A major dairy packaging manufacturer in Russia has suspended operations following a fire
One of Russia’s largest manufacturers of cardboard packaging for dairy products, JSC “PrimeKartonPak,” has suspended operations following a fire at its facility in the Leningrad Region. This was reported by “Vedomosti.”
The facility is located in the “Utkina Zaplava” industrial zone in the Vsevolozhsky District and is a former plant of the Norwegian company Elopak.
The company notified its business partners of the suspension of operations following a fire that occurred on July 24 at the warehouse complex.
Prime Kartonpak stated that the production facilities sustained serious damage and that the equipment cannot be repaired.
On the same day, drones attacked the Wildberries logistics center, located in the same industrial zone.
Until Elopak’s exit from the Russian market in 2022, the company was considered one of the largest manufacturers of specialized packaging in Russia.
After the Norwegian company’s departure, the plant came under the control of Russian management. According to SPARK-Interfax, since 2023, the sole shareholder of PrimeKartonpak has been the company “Packaging, Management, and Investments,” owned by Pavel Vylezhanyn and Vladislav Gromov.
Both previously worked at Elopak.
In 2025, PrimeKartonpak’s revenue grew by 5% to 2.47 billion rubles, but net profit for the period fell by a factor of 7.3 to 27.9 million rubles.
The company manufactured Pure-Pak cardboard packaging with a distinctive “comb” design on top. It was used for milk and other chilled dairy products.
The company’s clients included Ekomilk, the Kirov, Tula, Nalchik, and Korenovsk dairy plants, the Orenburg dairy plant “A7 Agro,” the Yaroslavl Dairy Products Plant, and “Altaiskaya Bury.”
According to Streda Consulting’s estimates, in 2024, “PrimeKartonPak” controlled about a quarter of the Russian market for cardboard packaging for liquid food products.
Prior to the fire, the company’s production capacity was about 1 billion packages per year, with the plant operating at approximately half capacity.
“Lambumiz” remained the largest producer in this segment, with a market share of about 35%. Another 20% of the market was accounted for by Molopak, about 10% by Rospak, and another 10% consisted of imports.
Thus, the shutdown of “PrimeKartonpak” could significantly impact the Russian market for dairy packaging, as the company held a significant share of that market.
As a reminder, Russia’s largest food cargo transshipment terminal, located in the port of Taman and owned by the Efko Group, suspended operations following an attack by Ukrainian drones on the night of July 30.
The Ryazan Oil Refinery, one of the largest in Russia, halted crude oil processing following a drone strike. The facility may remain shut down for approximately two weeks.
