# Progroup starts production at new corrugated board plant PW15 in Petersberg

Progroup's new corrugated board plant PW15 in Petersberg, near Pirmasens, has been in routine production since early August 2024, with capacity of up to 200,000 tonnes per year and 60 new jobs and training positions.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2024-08-09
- Where: Petersberg, Germany
- Jobs: 60
- Status: completed
- Capacity: up to 200,000 tonnes of corrugated sheetboard per year
- Products: corrugated board sheets
- Sectors: [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md)

## Companies

- [Progroup](https://endata.com/companies/1305.md)
- [G&G Preißer](https://endata.com/companies/8326.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [progroup.ag](https://www.progroup.ag/en/newsroom/new-corrugated-sheetfeeder-plant-in-petersberg-starts-production), 2024-08-09: "Since the beginning of August the first corrugated board sheets have been routinely coming off the end of the line in the latest plant (PW15) in Petersberg."
- [packaging-journal.de](https://packaging-journal.de/en/progroup-new-corrugated-board-sizing-plant/), 2024-08-09: "With the modern production facility near Pirmasens, the Landau-based family business is also creating 60 new jobs and apprenticeships."
- [euwid-paper.com](https://www.euwid-paper.com/news/companies/progroup-starts-up-sheet-feeder-plant-in-petersberg-120824/), 2024-08-12: "With the start-up of the new sheet feeder plant in Petersberg in the southwest of Germany at the beginning of August, Progroup has added 200,000 tpy of corrugated sheet capacity to its production capability."

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