# WestRock breaks ground on $140M automated corrugated box plant in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin

WestRock broke ground on a highly automated corrugated box plant in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, a $140 million project with more than 580,000 square feet, expected to open in April 2025. The plant is one of WestRock's superplants and will lead to the closure of a North Chicago, Illinois facility.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2024-06-27
- Where: Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, United States
- Value: $140.0M
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: more than 580,000 square feet
- Products: corrugated boxes
- Sectors: [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md)

## Companies

- [WestRock](https://endata.com/companies/791.md)
- [Dermody Properties](https://endata.com/companies/1221.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [packagingdive.com](https://www.packagingdive.com/news/westrock-groundbreaking-corrugated-box-wisconsin-sewell/719890/), 2024-06-28: "Company executives joined real estate developer Dermody Properties in holding a formal ceremony to commemorate the start of construction on the new $140 million plant, which it announced in January."
- [manufacturingdive.com](https://www.manufacturingdive.com/news/westrock-groundbreaking-corrugated-box-wisconsin-sewell/720191/), 2024-07-03: "WestRock broke ground on June 27 at the site of its new corrugated box plant in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin."

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