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New website provides online product recommendation
19. March 2021

New website provides online product recommendation

Users can filter paper and cardboard for sustainable packaging quickly and clearly according to desired properties on the new PKV website. With their new website www.pkvarel.de, Papier- und Kartonfabrik Varel offers a quick way to find the right recommendation: using an online filter, the products made from recycled waste paper can be easily filtered according […]
“PKV Extra”: 16 voluntary projects supported
22. December 2020

“PKV Extra”: 16 voluntary projects supported

From baseball to aquatics, a PKV employee giving program helped numerous volunteer projects move forward in 2020. And there’s another piece of good news…. Cohesion and commitment are important professional values in PKV. The company therefore welcomes all the more the fact that many colleagues are also intensively committed to good causes in their private […]
XXL photos as a commitment to the region
19. November 2020

XXL photos as a commitment to the region

PKV shows its regional roots on the factory premises with a series of large-format professional photos. The “gallery” began with XXL photos from the region years ago with views of the landscape at the visitor parking lot – now PKV is continuing the series of professional photos along Dangaster Straße.“The beauty of our region is […]
Quality cardboard: Varel invests heavily
22. September 2020

Quality cardboard: Varel invests heavily

With forward-looking investments in its cardboard production, Papier- und Kartonfabrik Varel (PKV) continues to consistently implement its strategy program totaling 280 million euros.In a very wide range of cardboard products, the high basis weights have always been a speciality of the Varel company. Engineers and fitters are currently putting the finishing touches to important investments […]
Foundation 2° expands the alliance for entrepreneurial climate protection with PKV
3. July 2020

Foundation 2° expands the alliance for entrepreneurial climate protection with PKV

“Reconciling ecology and economy is a fundamental part of our corporate policy,” says Kristian Evers, shareholder of PKV. The 2° Foundation is an initiative of CEOs, managing directors and family entrepreneurs. The aim is to call on politicians to establish effective market-based framework conditions for climate protection and to support the problem-solving competence of German […]
After rebuild: paper machine 4 started production as scheduled
24. April 2020

After rebuild: paper machine 4 started production as scheduled

After extensive modernization and renewal of the wire and press section, paper machine 4 has restarted on schedule. The main goals of the rebuild were to widen the web to 5.30 meters and to increase the dry content of the paper after the press section. In this way, the PKV also improves the energy efficiency […]
Why does the PKV continue to produce?
30. March 2020

Why does the PKV continue to produce?

Packaging material is urgently needed in the food and medical goods industry, especially in times of pandemics. Without appropriate packaging material, the transport of important goods such as food or medical supplies, but also of other goods for daily needs, is hardly possible. The PKV uses waste paper to produce the raw material for corrugated […]
Latvian interns get to know everyday working life at PKV
25. February 2020

Latvian interns get to know everyday working life at PKV

With the visit programme, PKV supports the international exchange of trainees – an exciting learning effect also for its own junior staff. For the second time, Latvian trainees from the metal training course of the Riga State Technical School have visited companies in Varel and the BBS-Varel for a four-week internship abroad. The two dedicated […]
Donation: 2,500 euros for rescue dog team
7. February 2020

Donation: 2,500 euros for rescue dog team

Volunteer teams regularly support emergency services with rescue dogs in the search for missing persons – in Friesland and Wilhelmshaven since 1986. This valuable work is supported by Papier- und Kartonfabrik Varel with this year’s major annual donation. The donation contributes to the fact that the rescue dog squadron Wilhelmshaven-Friesland e.V. can use a new […]