PRODUCTS COMPANY FINNPACK SYSTEM NEWS ECOLOGY CONTACTS home Company Finnpak in Russia and CIS countries FINNPAK IN RUSSIA AND CIS COUNTRIES Finnpak has its own history in Russia and the CIS. Tuomo Halonen, the man behind the prototype of Finnpak packaging machines, founded the company in 1966. Almost immediately after its foundation, Finnpak begins its activities in Russia and the Union republics, because at that time, from the entire Western world, only Finland had stable trade relations with the Soviet countries. That is why the Finnpak brand is well known in Russia. During the Soviet years, a large number of lines and individual packaging machines were supplied. Many dairies and mills packed the products in the famous Finnish black and white film, which also came from Finnpak. The development of packaging equipment and packaging materials proceeded in parallel, the formulation of Finnpack packaging was improved, and the productivity of the equipment increased. The company's headquarters, from where all the major solutions and technical developments originate, was founded in Toyala, near Tampere, the second largest city in Finland. The first packaging production was launched in northern Finland, in Reisjärvi, Tuomo Halonen's hometown. Packing dairy products in bags has always been popular in Russia and the republics of the former Soviet Union, local producers appeared who copied Tuomo's idea, but, unfortunately, did not apply the idea of product quality. Ultimately, the milk bag on the market ceased to satisfy both producers and consumers, primarily due to high leak rates, technical problems with line maintenance and a faded appearance, the main reasons for which interest in soft milk packaging became go down. The situation on the market after the crisis in August 1998 forced many enterprises to pay more attention to the package for a very simple reason - the price of packaging material - and the same problems arose: a large percentage of leaks and a nondescript appearance. In the same period, Finnpak intensifies its activities by presenting to the market a reliable, bright milk bag, which is much cheaper than cardboard packaging. The result was not long in coming, over the past 15 years more than 350 Finnpack lines have been installed in Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova, and the production of Finnpak packaging materials has been established in Russia. Finnpack modern equipment prototype Head office in Finland 1968 Finnpak has its own history © 2015 Finnpack - number one in pouch. PRODUCTS COMPANY SYSTEM FINNPAK NEWS ECOLOGY CONTACTS