Folia

folia – From Three Employees to European Market Leader

There are founding moments that speak for themselves. 1965, Nuremberg: Max Bringmann brings aluminium foil for craft use to market. Three employees, one product, one family name. What drove him was no complicated corporate philosophy – it was the simple recognition that creative materials should be available to everyone: accessible, affordable, of good quality. This idea never left the company in the following six decades.

The name folia is programmatic: it derives from the Latin folium – leaf. A reference to the first product, to the foil, to the material that shaped the company's identity in its early years. That over 6,000 articles would eventually emerge from this narrow beginning was not foreseeable in 1965. It was the result of a development that always kept the same rhythm: grow, expand, reinvest, carry on.

Growth in Steps – Print Shop, New Building, Market Leadership

Four years after founding, the first move was necessary – the range grew faster than the premises. In 1981, folia put its own print shop into operation, a step that fundamentally changed the production depth of the company: what had previously needed to be purchased externally could now be produced in-house. More control over quality, more speed in product development, more design independence. The in-house print shop was not just a logistical gain – it was the beginning of a design competence that today distinguishes folia from pure importers and traders.

1997 brought the next quantum leap: a new building in Wendelstein near Nuremberg replaced the production halls that had long since become too cramped. 23,000 square metres of operational space, 25,000 pallet spaces, a loading area of 400 square metres – figures that make the dimension of a company tangible that had long since ceased to be a three-person operation. In 2000, the Bavarian competition 'Bayerns Best 50' confirmed from outside what had long been reality internally: folia was among the fastest-growing companies in Bavaria. The founder's sons – Alexander, Markus and Michael Bringmann – joined the company at various points and secured the continuity of this cross-generational project.

Quality, Certifications and Responsibility

folia understands quality not merely as a product characteristic but as an obligation that runs through the entire operation. The company is certified to ISO 9001 – the internationally recognised standard for quality management systems, which demands continuous improvement processes, systematic fault prevention and documented quality assurance along the entire value chain. This is complemented by regular testing of ingredient safety: products touched daily by children and adults must reliably be free of harmful substances.

Membership of the BSCI – the Business Social Compliance Initiative – extends this quality concept by a social dimension: the BSCI sets binding standards for working conditions, wages and working hours in global supply chains and verifies compliance through regular audits. Environmental responsibility is not a secondary topic here but part of product development: folia works with recyclable materials, optimises packaging volume and relies on supply chains that not only promise social and ecological minimum standards but comply with them under audit.

The Range – Creative Products, Decoration and Packaging from a Single Source

folia sees itself as a full-range supplier for the creative sector – with a range covering all phases of creative activity: making, decorating, packaging, presenting. Year after year, the design teams develop new collections that take up current trends and expand the range without losing its essential character.

In the paper and craft materials area, the offering ranges from construction paper and photo card through tracing paper, crêpe paper and corrugated board to aluminium foils, hologram foils, motif pads and fully assembled craft sets. In the packaging area – the core area of the range available at miniSchoggi – folia offers food-safe clear bags in cellophane and plastic for the safe and transparent presentation of baked goods, pralines and confectionery. Gift boxes in various shapes, sizes and designs protect the contents while simultaneously providing a frame that makes the handover a moment. Cupcake boxes are dimensioned so that decorations remain undamaged. Advent calendar systems for self-filling enable individual design in various formats: hung, freestanding, folded, numbered with stickers or buttons.

Product Range at a Glance

Clear bags · Gift boxes · Cupcake boxes · Advent calendar sets · Decoration articles · Packaging accessories

folia at miniSchoggi

Sometimes the best packaging is the one you don't notice – because it fits its contents so naturally that the thought of questioning it never arises. That is precisely the goal of folia packaging products: not to stand out, but to do the right thing. Protect the cupcake without concealing it. Structure the Advent calendar without dominating it. Frame the gift without overwhelming it.

miniSchoggi carries folia because the range embodies a conviction that miniSchoggi shares: that packaging, presenting and handing over deserves just as much care as what is inside. Home-made pralines in a food-safe clear bag that protects the contents without hiding them. A cupcake in a box dimensioned so that the rosette on top arrives undamaged. An Advent calendar that does not come off a production line, but was filled exactly as the recipient deserves – with numbered stickers that hold, and pouches that can be hung or freestanding, as preferred.

What folia brings to this are six decades of product development, an in-house print shop that makes new design collections possible each year, and a quality management system that does not leave safety and reliability to chance. The range at miniSchoggi includes clear bags, gift boxes, cupcake boxes, Advent calendar sets and further packaging and decoration accessories. It grows every year – because folia consistently develops its programme with the trend, and because the occasion for handing over something home-made beautifully is never the same twice.

Founded 1965 in Nuremberg. Today in Wendelstein, Bavaria. European market leader. folia.