119 packaging manufacturers, ready to approach
The Packaging & printing file brings together the manufacturers and printers in the sector across the three countries (Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey) : corrugated board plants, flexo label printers, glassworks and bottle makers, flexible packaging and doypacks, premium print. Each is registered with an official registry, with its public contact details and a confidence score. You target a universe, whatever the country.
We are a firm based in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, since 2018, in daily contact with online sellers who choose the packaging for their products, have it printed with their brand and import it. This directory extends that work : it was built by cross-checking the official commercial registries of Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey, keeping only manufacturers and printers that are genuinely registered, then removing dead websites and named email addresses (GDPR compliance). You are not paying for a raw extract, but for a cleaned, structured and scored database. Latest compilation from the official registries : 2026.
Each record is designed to move straight to action :
What each record contains
Legal name and local name, official registration number (EIK in Bulgaria, CUI in Romania, MERSIS in Turkey), universe, category and sub-segment, region and city, products, white-label capability, headcount, year founded, website, generic email and phone when they are public, notes and sources.
A spreadsheet ready to run
Built-in tracking columns (My status, Priority, Contacted on, Follow up on, My notes) with drop-down menus and colour coding : your directory becomes a mini prospecting CRM, filterable by country, city or universe.
Each supplier is a complete record, with up to 24 fields per record. Here is a sample record (data redacted) :
Illustrative preview (data redacted). Each record holds up to 24 fields plus 5 tracking columns. The real contact details are in the file delivered to buyers, never on this page. The Packaging & printing file brings together the 119 manufacturers in the sector across the three countries.
Each row is a manufacturer from the Packaging & printing file : 24 fields per record plus 5 tracking columns. Contact details masked here, complete in the delivered file.
We prefer fair expectations to a nice promise. The directory gives you qualified contacts to approach yourself, not a guarantee of an order :
- Non-exhaustive list : the directory is a qualified selection, not a census of every manufacturer. We list those we have identified and cross-checked against the official registries, and we enrich it regularly ; the absence of a particular company is therefore not a flaw in the file ;
- you contact the suppliers directly, with no intermediary and no commission ;
- responsiveness and terms (MOQ, prices, lead times) belong to each manufacturer and vary ;
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Packaging & printing
The Packaging & printing directory: 119 manufacturers and printers from Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey to approach directly, from corrugated board to glass by way of labels and doypacks.
- 119 manufacturers across 3 countries (BG, RO, TR)
- 24 fields per record + 5 tracking columns
- Food-contact standards 1935/2004 and 10/2011
A whole country
All the manufacturers in one country, across every category.
- Bulgaria 835 · Romania 557 · Turkey 629
- Ideal if you target one market
- Every category included
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- Every category × every country
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Packaging in Eastern Europe and Turkey : the landscape
Packaging is not a product like any other : it is a bulky and light product, whose cost is dominated by transport, not by the material. A pallet of corrugated boxes or glass bottles quickly fills a truck while weighing very little : importing your packaging from China by sea container amounts to « paying to ship air ». That is precisely what makes Eastern Europe and Turkey decisive on this line item. In near-shore mode (producing close to your market rather than in distant Asia), road freight clearly beats long-distance sea freight : because packaging is bulky, proximity beats the sea decisively, with short lead times and fast restocking when a packaging stockout would block the whole shipment. The sector spans five complementary families : corrugated board (boxes, void fill, POS displays), folding cartons, labels (flexography, holography), flexible packaging (films, pouches, doypacks) and glass (containers, bottles, jars). Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey cover these five families with very distinct profiles.
Country by countryPackaging in Bulgaria : from board to glass
Bulgaria covers the whole packaging chain. On corrugated board, you'll find plants such as Unipack, Dunapack (plant in Plovdiv) and Gammapack ; on labels, printers such as Demax (flexography and holographic labels) and Rotoprint. But the real Bulgarian signature is packaging glass : the Rubin JSC glassworks, based in Pleven (and not in Varna, contrary to what is sometimes written), produces more than 120 million units a year ; add to that BA Glass in Sofia and Şişecam in Targovishte. For plastic, EFSA-compliant PET and rPET converters (such as ITD) round out the offer in bottles and preforms. One caveat specific to glass : it imposes minimum quantities and rigid lead times (mould making, furnace cycle), best kept for volumes that follow. Find these board plants, printers and glassworks among the Bulgarian suppliers in the directory.
Packaging in Romania : the land of corrugated board
Romania is a heavyweight in corrugated board. The big European names run plants there (DS Smith, VPK, Dunapack-Prinzhorn), alongside solid national manufacturers such as Ambro (Suceava) and Vrancart (Adjud). For metal beverage cans, Canpack produces cans at volume. On labels, the Cluj cluster concentrates flexo printers such as Rottaprint and IPPU ; on glass, Stirom (Bucharest) supplies bottles and jars. It is the ideal ground for an online seller who needs shipping boxes and void fill in large volume, as close as possible to Western Europe (a few days by truck from western Romania). One caution, though : on corrugated board, MOQs (minimum order quantities) can be high and remain poorly suited to very small runs. The Romanian suppliers in the directory detail these board plants and printers.
Packaging in Turkey : cartons, flexibles and premium print
Turkey shines in packaging with high print value : folding cartons, flexible and plastic packaging (films, pouches, doypacks) and a premium print (hot foiling, spot varnish, embossing) much sought after for cosmetics, upmarket food and perfumery. The clusters concentrate in the Marmara region (around Istanbul) and in İzmir. It is the right choice for packaging that « stands out on the shelf » or a well-finished branded doypack. On logistics, flexible packaging, more compact than board or glass, travels well ; but as soon as you talk cartons and large volumes, Ro-Ro road freight stays faster than long-distance sea and confirms, here too, the value of near-shoring for a product as bulky as packaging. Explore the Turkish board and print makers through the suppliers in Turkey.
For packaging : Romania for high-volume corrugated board closest to the West, Bulgaria for glass (containers, jars) and labels, Turkey for folding cartons, flexible packaging (doypacks) and premium print. In all three cases, near-shoring beats Asia, because packaging is bulky and road freight beats long-distance sea freight.
Packaging standards : food-contact above all
Packaging intended to hold food (or cosmetics) is regulated. Before buying, separate what is legally mandatory from what is voluntary but reassuring :
- Food-contact (mandatory) : Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004 sets the framework for all materials intended to come into contact with food ; Regulation (EU) No 10/2011 specifically covers plastics. Always require a Declaration of Conformity (DoC) and a migration test report (overall and specific migration) : that is the document proving the packaging is fit for contact ;
- PPWR and national deposit schemes (mandatory) : the European Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) and the deposit-return schemes (DRS) in some countries impose recyclability, recycled-content rates and sometimes a deposit ; plan for them from the moment you choose the material ;
- BRCGS Packaging (voluntary) : a packaging hygiene and safety standard recognised by major retailers, a good sign of a serious manufacturer ;
- FSC / PEFC (voluntary) : for paper and board, traceability of sustainable forest management, increasingly requested by buyers.
In plain terms : 1935/2004 and 10/2011 are the law (DoC and migration report can be required), as are the PPWR and the DRS deposit rules ; BRCGS and FSC are trust labels you can ask for on top. A good board maker or glassworks will supply the DoC and the migration report without argument ; their absence is a red flag.
On the groundMOQ, glass, board : the pitfalls to avoid
On the ground, four reflexes avoid nasty surprises. First, glass imposes rigid MOQs (minimum order quantities) and lead times (mould making, furnace cycle) : it is not made for a tiny run of bottles. Next, corrugated board also has MOQs (minimum order quantities) that can be high (machine set-up, printing plates), poorly suited to very small quantities ; flexo labels and doypacks, by contrast, lend themselves better to small customised runs. Third reflex, geography : the Rubin glassworks is in Pleven, not in Varna ; knowing where a plant really sits avoids freight miscalculations. Finally, be wary of prices : any claimed gap of around « 30 to 60 % cheaper than Western Europe » is a supplier's argument, purely indicative, to be confirmed by quote. As always, MOQ, prices and lead times remain indicative and depend on each manufacturer.
The natural extensionThe company that goes with your sourcing
Sourcing your packaging near-shore also means importing and invoicing it cleanly. For regular flows of boxes, labels or bottles from Bulgaria, Romania or Turkey, having your own European company (a VAT number, and an EORI for non-EU Turkish flows) lets you reverse-charge intra-EU VAT and smooth customs clearance. Bulgaria ticks these boxes with corporate tax among the lightest in the single market.
That is exactly what Fenchell's Eurotrade package does : a Bulgarian company operable 100 % remotely, with corporate tax at 10 %, among the lowest in the EU, the VAT number, the EORI and the infrastructure that makes the whole thing genuinely manageable from anywhere. A European base consistent with European sourcing.
A brand that has its packaging printed in Turkey, or its boxes and bottles made in Bulgaria and Romania, needs a European structure to import, reverse-charge VAT and invoice its EU customers. Bulgaria ticks these boxes with the lightest corporate tax in the single market. See the guide : set up a Bulgarian company remotely.
Source in Europe, invoice from Europe
The Eurotrade package sets up your Bulgarian company remotely, with VAT, EORI and an infrastructure designed to run everything from home, from €890. The ideal tax base for European sourcing.
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General information current as at 14 July 2026, not personalised legal, tax, customs or accounting advice. Minimum quantities, prices, lead times and logistics costs are indicative orders of magnitude, to be confirmed by quote with each supplier. Customs and tax regimes (the low-value consignment reform, the A.TR certificate, OSS/IOSS VAT thresholds) may change: always check the applicable texts and compliance (CE, health, cosmetics) in the country of destination. Fenchell has no commercial affiliation with the vast majority of the listed manufacturers and receives no commission on your dealings with them. Fenchell Capital OOD, a Bulgarian firm based in Plovdiv (EIK 207945095).