FACTORIES
Extensive manufacturing activity in Greece and Germany
FACTORIES
With exemplary productive efficiency as its main competitive advantage, the Karatzis Group’s industrial assets include 5 factories in Greece and in Germany. Complete commitment to innovation, automated production processes, and streamlined quality control systems are the cornerstones which offer the Group’s product portfolio its high calibre.
LARISSA
Karatzis SA’s largest manufacturing unit is located in Larissa, with facilities which cover 29,000 sq.m and an annual productive capacity of 18,000 tonnes. Among others, it produces nets for agricultural use (for shading, wind breaking, to create microclimate conditions, and to be used as fencing and silos, as well as during harvesting), nets for road construction (construction, road markings, etc.) as well as for decoration, sporting facilities and to be used as packaging of fresh food (fruits, vegetables, etc.).
HERAKLION
Located in the Heraklion Industrial Area, this manufacturing unit consists of two production facilities and a distribution centre. Its annual productive capacity is at 13,000 tonnes with facilities that cover 20,000 sq.m. Its activity includes the production and distribution of piping network components, straw nets, and pallets.
The facilities are BRC / IoP certified, BS EN ISO 9001: 2008, BS EN ISO 22000: 2005.
PLUSPACK S.A.
In light of its productive activity in Heraklion, the Group has established PLUSPACK SA, which specialises in the development of hyper-efficient techniques for the recycling and processing of plastic. For this, it was granted the Green Entrepreneurship Award from the Heraklion Chamber of Commerce & Industry in 2011.
BSK LAKUFOL
Established in 1968 on Henfenfeld in Germany, Lakufol production site has been for more than 50 years a pioneer in the development and production of flexible packaging films for agricultural and industrial sector.
In 1987 Lakufol set a milestone with the first silage stretch film production in Germany. In order to achieve the ambitious market targets and demand,with a shareholders’ agreement, Lakufol has been entered on a comprehensive investment programme on the Henfenfeld site in the next three years.
A first measure is the installation of additionals multi-layer extrusion lines, whose production start is planned for the first quarter of 2021. As a result, the available production capacity increases by several thousand tons.