

Direct peers

• Bio Pappel: Mexican company producing paper, packaging, and consumer tissue products. Operates corrugated packaging operations serving similar industrial customers in Mexico and represents one of the closest direct competitors to Sultana in the domestic market.
• Grupo Gondi: Mexico's largest integrated producer of containerboard and corrugated packaging with multiple plants across the country. Directly competes with Sultana in the same Mexican market with the same core corrugated product lines, though at significantly greater scale.
• COPAMEX: Mexican paper and packaging company producing corrugated boxes and related paper products. Headquartered in Monterrey (same metro as Sultana) and serves many of the same industrial and consumer customers in Northern Mexico.

Regional players

• Pactiv Evergreen: North American food and beverage packaging company with manufacturing operations in Mexico. Comparable to Sultana in serving food and consumer-goods customers in Mexico, though focused on plastic and molded fiber rather than corrugated formats.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Cajasdecartonsultana
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cartonsultana
• Instagraminstagram.com/cartonsultana

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Valuation estimate

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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