Karl Knauer KG

Folding cartons standardised or tailor-made

Whether standardised or tailor-made: The folding carton made from paperboard, corrugated cardboard or plastic has many different faces. At Karl Knauer, we always align ourselves to your wishes and develop the best customised solutions for you. Even unusual shapes, sizes or combinations of materials are not a problem for us.

Automatic packaging

We have lots of experience when it comes to machine mobility. Thanks to our many years of experience and a highly modern machine park, we offer you a high degree of precision for machine packaging, even for complex and fast processes.

Laminated folding cartons made of e-flute

Packaging made from e-flute are very suitable because of their low weight, rigidity and stability. Karl Knauer specialises in lamination of microwave and fine wave packaging. See for yourself: the high-quality processability and excellent operating characteristics of our design in F-flute, E-flute, B-flute, sine flute, etc.

Packaging with different functionalities

The variant diversity is infinite: integrated measuring cup, folding cartons with carrying handles or folded card, re-sealable discharge devices or printed electronics are all only a few examples of our innovative packaging solutions – our products add real value!

Folding cartons with inner linings

Special products require special packaging. Karl Knauer aligns itself to the specific requirements of each product and develops folding cartons with inner linings that ensure safe and individually adapted storage of products. Folding cartons with partitions for pharmaceutical and cosmetic products or with a holder for ampules are only two examples of creative solutions offered by Karl Knauer.

Blister cards

Blister cards mean hygiene and protection from environmental influences. Blister cards must demonstrate high stability, be theft-proof and offer additional protection and marketing functionalities. Whether you require blister cards for the non-food area, clamshell packaging, blister cards for drug stores or similar, our packages always make a good impression at the POS.

Measuring cups

The measuring cups designed by Karl Knauer are made of cardboard. This design has been patented and trademarked by Karl Knauer. The measuring cups are optimally suited for powders and granulate and are a perfect alternative to standard plastic measuring cups. They can be packaged with the product to be dosed, which leads to a volume reduction of the package when compared with standard plastic measuring cups. They are simple to set up and rigid in their use and are available in individual sizes and designs. Furthermore, the individual printed scale enables easy dosing of the product.

Beverage packaging

Our product diversity represents the entire range of requirements for the domestic and international beverage industry. This includes bottle carriers (baskets), completely enclosed packs for bottles and cans as well as clips and diverse, partially very complex special constructions that are tailored to meet your requirements.

Shipping packaging

We produce your individuell packaging for mailings or envelopes in cardboard or corrugated cardboard, with adhesive hotmelt and cover tape, tear tape, foil pocket, patched window, individual codes (e.g. Data-Matrix- or QR-Codes) or many further features according to your requirements.

In 2012 the triumphal march of our printed electronics "HiLight – printed electronics®" began, when the first luminous packaging based on electroluminescence was introduced to the worldwide market. The packaging of "Bombay Sapphire" gin by Bacardi received over 30 national and international awards. The technology of applying electronics to printing processes, promises an incredible number of fantastic application possibilities.

Take advantage of the enormous potential for your market, for your brand. Karl Knauer offers various sustainable solutions for integrating light in packaging and POS materials – tailored to your product and your requirements, we make your brand shine at the POS..

OLED – a bright future
Awarded with the German Packaging Award 2017, German Design Award 2018, Promotional Gift Award 2018, German Innovation Award 2018 and the World Star 2018.

Nothing less than a revolution: Karl Knauer, in cooperation with INURU GmbH, presents probably the first illuminated packaging with printed, flexible organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs).

OLEDs are merely a few nanometres-thin self-illuminating surfaced light sources and comprise organic semi-conductors. They can be fully printed with all the electronic components including the batteries. In comparison to electroluminescence, OLEDs are 100-500 times brighter, but only require a fraction of the energy, are ultrathin, flexible and low-cost in their manufacture. Due to the lower power consumption, lighting elements can be operated with batteries in an energy self-sufficient way for months. The technology is sustainably recyclable and can be easily disposed of in line with statutory requirement.

OLED packaging – the revolution of product Marketing
In the future, packaging, displays, POS materials, advertising means and even bottle labels can be equipped with animated pictures, logos and texts: A revolution for product marketing! The lighting effect can now even be activated contactless without the usual sensors upon request. The customer approaches the shelf and the packaging lights up. An increase in attention to the brand, which is priceless. In the “first moment of truth”, i.e. the moment of selecting the product and deciding to purchase, the product becomes the winner!

HiLight – smart LEDs®
Awarded with ten national and international Prizes

HiLight – smart LEDs® is a patented innovation from Karl Knauer which – being a minimalist creation – integrates light into any paper, cardboard or corrugated cardboard product in an aesthetic, functional and affordable way to develop a sustainable, “Made in Germany” solution.
Let’s work together to make your ideas shine.

Modern, sustainable and Minimalist
Unlike the well-known “classic” LED technology, which in most cases is considered in a negative light as “electronic waste”, HiLight – smart LEDs® represents sustainable, modern and minimalist “Made in Germany” technology.
In a new process, we fit the conductor paths directly onto the cardboard material, apply high-power, mini, flat LEDs, integrate a small button cell directly into the product, and use the battery itself as a “switch” to turn the light on and off..

Luminous product diversity
HiLight – smart LEDs® can be put to creative use for brand-new cardboard products: Promotional notebooks with light-up logos, flat cardboard torches, business cards with an integrated light aspect, decorative lights for events, and greetings cards and games with exciting light effects.

Displays for creating strong eye-catching presentation of brands and products is becoming increasingly more important: In the secondary placement, the decisive revenue increase is created. Today, in order to differentiate your offer, seasonal and special promotions for the creation of independent and high-quality brand worlds are a must for every marketing mix.

Karl Knauer develops and manufactures innovative displays, highly flexible trays and eye-catching store window decorations made from cardboard, laminated corrugated cardboard or plastic for the success at the POS.

Product protection and transportability are important characteristics of a perfect tray and display solution. Through the use of innovative solutions using light, motion, aroma and further multi-sensor finishing, we will ensure that your product is an eye-catching hit at the POS!

Beyond this, we will upon request handle the additional packaging and the entire logistics.

Thanks to our more than 80 years of experience in packaging manufacturing and over 40 years in the construction of packaging machines, we can provide you with especially practical advice. With Karl Knauer, you get performance and perfection, as well as plenty of passion: our team is well-known for its outstanding dedication and consistent commitment to your project’s success. At Karl Knauer, we don’t offer ready-made solutions; instead, we conceptualise and design everything precisely for your application, right down to the smallest detail. Our wealth of experience is a huge help in this regard, as we combine standard solutions with your individual requirements and thereby guarantee a high level of process reliability from the very outset.

We support you in every step of the process. From the analysis and planning of your packaging line, over the development of a custom-made, cost-efficient and material-efficient solution, to our excellent after-sales service – our service modules leave nothing to be desired.

Guaranteed success. Our quality promise.

We love quality. We’d even go so far as to say we’re obsessed with it. This is a standard you are more than welcome to measure us against. Because we know that a packaging machine works particularly well when everything is perfect with respect to quality. Then, you’ll achieve your desired efficiency effects and your processes will be reliably improved too. Our quality seal is the perfect expression of this high standard.

What we guarantee

With Karl Knauer packaging machines, you receive a guarantee on:

+ Bearing
+ Machine parts
+ Function
+ Agreed technical availability of 97% in the three-shift model
+ Agreed output per hour
+ Software update to the acceptance state
+ No calculation of technicians’ service times in the case of a guarantee claim
+ Optional: production Support

Other aspects that characterise Karl Knauer machines

We are proud of our packaging machines. And we want you to be too, because our high-performance packaging machines offer:

+ Low energy consumption
+ Affordable, modular system parts
+ Complete spacial flexibility due to space-saving and mobile machines in your corporate design
+ Planning and integration in your production layout
+ User-friendly design and easy operation
+ Maximum precision for professional and secure packaging

Hygiene as a quality factor

“Hygiene design” plays a key role for a high standard of food safety and product liability. Particularly in the food industry, machines, systems and components have to be designed and built in line with the most stringent hygienic standards. Karl Knauer works according to design principles that minimise structural bottlenecks for hygiene-related hazards. Materials, surfaces and design-related features always have excellent cleaning properties.

Flexibility as a quality factor

Maximum flexibility, dynamism and safety in the material and production flow: modern systems have to tackle the increasing variety of customised and personalised packaging. The Karl Knauer modular system for the packaging industry shortens the time to market and increases system availability – while delivering low complexity and efficient engineering at the same time.

Safety and service as a quality factor

Even at the machine selection and design stage, there is an expert team of Karl Knauer advisors on hand to assist you. And we’re even there for you after delivery, as our service team supports you throughout the entire machine lifecycle as part of our after-sales service, offering you convincing expert knowledge and therefore maximum quality and service with regard to operating the machine. Our customers benefit from our service team’s short response times and maximum flexibility. We offer you a guarantee and post-guarantee service throughout the whole of Germany. Scheduled maintenance extends the machine’s service life and reduces expensive machine downtimes.