December 2019

There is great need in the flooded areas, even months after the disaster. The cost of the damage to houses and furniture is often in the hundred-thousands – far more than a single family can bear alone. Help from the state has not arrived yet.

For the construction of the plant, LINHARDT assumed the majority in a joint venture that operates under the name “LINHARDT Altai”. Other partners of this joint venture are the Russian food and pharmaceuticals group Altaivitaminy as well as the Austrian trading agency Voest Alpine Intertrading (VAIT). The initial investment amounted to approximately EUR 5.5 million.

As the shareholders representative, Hans von Staff-Reitzenstein thanked the staff for their continuous development work before twelve spades were shovelled into the specially prepared pile of sand at the same time. Managing Director Dr. Monika Kopra-Schäfer also expressed her thanks and remembered the 22 years of successful development at the LINHARDT factory in Pausa. Politicians from the local, municipal, regional and national politics pointed out the huge importance of stable business for the community.

The holder of a doctorate in forestry with career stages in the paper industry has led the LINHARDT locations since 2005 – initially together with Managing Director Walter Schlicht, from 2010 to 2013 with Christian Schubert, then solely responsible until the end of 2015. Many of the company’s objectives were redefined and also achieved under her aegis.

Franz Hacker and Erhard Krauss are the new managing directors of the LINHARDT group.

“With that, we are consequently continuing to follow our growth strategy“, says sector manager August Wanninger. With the start of production on the new line, LINHARDT has increased its capacity in the area of aerosol cans by a factor of 10 since 2008.

 Our new SAESA 100 H from AISA will be entering full operation from the beginning of March 2017 onwards. It is the third system of its kind at our Pausa plant in Saxony, Germany, which is LINHARDT’s centre of expertise for multilayer tubes.

 “We wanted to show what is possible with our traditional, but highly complex manufacturing process,” says Johann Beil, Head of Research & Development.

Something that did not exist before. Or only with great effort to produce. Several items had to be combined. Now LINHARDT has managed to produce such an exceptional package “in one go” and with the means of mass production.

However, the vacant building will not be empty. For LINHARDT, which is headquartered in Viechtach, it is a good opportunity to expand its existing space.
LINHARDT is one of the leading manufacturers of packaging materials in Europe. Innovation and technology have always been a high priority in the company, and it is planned to set up their own technology center (Tools & Technology) at the new location in Geiersthal. Thereby, the company wants to prepare for the future and further strengthen the company headquarter in the Bavarian Forest in order to secure jobs.

 We are pleased to announce that the double wall can “Good Karma” has now also been awarded the World Star Award in addition to the German Packaging Award. 318 submissions from 38 countries were judged by an international jury of the World Packaging Organization in Rio de Janeiro. LINHARDT is one of the winners!

Be it sensitive ointments for the pharmaceutical industry, high-priced cosmetics or foodstuffs such as tomato paste or mustard, there are countless things in daily life that are in the packaging of the tube manufacturer Linhardt. But as good as the packaging may be, it is often not enough to keep the valuable filling for a sufficiently long time. Many manufacturers therefore rely on preservatives or complex sterilization processes to give their products longer shelf lives.