1869

Tobacco production

The Færch Family founded/established a tobacco factory that was later sold to Scandinavian Tobacco Group.

1969

The entrepreneur

Jørgen Færch founded Færch Plast and started the production of food trays.

1972

1 factory and
25 employees

CEO Jørgen Færch

1973

New headquarters in Holstebro

Inauguration of the factory in Holstebro, which still serves as the headquarters today.

1986

Heat stable trays

CPET was introduced to the Ready Meals market, enabling trays to be heated in ovens up to 220°C.

1991

UK company

Faerch Plast Ltd. was established, and a new sales office opened in London.

2000

1 factory
410 employees

2006

First steps towards circularity

The first rPET recipe was introduced, which started our circularity journey.

2008

European production

The first production site outside Denmark opened in Liberec, Czech Republic.

2009

2 factories and 530 employees

2011

Innovative fresh meat packaging

MAPET® II is introduced - allowing modified atmosphere packaging in mono material PET.

2012

UK production

The first UK-based production site opened in Durham.

2013

Maximum shelf appeal

CPET Dual Colour and CPET Frozen are introduced, helping our customers increase sales.

2014

EQT

Private equity fund managed by EQT VI acquires Faerch.

2015

Acquisitions

Faerch acquires Anson Packaging Ltd. in the UK and later same year Sealed Air’s European Food Tray Business.

2016

6 factories and 1,100 employees

2017

Advent International

Private equity fund managed by Advent International acquires Faerch.

2018

Acquisitions

Faerch acquires CGL Pack in France. Same year we acquire 4PET Group (today Cirrec).

2018

11 factories and 1,300 employees

2018

Leading circularity

With the acquisition of the tray recycling line at Cirrec, Faerch becomes the world’s first integrated food tray recycler.

2019

Evolve by Faerch

Solution made from recycled content, fully recyclable, reliably detectable, and indicating its circularity with fluctuating colours.

2021

Acquisition

Faerch acquires Sirap food packaging business in Italy, Poland and Spain.

2021

Private ownership

A.P. Møller Holding acquires Faerch and the Færch family returned as a minority shareholder.

2021

Acquisitions

Faerch acquires dairy specialist PACCOR and later MCP USA to enter the US market.

2024

28 factories and 5,000 employees

2024

Tripling our recycling capacity

Faerch inaugurates the second tray recycling line at Cirrec, and now we can manage 60,000 tonnes of input material.