# WestRock to build $140M corrugated box plant in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin

WestRock plans to build a new corrugated box plant in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, at an estimated cost of about $140 million, partly offset by property sales. The company intends to close its existing North Chicago plant once the new facility is complete.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2024-03-18
- Where: Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, United States
- Value: $140.0M
- Jobs: 200
- Status: announced
- Capacity: Up to 2.6 billion square feet of corrugated board a year
- Products: corrugated boxes
- Sectors: [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md)

## Companies

- [WestRock](https://endata.com/companies/791.md)

## Sources

- [americanrecycler.com](https://americanrecycler.com/westrock-to-build-new-corrugated-box-plant-in-wisconsin/), 2024-03-18: "WestRock Company plans to build a new corrugated box plant in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, to meet growing demand from customers in the Great Lakes region."
- [biztimes.com](https://biztimes.com/westrock-companys-new-pleasant-prairie-manufacturing-facility-will-employ-up-to-200/), 2024-03-29: "WestRock Company's new, $140 million corrugated box plant in Pleasant Prairie will employ between 190 and 200 employees."
- [manufacturing.net](https://www.manufacturing.net/operations/news/22893351/westrock-to-build-new-corrugated-box-plant-in-wisconsin), 2024-04-17: "Investing in a new state-of-the-art corrugated converting facility elevates our production capabilities and better supports our end market strategy and margin improvement targets."

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