Transport packaging made of corrugated board and wood for industry, trade and online retail – FSC and IPPC certified.
Harzer Kartonagenfabrik Fritz Nickel GmbH & Co. KG
38685 Langelsheim (Astfeld) · Sankt AndreasbergNew on Amplifa
About Harzer Kartonagen
Harzer Kartonagenfabrik Fritz Nickel GmbH & Co. KG has been developing and producing transport packaging made of corrugated board and wood since 1953. The product range includes folding and container boxes, honeycomb insert packaging, wooden crates, heavy-duty crates, special pallets and combination packaging of wood and corrugated board, also for overseas transport with load capacities of up to two tonnes. Production uses CNC-controlled machines such as boxmakers, inliners, slotters, die cutters, autoplatens and folding carton gluing machines; the fully automatic Jumboline SL 400 produces large-volume boxes with a working width of 4.50 m. Packaging samples are prototyped using CAD software and plotters. Availability is complemented by an in-house wood department, an express production line and an own fleet of five lorry trains. The third-generation family business supplies industry, trade and online retail from its site in Langelsheim (Astfeld) on the northern edge of the Harz mountains.
- Site
- Langelsheim (Astfeld)
- Processes
- Packaging made of corrugated board (box manufacturing), Packaging made of wood (own wood department, wooden crates, special pallets), Combination packaging made of wood and corrugated board, Folding and container boxes produced fully automatically (rotary die cutter,, Inliner processing: die cutting, creasing, printing, gluing, taping, folding from corrugated board, Prototyping of packaging with CAD software and plotters, Strapping (up to 30 packages/min, pallet strapping) and palletizing (1 pallet/min, up to 14 packing, Express production of standard sizes and custom dimensions
- Materials
- Corrugated board (FSC-certified), Solid board, Wood (IPPC-certified, sustainably produced), Aluminium scraper rail, Wood (IPPC-certified), Wood and corrugated board
- Certificates
- FSC (CoC), IPPC, FSC CoC (CU-COC-848181), IPPC (ISPM 15)
- Founded
- 1953
- Employees
- 50+
- Industries
- Industry, Trade, Online retail
- 01
Consultation and quotation request
- 02
Prototyping with CAD software and plotter
- 03
Corrugated board processing (die cutting, creasing, printing, gluing, taping,
- 04
Wood processing (wooden crates, special pallets)
- 05
Strapping and palletizing
- 06
Delivery with own vehicle fleet
Materials and processes
Corrugated board (FSC-certified)
FSC-certified since 2017 (CU-COC-848181) for boxes made of sustainably produced board.
Solid board
The company's original material, first processed at the Langelsheim site in 1972.
Wood (IPPC-certified)
For wooden crates, heavy-duty crates and special pallets with IPPC certificate for export packaging.
Wood and corrugated board
Combination packaging for when packaging must be particularly stable yet lightweight.
Locations
Langelsheim (Astfeld)
DEProduction and administration site
- Lot size
- Prototype to large-scale series
- Materials
- Corrugated board, solid board
- Jumboline SL 400 (fully automatic folding/container board line, working width 4.50 m)
- Inliner EMBA (die cutting, creasing, printing, gluing, taping, folding)
- Extraction system with filter tower (approx. 11 m)
- Strapping machine Uatri (Mosca, up to 30 packages/min)
- Palletizing machine Uni-Pal (EDF Europe, 1 pallet/min, up to 14 packing patterns)
- Pallet strapping machine KCA (Mosca)
- Accumulating transport system with corner turners (E.N. Engineering)
- CNC-controlled machines: boxmaker, slotter, die cutter, autoplaten, folding carton gluing machine
- Plotters for packaging samples
Sankt Andreasberg
DEWood plant (acquired 2017, Holzwerk Raschke)
- Materials
- Wood
Components
Inside the production
Industries
Processes & technical limits
| Processes | Tolerance | Max. part | Weight | Lot size | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Packaging made of corrugated board (box manufacturing)Packaging | – | – | – | – | Corrugated board, Solid board |
| Packaging made of wood (own wood department, wooden crates, special pallets)Packaging | – | – | – | – | Wood |
| Combination packaging made of wood and corrugated boardPackaging | – | – | – | – | Wood, Corrugated board |
| Folding and container boxes produced fully automatically (rotary die cutter,Packaging | – | 4.50 m (working width Jumboline SL 400) | – | – | Corrugated board |
| Inliner processing: die cutting, creasing, printing, gluing, taping, folding from corrugated boardPackaging | – | – | – | – | Corrugated board |
| Prototyping of packaging with CAD software and plottersEngineering | – | – | – | – | Corrugated board |
| Strapping (up to 30 packages/min, pallet strapping) and palletizing (1 pallet/min, up to 14 packingPackaging | – | – | – | – | – |
| Express production of standard sizes and custom dimensionsPackaging | – | – | – | – | Corrugated board |
| Heavy-duty crates / special packaging for overseas transport (load capacity up to 2 t)Packaging | – | – | 2 t (load capacity packaging) | – | Wood |
| Honeycomb insert assemblyPackaging | – | – | – | – | Corrugated board |
12 Anlagen & Maschinen
| Machine | Manufacturer / model | Quantity | Working area | Year built | Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jumboline SL 400 (fully automatic folding/container board line with rotary die cutter, 2 printing | SL 400 | 1 | Working width 4.50 m | – | Langelsheim |
| Inliner machine (die cutting, creasing, printing, gluing, taping, folding; chambered doctor blade | EMBA | 1 | – | – | Langelsheim |
| Extraction system with filter tower (approx. 11 m high) | – | 1 | – | – | Langelsheim |
| Strapping machine 'Uatri' (up to 30 packages/min) | Mosca Uatri | 1 | – | – | Langelsheim |
| Palletizing machine 'Uni-Pal' (1 pallet/min, up to 14 packing patterns) | EDF Europe Uni-Pal | 1 | – | – | Langelsheim |
| Accumulating transport system with corner turners (plastic chains) | E.N. Engineering | – | – | – | Langelsheim |
| Pallet strapping machine KCA | Mosca KCA | 1 | – | – | Langelsheim |
| Corrugated board processing machine (first one, inaugurated 1996) | – | – | – | 1996 | Langelsheim |
| Inliner EMBA 245 (announced, 'to be commissioned next year') | EMBA 245 | 1 | – | – | Langelsheim |
| CNC-controlled machines for corrugated board (boxmaker, slotter, die cutter, autoplaten, | – | – | – | – | Langelsheim |
| Plotter (packaging sample marking) | – | – | – | – | Langelsheim |
| Strapping and palletizing machines (new 2021) | – | – | – | 2021 | Langelsheim |
Additional services
Quality and certifications
Quality control of manufactured orders is among the tasks of the machine and plant operators in production. FSC (CU-COC-848181) and IPPC certifications document the use of sustainably produced materials.
| Evidence | Langelsheim (Astfeld) |
|---|---|
| FSC CoC (CU-COC-848181) | |
| IPPC (ISPM 15) |
History
- 1953
Foundation of the Harzer Kartonagenfabrik by Fritz and Eberhard Nickel in Bündheim (Bad Harzburg).
- 1972
Relocation of the production site to Langelsheim/Astfeld; initially production of solid board.
- 1985
Eberhard Nickel takes over management; surrounding plots of land are acquired in the following years.
- 1996
Inauguration of the first corrugated board processing machine.
- 1998
Klaus Nickel (3rd generation) becomes part of the management.
- 2004
50th anniversary.
- 2010
More than 30 employees.
- 2015
Company premises of 60,000 m² with 13,200 m² of storage space; 35 employees process approx. 10 million m² of board per year; five lorry trains in the own fleet.
- 2016
Uwe Borsutzky becomes managing director, Wenke Nickel becomes authorised signatory.
- 2017
Acquisition of the Holzwerk Raschke in Sankt Andreasberg; first solar installation; FSC-certified for the first time; fleet extended by an 18-tonne truck.
- 2018
65th birthday with more than 100 customers and business partners.
- 2021
New strapping and palletizing machines commissioned.
- 2022
New storage hall on Goslarsche Straße: +1,400 m² and 500 pallet spaces.
- 2023
70 years of Harzer Kartonagen.
- 2025
More than 50 employees develop and produce transport packaging.