# Ablebox to open £7 million corrugated packaging factory in Henstridge, creating 50 jobs

Yeovil-based corrugated packaging maker Ablebox will open a new 72,000 sq ft factory in Henstridge after a £7 million investment, with a high-speed corrugator built in China. The plant is expected to create 50 jobs and produce over 100 million square metres of corrugated board a year.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2019-11-04
- Where: Henstridge, Dorset, United Kingdom
- Value: $8.96M (7.00M GBP)
- Jobs: 50
- Status: announced
- Capacity: over 100 million square metres of corrugated cardboard per year
- Products: corrugated cardboard packaging
- Sectors: [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md)

## Companies

- [Ablebox](https://endata.com/companies/5742.md)

## Sources

- [somersetlive.co.uk](https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/expanding-yeovil-firm-open-brand-3499888), 2019-11-04: "Ablebox, which makes corrugated cardboard packaging, will create 50 new jobs for the local area when it opens a large new state-of the-art factory 12 miles away in Henstridge."
- [pulpapernews.com](https://www.pulpapernews.com/20191108/10884/uk-corrugated-cardboard-maker-launches-new-factory), 2019-11-08: "The producer invested some £7 million (US$9 million) in establishing a new production facility."

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