Biesterfeld: How did expert services aid rapid implementation of a new EPR law?
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With more than a century’s experience in distributing and selling plastics, rubber, and
specialty chemicals, Biesterfeld SE is used to operating in rapidly changing markets. It
tackles increasing complexity and changing demands with a solution-oriented approach,
expert know-how, and the long-standing experience of its people.
Today, some of this complexity arises from growing extended producer responsibility (EPR)
legislation, including Spain’s new law on packaging-material reporting. As a solution-
focused company and a family-owned firm that thinks in terms of generations, Biesterfeld
wanted to automate reporting processes so it could quickly implement this and future EPR
laws aimed at protecting the planet.
Smoothly integrating EPR and ERP software to efficiently calculate
fees on use of packaging material
implementation of a new EPR law?
With more than a century’s experience in distributing and selling plastics, rubber, and
specialty chemicals, Biesterfeld SE is used to operating in rapidly changing markets. It
tackles increasing complexity and changing demands with a solution-oriented approach,
expert know-how, and the long-standing experience of its people.
Today, some of this complexity arises from growing extended producer responsibility (EPR)
legislation, including Spain’s new law on packaging-material reporting. As a solution-
focused company and a family-owned firm that thinks in terms of generations, Biesterfeld
wanted to automate reporting processes so it could quickly implement this and future EPR
laws aimed at protecting the planet.
Smoothly integrating EPR and ERP software to efficiently calculate
fees on use of packaging material
“SAP Responsible Design and Production helps us
comply with packaging regulations, accurately calculate
fees, and streamline the payment process, all while
advancing innovative, ecofriendly packaging solutions.
SAP Services and Support helped ensure a fast time to
value for the solution.”
Kathrin Stücken, Head of IT Consulting, Biesterfeld SE
Biesterfeld SE
Hamburg, Germany
www.biesterfeld.com/en
/de/germany
Industry
Chemicals
Employees
>1,100
Revenue
€1.4 billion
Products and services
Plastics, rubber, and
specialty chemicals
Featured solutions and services
SAP Responsible Design and Production
and SAP Services and Support
Unified
Reporting processes
throughout the
company
Fewer
Errors with automatic
data collection and
report calculation
Before: Challenges and opportunities
• Accommodate a new Spanish law requiring B2B companies to pay extended producer responsibility
(EPR) fees on their use of packaging material and include these fees in invoices
• Digitalize highly manual, error-prone processes used to report on packaging material
Why SAP
• SAP Responsible Design and Production solution, helping companies calculate EPR obligations,
plastic taxes, and corporate commitments and keep pace with current and future legislation
• Implementation assistance through SAP Services and Support, providing prebuilt content that helped
quickly integrate the new solution by automatically selecting and extracting data from tables in the
SAP ERP application and transferring it over
After: Value-driven results
• Reduced regulatory risk with accurate calculation of EPR fees and efficient report generation
• Streamlined the reporting process by automatically collecting data and producing detailed reports
• Maintained data accuracy and quality through intelligent processing and smooth integration
• Enhanced collaboration, analysis, and forecasting in the area of sustainable packaging
Automating EPR reporting and reducing risk with SAP Responsible
Design and Production and SAP Services and Support
96692enUS (25/03) © 2025 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. sap.com/terms-of-use
comply with packaging regulations, accurately calculate
fees, and streamline the payment process, all while
advancing innovative, ecofriendly packaging solutions.
SAP Services and Support helped ensure a fast time to
value for the solution.”
Kathrin Stücken, Head of IT Consulting, Biesterfeld SE
Biesterfeld SE
Hamburg, Germany
www.biesterfeld.com/en
/de/germany
Industry
Chemicals
Employees
>1,100
Revenue
€1.4 billion
Products and services
Plastics, rubber, and
specialty chemicals
Featured solutions and services
SAP Responsible Design and Production
and SAP Services and Support
Unified
Reporting processes
throughout the
company
Fewer
Errors with automatic
data collection and
report calculation
Before: Challenges and opportunities
• Accommodate a new Spanish law requiring B2B companies to pay extended producer responsibility
(EPR) fees on their use of packaging material and include these fees in invoices
• Digitalize highly manual, error-prone processes used to report on packaging material
Why SAP
• SAP Responsible Design and Production solution, helping companies calculate EPR obligations,
plastic taxes, and corporate commitments and keep pace with current and future legislation
• Implementation assistance through SAP Services and Support, providing prebuilt content that helped
quickly integrate the new solution by automatically selecting and extracting data from tables in the
SAP ERP application and transferring it over
After: Value-driven results
• Reduced regulatory risk with accurate calculation of EPR fees and efficient report generation
• Streamlined the reporting process by automatically collecting data and producing detailed reports
• Maintained data accuracy and quality through intelligent processing and smooth integration
• Enhanced collaboration, analysis, and forecasting in the area of sustainable packaging
Automating EPR reporting and reducing risk with SAP Responsible
Design and Production and SAP Services and Support
96692enUS (25/03) © 2025 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. sap.com/terms-of-use