# Smurfit Kappa invests €20m to add corrugated box capacity at four Czech and Slovak sites

Smurfit Kappa plans to invest €20m to expand converting capacity at four corrugated plants in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The projects add more than 100 million boxes per year and are slated for completion by end of 2021.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2021-05-25
- Where: Žebrák, Žimrovice, Olomouc and Štúrovo, Czechia
- Value: $24.0M (20.0M EUR)
- Status: announced
- Capacity: more than 100 million regular and offset-printed corrugated boxes per year added
- Products: corrugated boxes
- Sectors: [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md)

## Companies

- [Smurfit Kappa](https://endata.com/companies/261.md)
- [Smurfit Kappa](https://endata.com/companies/261.md) (investor)

## Sources

- [euwid-paper.com](https://www.euwid-paper.com/news/markets/smurfit-kappa-to-increase-corrugated-packaging-production/), 2021-05-26: "Smurfit Kappa Group (SKG) plans to invest €20m to expand its converting capacities at four production sites in the Czech Republic and Slovakia."
- [paperindustryworld.com](https://www.paperindustryworld.com/smurfit-kappa-to-increase-corrugated-packaging-capacity/), 2021-06-28: "this investment will support further growth of the business"
- [fancyco.com](https://www.fancyco.com/news/smurfit-kappas-investment-expanded-rapidly-and-its-distribution-in-europe-and-north-america-was-accelerated/), 2021-07-06: "On May 25, Smurfit Kappa announced that it will spend 20 million euros to expand its production capacity in four factories in the Czech Republic and Slovakia."

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