SIX FLEXOGRAPHIC PRINTING AWARDS FOR COMPANIES OPACKGROUP

14 November 2025

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ANTWERPBELGIUM – This month presented the industry association EFTA Benelux its sixth presentation of the EFTA Benelux Awards. During this biannual event in Antwerp, qualitative productions from the flexographic industry are assessed. In descending order, the best entries in terms of printing received appreciation with Gold, Silver, Bronze Awards. Representing the OPACKGROUP, subsidiaries Flexpak, Oerlemans Plastics and Stempher took six awards in different categories.

EFTA BENELUX AWARDS 2025

Flexpak (based in Geldermalsen) received the golden Efta Award in category Flexo print in laminated film for outstanding performance for the Biobarf petfood packaging. Oerlemans Plastics, with production sites in Genderen and Giessen (NL), won gold for Technical Innovation with LambWeston Ziggy fries packaging, based on the re-use of frying oil in mass balance raw material. This company scores also silver for lawn vertilizer packaging in category Flexo print on medium film +, bronze for Lamb Weston fries packaging in category Flexo print on medium film and bronze for The Bird House bird sand packaging in category Flexo print on small film. Finally Stempher gets bronze for flower print production in category Flexo print on medium paper.

COO Johan Kranenbroek (OPACKGROUP) is proud with the achieved result: “In the run-up to the award ceremony we faced a lot of competition with many beautiful printings. Returning home after the finals with six prizes is in one word amazing! Many flexo printing companies made a measured print selection of models to compete for the coveted Efta Awards. We thank our flexo printing professionals for this unique result: six awards at THE awards for flexo printing performance in the entire Benelux!”

Naturally, all three companies in the group are enormously grateful for this great appreciation from the EFTA Benelux jury as well as the flexographic industry. The OPACKGROUP thanks the organization for all their efforts and the stage to be able to present these products.

*Members of the Oerlemans Plastics flexo printing team present the EFTA Gold Award and the winning flexographic film*

OPACKGROUP

The parent company OPACKGROUP has been investing for decades in the sustainability of its product range. The family business produces customer-specific, flexible packaging and films of high quality. New packaging concepts are continuously developed through extrusion, lamination, flexo printing and product processing at ten locations in the Netherlands. The manufacturer consists of seven subsidiaries (Fardem, Flexpak, Oerlemans Plastics, Oosterwolde Plastic Industry, Perfon, Plasthill and Stempher) which together provide a wide range of packaging and foil product solutions.