Nefab has acquired Slovak packaging specialist Vallos, adding corrugated and broader complete packaging capability to its position in Central Europe. The deal strengthens Nefab’s operations in Slovakia and gives the Swedish group a wider base in fibre-based packaging at a time when industrial customers are looking for lower-material, lower-emissions, and regionally available packaging formats for increasingly complex supply chains.
Vallos has spent more than three decades supplying corrugated and complete packaging solutions, and its product mix is a useful fit for Nefab’s wider industrial packaging platform. Nefab said the acquisition would improve its ability to support customers in sectors including lithium-ion batteries, datacom, and energy, where packaging requirements are shaped by a mix of protection, handling efficiency, regulatory compliance, and transport cost. In those markets, corrugated and other fibre-based formats have become more strategically important as manufacturers seek alternatives to heavier, more material-intensive solutions without giving up supply chain performance.
The logic of the acquisition is therefore broader than local market share alone. It adds production and design capability in a region that has become increasingly relevant to European manufacturing, while also giving Nefab a stronger base for complete packaging offers that combine engineered protection, materials choice, logistics efficiency, and sustainability targets. That aligns with the company’s wider model, which links packaging design to transport utilisation, warehousing, and handling rather than treating packaging as a standalone consumable.
In announcing the deal, Per Öhagen, president and CEO of Nefab Group, said: “Our broader market presence and range of sustainable solutions will enable us to provide even greater value to our customers.” That points to a continuing shift in the packaging sector, where acquisitions are increasingly about technical breadth and supply chain integration rather than simple volume. For battery systems, datacom hardware, and energy equipment in particular, packaging is now tied much more closely to damage prevention, cube efficiency, export readiness, and carbon accounting.
Following the transaction, Nefab said the group now comprises nearly 5,300 employees across 39 countries, with annual turnover above SEK 10 billion. Vallos gives it additional fibre-based strength in a market where manufacturers want packaging suppliers that can support both local production and multinational programmes. The acquisition also reinforces a clear direction of travel across industrial packaging: more engineered corrugated, more regional capability, and more emphasis on packaging that is designed around the flow of goods rather than the box alone.
