# Montebello Container upgrades California sheet plants with automated equipment

Crown Paper Group's Montebello Container installed an automated dry end at its La Mirada sheet feeder plant plus conveyors, unitizers and wet-end upgrades, and improved safety and waste at Pico Rivera and Santa Fe Springs. Montebello increased production more than 20 percent in 2016.

- Type: Investment
- Announced: 2017-01-24
- Where: La Mirada, Pico Rivera and Santa Fe Springs, California, United States
- Status: completed
- Products: corrugated sheets, automated dry end, conveyors, unitizers
- Sectors: [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md), [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [Montebello Container Corporation](https://endata.com/companies/806.md)
- [Crown Paper Group](https://endata.com/companies/805.md) (investor)
- [Fosber](https://endata.com/companies/807.md) (supplier)
- [C&M](https://endata.com/companies/808.md) (supplier)
- [Signode](https://endata.com/companies/809.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [pulpapernews.com](https://www.pulpapernews.com/20190803/8199/crown-announces-investments-montebello-container), 2017-01-24: "In California, the La Mirada sheet feeder facility installed an automated dry end from Fosber, a conveyor from C&M, and unitizers from Signode"

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