VDBF e.V. becomes FEPE Germany

Already in November 2020, the VDBF members had decided in a general meeting to join the European Federation of Envelope Manufacturers (FEPE) with headquarters in Brussels in order to further strengthen the role of the FEPE as a legitimate representative of the envelope industry in Europe and Germany.

At the same time it was agreed with the FEPE management in Brussels that the previous VDBF office will be replaced by a German FEPE office, which will continue to represent the interests of the German envelope industry at national level.

"In Germany, our word now carries much more weight, as the FEPE represents the interests of more than 100 member companies, with many thousands of employees in Europe," says the previous VDBF Managing Director Udo Karpowitz, who will also manage the German FEPE office with immediate effect.

For legal reasons, the VDBF e.V. will continue to exist for at least one more year and will then be dissolved completely by decision of the members.