# Progroup opens £74M corrugated sheet plant in Ellesmere Port

German cardboard maker Progroup invested £74 million in a new 327,000 sq ft corrugated sheet plant in Ellesmere Port, UK, replacing its existing site and creating 51 jobs. Construction completes in December 2018.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2018-11-23
- Where: Ellesmere Port, United Kingdom
- Value: $95.0M (74.0M GBP)
- Jobs: 51
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 500 million square metres of cardboard per year
- Products: corrugated board, corrugated sheet
- Sectors: [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md)

## Companies

- [Progroup](https://endata.com/companies/1305.md)

## Sources

- [cheshire-live.co.uk](https://www.cheshire-live.co.uk/news/chester-cheshire-news/new-cardboard-factory-ellesmere-port-15456051), 2018-11-23: "Construction completes in December this year on its new 327,000 square foot 'corrugated sheet mega plant' on a site adjacent to the M53."
- [globalpapermoney.com](https://www.globalpapermoney.com/progroup-starting-up-sheeting-plant-in-ellesmere-port-cms-10584), 2018-12-04: "Progroup has started trial runs at the new sheeting plant in Ellesmere Port, UK, and launched a new corporate branding."
- [converter.it](https://www.converter.it/en/progroup-opens-new-corrugated-sheet-board-plant-in-uk/), 2019-02-06: "The plant in Ellesmere Port will produce up to 235,000 tonnes of corrugated board a year."

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