For the second year in a row, the company has emerged as the industry winner in the “Germany’s Best in the Circular Economy study” – in the “Packaging Man-ufacturer” category. The family-owned company group, which is actively driving a true circular economy in the plastics and packaging industry through innovative products and its commitment to both mechanical and chemical recycling, once again set the industry benchmark in 2025 – achieving a total score of 100.0 points, the highest among all companies evaluated in the category.

For the 2025 study, ServiceValue GmbH and the F.A.Z. Institute conducted a two-stage, in-depth monitoring process based on social listening data from approximately 13,000 companies across various industries. From May 1, 2023, to April 30, 2025, a total of 5 million mentions were identified, categorized, and weighted according to both reach and sentiment balance. As in the previous year, performance was evaluated based on three dimensions: ecological sus-tainability (50%), economic sustainability (30%), as well as overall sustainability (20%).

Südpack’s ability to secure the top spot once again in 2025 – following its first-place ranking in 2024 – is the result of a corporate strategy consistently focused on sustainability. The family-owned company has made “Leadership in Sustain-ability” its clear mission. With pioneering recyclable and material-efficient film and packaging concepts, expanded capacities and technologies for compound-ing, regranulation, and chemical recycling, as well as numerous circular econo-my projects in collaboration with its customers, Südpack has set new stand-ards and paved the way toward a sustainable future. In addition, the compa-ny’s experts bring their knowledge and passion to industry associations and organizations such as IK, FPE, and CEFLEX – and are actively involved in shaping the future of the PPWR in a meaningful way.