# Schoeller Allibert and Ludo Gielen invest €15M in new plant in Beringen, Belgium

Schoeller Allibert and entrepreneur Ludo Gielen jointly invest €15 million in a new greenfield plant in Beringen, Belgium, to produce reusable plastic packaging and containers. The facility will employ about 70 people and is expected to start production in summer 2017.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2017-08-14
- Where: Beringen, Limburg, Belgium
- Value: $17.6M (15.0M EUR)
- Jobs: 70
- Starts operating: Q3 2017
- Status: under construction
- Products: reusable plastic packaging, Big Box Maximus 850 L, ClickPall
- Sectors: [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Schoeller Allibert](https://endata.com/companies/2344.md)
- [Ludo Gielen](https://endata.com/companies/26247.md) (investor)

## Sources

- [iplschoeller.com](https://www.iplschoeller.com/uk/news/ludo-gielen-and-schoeller-allibert-jointly-invest-15-million-euros-in-new), 2017-08-14: "Investing brings a lot of innovation and know-how to Limburg."

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