Having recognized the ever increasing concentration and consolidation in the pharmaceutical healtcare market a number of the leading European folding carton manufacturers came together in 1997 to form an alliance to meet the companies demands of the pharmaceutical industry. Since then the alliance has been grown rapidly.

	1997 Foundation (Germany, France, Italy, United Kingdom)
	1998 Establishment of the COPAPHARM EUROPE Office in Mainz – Germany
	1999 Strengthening in France and United Kingdom with new members
	2000 Enlargement in Spain with new members
	2002 Enlargement in Benelux with new member
	2004 Palladio acquisition of Zannini
	2005 Enlargement in France with new member Rotanotice
	2006 Foundation of COPAPHARM EUROPE SCRL in Brussels
	2007 Packart and Rotanotice merging as from 1st June 2007 - new company name: Packetis
	2007 New member in Spain - Nekar joining Copapharm Europe on October 1st, 2007