# Hamburger Rieger starts construction of €370M paper machine No. 2 in Spremberg

Hamburger Rieger broke ground on a new paper machine No. 2 in Spremberg, Brandenburg, with an investment of around €370 million, creating 200 jobs and adding 500,000 tonnes of annual corrugated base paper capacity. Commissioning is scheduled for the second half of 2020.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2018-09-26
- Where: Spremberg, Brandenburg, Germany
- Value: $430.0M (370.0M EUR)
- Jobs: 200
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 500,000 tonnes per year
- Products: white corrugated base paper, brown corrugated base paper (testliner)
- Sectors: [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md)

## Companies

- [Hamburger Rieger](https://endata.com/companies/2919.md)
- [Prinzhorn Group](https://endata.com/companies/1194.md) (investor)

## Sources

- [globalpapermoney.com](https://www.globalpapermoney.com/groundbreaking-ceremony-for-paper-machine-no-2-for-hamburger-containerboard-cms-10485), 2018-09-26: "With an investment volume of around 370 million Euros, the scheme will create 200 new jobs."
- [thepackagingportal.com](https://www.thepackagingportal.com/industry-news/preliminary-work-successfully-completed/), 2018-09-27: "With an investment volume of around €370 million, the scheme will create 200 new jobs."

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