# Progroup holds topping out for €465m containerboard mill in Sandersdorf-Brehna

Progroup AG held a topping out ceremony for its new paper factory in Sandersdorf-Brehna, Saxony-Anhalt, with €465 million of investment and an annual capacity of 750,000 tons. About 150 direct and up to 350 indirect jobs are being created.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2019-08-22
- Where: Sandersdorf-Brehna, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
- Value: $516.0M (465.0M EUR)
- Jobs: 150
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 750,000 tons per year
- Products: containerboard, corrugated board
- Sectors: [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md)

## Companies

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

## Sources

- [progroup.ag](https://www.progroup.ag/en/newsroom/topping-out-ceremony-for-new-paper-factory-in-sandersdorf-brehna), 2019-08-22: "The plant will have an annual capacity of 750,000 tons."
- [thepackagingportal.com](https://www.thepackagingportal.com/features/progroup-ag-continues-its-paper-expansion/), 2019-08-22: "The plant will have an annual capacity of 750,000 tons."

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