Who we are ?

Groupement MICROPAP is a unique professional organisation that has been active for 60 years, bringing together manufacturers of coated paper for use in food packaging. Its role is to oversee technological development and promotion and to design modifications.
Groupement MICROPAP includes a paper manufacturer, a paraffin producer and multi-material converting companies who are responsible for the paper coating and printing. Ranging from SMEs to global players, its members partagent un objectif commun : fabriquer un emballage doté de toutes les qualités essentielles d’un emballage destiné au contact alimentaire, à haute valeur ajoutée et qui prend en compte les enjeux de notre environnement et écoresponsable.
Since its foundation, our group, an industry pioneer, has been focused on the benefits of paper, a material derived from renewable sources. With our Micropap® and Vegepap®®brands, we are committed to innovative packaging made in France, designed to best serve the product

High-end, high-tech solutions

For dairies

packaging for cheese that helps the ripening process.

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For packaging

of food sold over the counter in delicatessens, butchers, and cheese and fish stores: protection of goods during transport and optimised storage in the refrigerator.

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For sandwich stores

travel-friendly, adapted packaging.

The diversity of our group is a considerable asset in a very competitive market. The group’s two products, Micropap® and Vegepap®®, represent:

  • more than 1 billion portions packaged each year;
  • a dominant share of the soft cheese segment;
  • an export presence in every continent.
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A message from our CEO

Monsieur

Didier Richardot

The strength of a group working to improve smart food packaging. What should be expected from food packaging? First and foremost, packaging must preserve the organoleptic properties of its contents; it must protect the product from the point of manufacture to the place of storage at consumers’ homes; and, more importantly, it must help with the ripening of cheese or the maturing of meat. In short, it must serve as a protective barrier while also enhancing the product! The Groupement MICROPAP manufacturers understand this approach and have made it their vocation. Our strength? A pioneering association which has been committed to the development and promotion of coated food paper for 60 years. By concentrating on the benefits of paper at an early stage, our group has developed two innovative brands, Micropap® and Végépap®. These two brands have optimal packaging properties, while reflecting our constant drive for Micropap® and Vegepap®®. These two brands have optimal packaging properties, while reflecting our constant drive forinnovationand meeting current environmental requirements. Ecodesign has been integrated upstream of the 100% French manufacturing process, to give both manufacturers and consumers an eco-friendly option adapted to each packaged product. This website reflects our mission and the many possibilities offered by our brands: unique packaging solutions perfectly aligned with citizens’ needs, today and in the future.

Our values

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Innovation

By drawing on the traditional know-how and high-performance R&D of each of the group’s members, we are able to constantly develop innovations in response to changes in the market and legislation, as well as the expectations of manufacturers, artisans and consumers.

Innovating to improve our service
Our coated paper, the result of extensive expertise, has proven its effectiveness. At Groupement Micropap, we continue to develop the materials and techniques we use in order to improve its properties.
As the masters of this know-how, our industrial converting companies offer customised formats, in line with the specific requirements of each customer.

Innovating to overcome sustainable development challenges
As early as 1963, Micropap® received the Packaging Oscar from the French Packaging Institute (IFEC).
In 2007, Groupement MICROPAP set itself apart by launching Vegepap®®.
In 2012, the group obtained the OK Compost label for its two ranges, Micropap®® and Végépap®®.
That same year, Végépap®® was awarded the Packaging Oscar in the Flexible Packaging category.
En 2021, le Groupement MICROPAP obtient un pour sa marque MICROPAP.
In 2023, tests carried out by the APESA analysis french laboratory confirmed the industrial compostability of the Micropap and Végépap brands and the biodegradability of VEGEPAP
More innovations are currently being developed in the group members’ R&D centres: new bio-based coating materials, new applications, etc.

The guarantee of French manufacturing quality

Our Micropap® and Végépap® paper ranges have developed a reputation for high quality among professionals, manufacturers and artisans. This is the result of an ongoing requirement of the group’s manufacturers, who wanted processing to be 100% under French control, right through to the finished product.

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CSR: Corporate Social Responsibility

Groupement MICROPAP’s social and environmental responsibility is a top priority for its members, who have committed to a proactive CSR approach:

  • recyclable products range that comply with the standard EN 13430 and compostable EN 13432
  • French supply chain;
  • processing and production located in France and based on French expertise.
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