# Smurfit Kappa starts new $62M containerboard machine at Los Reyes, Mexico

Smurfit Kappa started operating a new containerboard machine PM6 at its Los Reyes paper mill in Tlalnepantla, Mexico, in October 2017, adding about 100,000 tonnes a year of capacity for $62 million.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2017-10-01
- Where: Los Reyes, Tlalnepantla, Mexico
- Value: $62.0M
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 100,000 tonnes of containerboard a year
- Products: containerboard, linerboard, coated paperboard
- Sectors: [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md), [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [Smurfit Kappa](https://endata.com/companies/261.md)
- [PMP Group](https://endata.com/companies/2465.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [packaging-gateway.com](https://www.packaging-gateway.com/projects/smurfit-kappas-los-reyes-paper-mill/), 2017-11-28: "The company invested $62m in the new containerboard machine, which is its biggest investment in Mexico."

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