Walki Folian

• January 2025
  We welcome Mr Harald Stempfhuber as our new Operations Manager.
   

• December 2024
  Mr Stefan Muschter - founder and Managing Director of folian gmbh - leaves the company. Wolfgang Thißen is the new Managing Director.
   

• 2024
  Walki Folian is constantly working to improve its sustainability practices and was awarded the EcoVadis Gold Medal for the second time in February 2024.
   

• 2023
  The Theo Müller Group has recognised Walki Folian as an ‘international preferred supplier’ for 2023.
   

• 2022
  folian has signed a final agreement to sell 100% of its shares to Walki Group.
   
• 2022
  EcoVadis evaluates folian and awards it with a "Gold Medal.
   
• 2022
  folian saves energy: Whether it's a more efficient compressor or heat pump, energy-saving lamps in production or e-cars for the small fleet. folian is once again investing in measures to save energy and conserve resources in 2022.

  folian joined the UN Global Compact in May 2022 and would like to contribute to a global vision. By signing the UN Global Compact, folian commits itself to respect the 10 principles and to promote sustainable development in its own country and worldwide.
   

• 2021
  EcoVadis, a platform for performance improvement in the field of sustainability, evaluates folian and awards it with a "Silver Medal".
   
• 2020/2021
  The anniversary celebration was postponed to 2021 because of the Corona pandemic. In Sept. 2021, folian celebrated its 20th anniversary.
   
• 2020
  In June 2020, folian was audited according to the FSC standard for the first time. The audit was successfully passed and folian is allowed to mark printed paper that meets the requirements with the FSC logo. Together with a customer, folian has developed a functioning paper packaging.
   
• 2019
  folian receives the award in the "Innovation" category from the DFTA Flexodruck Fachverband e.V. in Stuttgart in March 2019 for the "Strawberries" motif. The jury wrote: "The FRoSTA strawberries design is particularly impressive with its delicate gradients and light shadows, together with an excellent photorealistic image. And it's printed with water based colors on foil! Apart from the print quality, this also shows the multi-faceted nature of flexographic printing."
   
• 2016
  A new laser perforation system replaced our previous hot needle perforation. Laser perforation also allows individual layers of film to be “scored” and can be used to make opening easier.
   
• 2014/2015
  The machinery pool increased in size again. The plant now has three printing, laminating and roll slitting machines. With our new flexo printing machine, in addition to solvent-based printing inks, we can also process water-based printing inks. We are the first in Germany to offer film interlayer flexo printing.
   
• 2013
  Establishment of the branch office in Wolfertschwenden, Bavaria.
   
• 2012
  With the acquisition of a new laminating machine, folian offers its customers the option of hot needle perforation.
   
• 2004
  Expansion of the plant. In addition to a new production hall, a second print machine and a second roll slitting machine went into operation.
   
• 2001
  The first customer order leaves the folian gmbh plant. The machinery pool includes a printing, laminating and roll slitting machine.
   
• 1999
  Manuela and Stefan Muschter found folian gmbh. The main headquarters of the plant is in the village of Groß Lüdershagen near the Hanseatic City of Stralsund.
  The machinery pool includes a printing, laminating and roll slitting machine.
   
• 1997/98
  The initial idea of a flexo printing works for packaging films.

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