When Louis Model founded the company in 1882, he was actually already doing what we do today. Only by other means: In the hand cardboard factory in Ermatingen, waste paper was dissolved in large boilers, the porridge was poured into flat molds and the paper sheets were hung up to dry. Solid cardboard and packaging – handmade – was created from several glued pages. Today we have machines for this, but one thing has not changed: Our adhesive is still natural potato and wheat starch, as it was 140 years ago.

In the 1950s, the demand for corrugated board increased because it has a high lightness and stability compared to other packaging and transport materials. Our company also specialized in the production of corrugated board, which was constantly expanded under Otto Model jun. – who took over the management of the company in 1961.

Today, paper production by hand has become individual stages of the value chain. Instead of individual sheets, we produce paper industrially on huge rolls. Machines glue 450 meters of paper per minute to corrugated board. From these corrugated sheets, we create the packaging in various further processing steps. With our locations, we are now in a compact Central European position. And the next generation is already part of the Model Group.