The underlying recycling process for polystyrene (rPS) developed by Fernholz Verpackungen was included in March 2026 as one of 24 technologies in the new European Union “Union Register of Novel Technologies”.
Fernholz Verpackungen is consistently pushing its growth strategy at its film production site in Schkopau, Saxony-Anhalt. As part of the ongoing investment programme, another high-performance extruder was recently commissioned.
Fernholz Verpackungen, together with ALDI Einkauf SE & Co. oHG and the ZOTT dairy, received the Plastics Recycling Awards Europe (PRSE Award) in the Product Technology Innovation category.
A television crew from Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (MDR) visited the Fernholz film production site in Schkopau on 30 January 2026 to produce a report on the status of the central German chemical industry for its news magazine "exakt".
Shortly before the end of the year, Uwe Fernholz, Managing Partner of Fernholz Verpackungen, offers an initial review for 2025: “Our main focus is on the significantly rising demand for our recycled polystyrene (rPS), which serves as a sustainable basis for innovative packaging solutions, as well as the consistent implementation of our extensive investment programme at the Meinerzhagen and Schkopau sites.
Sustainability, resource conservation and innovative product development are vital to the success of companies in the packaging industry and no longer mere buzzwords.
We welcomed Florian Müller (MP, CDU), Ralf Schwarzkopf (MP, CDU) and Mayor Jan Nesselrath as high-ranking representatives from the federal, state and local government.
Fernholz Verpackungen has received approval from the European Union to process recycled PET for direct food contact. This makes the company one of the few companies in Germany that can offer a fully EU-approved recycling process.
The time has arrived this year: Fernholz, one of the leading manufacturers of plastic packaging for the food and dairy industries, can look back on a proud 60 years of company history. Established 1963 by the brothers Werner and Helmut Fernholz, the company has since evolved into an innovative and successful player in the industry.
With its second generation of the Desto® Cup, the manufacturer of plastic packaging Fernholz is now enabling recyclability of up to 98 percent. The cyclos-HTP institute in Aachen, which tests and certifies the recyclability of packaging, awarded the Desto® cup an ‘AAA’ rating.
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