# Smurfit Westrock breaks ground on USD 65M packaging plant in Ciudad Obregón, Sonora

Smurfit Westrock has broken ground on a USD 65 million corrugated and folding carton plant in Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, with operations scheduled to begin in early 2027. Construction and start-up are expected to create more than 800 direct and indirect jobs.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2025-12-11
- Where: Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, Mexico
- Value: $65.0M
- Jobs: 800
- Status: under construction
- Products: corrugated boxes, micro-corrugated packaging, high-graphic folding cartons
- Sectors: [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md)

## Companies

- [Smurfit Westrock](https://endata.com/companies/3333.md)

## Sources

- [promexicoindustry.com](https://www.promexicoindustry.com/en/article/smurfit-westrock-to-invest-usd-65-million-in-new-packaging-plant-in-sonora), 2025-12-11: "Smurfit Westrock has broken ground on its new manufacturing facility in Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, marking the start of a USD 65 million investment"
- [thepackagingportal.com](https://www.thepackagingportal.com/industry-news/smurfit-westrock-starts-work-on-new-facility-in-mexico/), 2025-12-30: "we laid the first stone of our new Consumer Packaging Obregon plant, in Cajeme, Sonora."
- [paperadvance.com](https://www.paperadvance.com/news/industry-news/smurfit-westrock-invests-65m-in-corrugated-packaging-in-sonora.html), 2025-12-31: "The investment, valued at US$65 million, aims to increase the group's manufacturing capacity in the northwest of the country."
- [ondemand.tappi.org](https://ondemand.tappi.org/smurfit-westrock-invests-65m-in-corrugated-packaging-in-sonora/), 2026-01-08: "The investment, valued at US$65 million, aims to increase the group's manufacturing capacity in the northwest of the country"

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