A family-owned company that has been packaging food safely for 35 years
PAK Sp. z o.o. from Toruń designs, produces and prints plastic packaging for the food industry: films, laminates, bags, casings and labels.
Over three decades in packaging
Establishment of PAK
PAK is a family business founded in October 1990 by Witold Karbowski. Our history begins in a small room in Toruń’s Rubinkowo district, where a dozen or so people began working under the common name of “PAK”. The driving force at this time is the printing of casings, as well as the sale of spices and small butchery equipment.
New company headquarters
PAK grows rapidly and moves to a hall on Wielki Rów Street in Toruń. Maria Karbowska joins PAK’s management. More employees are quickly recruited and PAK becomes the region’s leader in supplying butchers and caterers.
Start of label printing
We are mainly active in the meat and dairy industry. We print and sell casings, but we see huge potential in label printing: we buy our first narrow-web flexo printing machines.
A year of major investments
The PAK Group is established and Kalibra, a casing company, joins the group. PAK’s owners buy ATRA, the Toruń Graphic Printing Ink Factory founded in 1922, which is going out of business: ATRA’s employees keep their jobs and PAK gains new production space.
Start of flexo printing on wide web and lamination
Another milestone in our company is the investment in a wide-web flexo printing press and a laminator. This significant step allowed us to expand our production capacity and to supply our customers even more comprehensively.
New company headquarters on Towarowa Street
PAK moves entirely to Towarowa Street in Toruń, where it is currently located.
BRCGS standard
We pass our first certification audit for compliance with the BRC Global Standard for Packaging Materials. Since then, the certificate has been renewed regularly, most recently with an A rating.
FSC® certificate
We implement a chain of custody system for forest products. As of 16 November 2018, we hold the FSC® certificate, licence number C144705.
Pomeranian Special Economic Zone and Cleaner Production
We join the Pomeranian Special Economic Zone, which opens the way to expanding the production hall, purchasing new machinery and employing more people. On 29 November 2021 we receive the Cleaner Production Certificate.
Second PSSE funding decision and GlossPAK Slim
We receive a second funding decision from the PSSE: for a modern production management system, robots, robotic trolleys and laboratory equipment. We also implement GlossPAK Slim film, reducing its thickness from 150 to 110 µm.
Halal certificate and EcoPAK development
On 13 February 2024 we pass the Halal audit and obtain the certificate for our products. The EcoPAK mono-structure line (mono PE / PP / PET) gains further implementations, from doypacks for sweets to flow packs for minced meat.
The second generation takes the helm
Succession in the family business: Ewa Karbowska-Korus becomes President of the Management Board and Anna Karbowska-Schoofs a Member of the Board. The generational change preserves the continuity of our values: people, quality and partnership with customers.
Heading towards the PPWR
We are preparing packaging variants for the requirements of the EU PPWR regulation: mono-structures, recyclability documentation and advice on redesigning packaging structures.
Production and print shop under one roof
We produce films using Water Quench technology, i.e. with shock cooling in water, which gives them high gloss, transparency and resistance to stretching and puncture. We print in our own flexographic print shop with a photopolymer prepress: up to 10 colours, on a web up to 1200 mm wide.
We are a family-owned company employing 172 people. Our packaging reaches around 2,500 customers a year in more than 30 countries.
Films for cooking, pasteurisation and sterilisation
Recyclable mono-structures 
Flexo printing in up to 10 colours
Online barcode inspection
“There would be no company without you. You are the most important people here.”
— Witold Karbowski, founder and first President of the Management Board
Today the family business is run by the second generation: Ewa Karbowska-Korus (President of the Management Board) and Anna Karbowska-Schoofs (Member of the Management Board). The same values of people, quality and long-term relationships, in a modern form.
What we build on
Eliminating food waste
We are focused on eliminating food waste by providing safe plastic packaging that extends the shelf life of food, with the least possible impact on the environment.
The scale of the problem our packaging responds to:
Data: FAO (1/3 of food) and Eurostat (2024 data). We know that many factors contribute to these figures. We want to influence their improvement. Our role is to provide packaging that protects and preserves food to keep it healthy and edible for as long as possible.
We supply the food industry by offering films, laminates, bags, casings and labels
At the heart of our company is an incredible love of food. And the realisation that a culinary product requires unique and safe packaging in addition to exceptional taste. It was this thought that gave rise to the family flexographic printing house.
Today, we use state-of-the-art technology, employ 172 people, you can find our packaging in every shop in Poland, and we export to 30 countries. One thing remains the same: we continue to base our values on a sense of community and partnership.
Comprehensive services
We supply the food industry with films, laminates, casings and labels for the meat, fish, dairy, confectionery and pet food industries. Our services are comprehensive: we create graphic designs, help select the appropriate packaging structure, produce the packaging, and our technical advisor helps implement it on the customer’s packaging machines.
Safe packaging
PAK is a company certified to ISO 22000, BRC and FSC standards. Customers receive declarations of conformity and relevant technical specifications ensuring that the packaging can be used for food contact. Product quality and safety is supervised by the Quality Control Department and Laboratory.
Environment
We are committed to ensuring that both the operation of PAK and the products we manufacture have as little impact on the environment as possible. We have implemented environmental measures to prevent pollution and waste of resources. We have submitted an environmental report demonstrating our achievements to date and outlining a plan of pro-environmental measures for the coming years, resulting in the Cleaner Production Certificate.
The Research and Development Department has implemented mono-material laminates for many customers and is continually testing further mono-material designs. We create packaging that is both aesthetically pleasing, safe and recyclable. In addition, we are successively reducing the thickness of the packaging, which has a huge impact not only on ecology, but also on economics.
Certificates, quality and safety
The consistent quality and safety of our packaging and prints are regularly checked at every stage of production.
ISO 22000:2018
We have implemented and continue to improve our Food Safety Management System in accordance with the requirements of EN ISO 22000:2018.
ISO 22000:2018 – Polish version ISO 22000:2018 – English version
BRCGS standard
On 9 December 2019, a certification audit for compliance with the requirements of the BRC Global Standard for Packaging Materials was conducted at our company for the first time. Since then, certification renewal audits have been conducted regularly. The last one took place on 1 June 2026. Once again, our company was rated highly and received an A rating.
Certification for the control of origin of forest products
In 2018, the company implemented a chain of custody system for forest products. As of 16 November 2018, we hold the FSC CoC certificate.
FSC certificate – Polish version FSC certificate – English version
Halal certification
On 13 February 2024, a Halal audit took place at PAK, which the company passed. As a result, we were awarded the Halal Product Certificate for the products ExtraPAK, SuperPAK, BagPAK, CrystalPAK, GlossPAK, CrystalPAK Slim and GlossPAK Slim, as well as a Certificate of fulfilment of halal system requirements for the production plant.
Halal Product Certificate Certificate for the production plant
Cleaner Production Certificate
On 29 November 2021, our company received the Cleaner Production Certificate. The document was issued by the Polish Cleaner Production Movement association, which educates and calls for changes in the functioning of various types of enterprises. Several employees from our company earned the international diploma of Cleaner Production Expert. During their training, they increased their knowledge of current environmental regulations and managing production processes in an environmentally friendly manner.
PCE award
On 17 November 2022, our company received the Packaging Circular Economy distinction for the first time for striving to implement closed-loop economy practices in its operations. In 2023, we received the PCE Certificate confirming that we transfer polyolefin waste from flexible packaging as raw material for the production of Stella Green brand eco-products manufactured by ML Sp. z o.o., leading to their 100% recovery and processing into another finished product.
Natureef
PAK is a member of the Natureef Association, which brings together companies in the packaging, chemical and food production industries that implement the latest technologies, carry out joint research and development projects and care for the environment.
Bydgoszcz Industrial Cluster
Our company is a member of the Bydgoszcz Industrial Cluster. Its mission is to create optimal conditions for development, strengthen cooperation and integration of processors and toolmakers in the polymer plastics sector, and to develop innovation and international cooperation.
Forbes Family Business Forum
On 7 November 2023 we received a distinction in the Forbes Family Business Forum 2023 ranking, in the category of companies with revenues of more than PLN 100 million in the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Voivodeship.
Our control procedures include tests such as:
- Surface tension level
- Ink adhesion
- Conformity of the product to the order and the target sample (colours, thickness and width of the finished product, barcode quality verification, roll winding direction control, etc.)
- Lamination bond strength
- Coefficient of friction
- Sealing properties
- Seal strength and tightness
Laboratory equipment includes:
- Lloyd testing machine (with a coefficient of friction testing table)
- Linear gauge
- Sealing machine
- Microscope
- Analytical balance
- Thickness gauges
- Surface tension testers (36–60 mN/m)
- Spectrophotometer
- Daylight box
- Opacimeter
- Glossmeter
- Seal tightness tester (bubble method)
- Vacuum packer Vevor
- Luminometer Lumitester Smart (Kikkoman)
- Gas analyser for packaging Oxy Baby
- Barcode verifier Rea Check ER
Do you have any questions?
Ask one of our experienced account managers. We will be happy to help you find the perfect packaging for your product!
Let’s get to know each other over your project
Tell us what you pack and we will advise on the film structure and print.
