Saica Group has reached an agreement to acquire a minority share of Pacapime, the Belgian corrugated cardboard company. Pacapime generated revenues of Euro 61 million in 2022, and provides direct employment to 109 people. The company also shares Saica’s focus on sustainability, with a heavy use of recycled paper, its own solar panels that cover a […]
Tag Archives: corrugated board
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Jul
Jul
Saica Group has reached an agreement with the family owners and has acquired a minority share of their corrugated plants in Annone di Brianza and Pietrasanta, Italy. These two plants have a revenue of Euro 105 million in 2022, and provide direct employment to 247 people. One of Saica’s 2025 strategic priorities is focused on sustainable […]
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Jun
Jun
The industrial site in Alizay, acquired in June 2022, has been converted by VPK into a sustainable development hub for circular economy. The group invested 200 million euros in the site to convert the existing paper machine into a recycled paper production unit based on carbon-free energy. The site strengthens VPK’s position in the French […]
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Jun
Jun
For Papierfabrik Palm’s Wellpappe Alzenau, ground surveys are currently taking place for the new construc-tion of the corrugated board plant in the industrial area of Alzenau-Nord. This is the first step of the project “New construction of the Alzenau corrugated board plant”, which at the same time involves an upgrading of the existing site for […]
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Mar
Mar
Nippon Paper announces that its Australian consolidated subsidiary Paper Australia Pty Ltd (Opal) will withdraw from the graphic paper business. Opal manufactures and sells paperboard, kraft paper, graphic paper, corrugated board, and folding cartons in Australia and New Zealand. Opal’s Maryvale Mill in Victoria, Australia (MV Mill), one of Opal’s manufacturing sites, manufactures and sells […]
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Feb
Feb
Stora Enso will invest approximately EUR 30 million in its Heinola Fluting site in Finland to renew the energy set-up and process equipment. After the investment, the site can replace also the remaining fossil-based fuels with renewable bioenergy. This will reduce the site’s greenhouse gas emissions with more than 90%. Stora Enso has set an […]
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Jan
Jan
At the PW14 corrugated sheetfeeder plant the first sheets are officially being produced. With its new production facility in Stryków, Poland, Progroup is once again setting new trends when it comes to productivity and sustainability. Start of production in Stryków: Progroup has started operating its new high-tech corrugated sheetfeeder plant PW14. Photo source: Progroup The […]
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Nov
Nov
Rengo Co., Ltd. announces that it has begun construction of its Ehime Toon Plant in Japan. Rengo’s Matsuyama Plant has operated as a corrugated board and boxes manufacturing base in Shikoku since 1960. However, a portion of its land has been expropriated to cooperate with the Matsuyama Outer Ring Road airport line improvement project. As […]
21
Nov
Nov
Schumacher Packaging Group, one of Europe’s leading manufacturers of corrugated and solid board packaging solutions, announced that it was planning the biggest ever investment campaign in the company’s history, amounting to 700 million euros will be invested – 300 million euros of which will be invested in Germany alone. Since then, the Group has changed […]
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Oct
Oct
Rengo Co., Ltd. announces that its consolidated subsidiaries, Kato Danboru Co., Ltd.’s Noda Plant and Sanwa Danboru Co., Ltd., have decided to cease operation of their outdated corrugators and remove them at the end of September 2022. The aim of these removals is to optimize the corrugated board production and supply system for the Rengo Group […]