German paper and packaging manufacturer Progroup announces the construction of a new corrugated board plant in Stryków, Poland. The new site will have a production capacity of 200?000 tonnes of corrugated sheetboard per year and is expected to be operational by 2022. The investment for the new plant amounts to 72 million Euros.
This is Progroup's second corrugated board plant in Stryków. With a production capacity of 825 million square metres per year, Stryków will be one of the largest corrugated board production sites in the world, the manufacturer says.
A strategy of continuous growth
Jürgen Heindl, CEO of Progroup, says
"?Avec With this new plant, Progroup will not only strengthen Stryków as a location, but at the same time it will expand its market position in Central and Eastern Europe.?»
The production speed at the new site will be 400 m/min with a width of 3.35 metres. The production line will produce Next Board corrugated sheets produced from Next Fibre papers. Next Board corrugated boards are up to 30 percent lighter than conventional corrugated boards while having the same or even higher stiffness, Progroup assures.
This new plant will be the group's third in Poland and twelfth in the world. Founded in 1991 in Offenbach, the company achieved a turnover of approximately 887 million euros in 2019 with 1293 employees. The group's goal for the current period is to double its size by 2025 compared to 2015.
