# Klingele to build EUR 7.5 million sheet plant near Dakar, Senegal

Klingele Paper & Packaging Group is building a corrugated sheet plant in the Diamniadio industrial estate near Dakar, Senegal, with production expected in summer 2022 and about 45 jobs. The EUR 7.5 million investment is partly financed by DEG.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2021-08-30
- Where: Diamniadio, near Dakar, Senegal
- Value: $8.85M (7.50M EUR)
- Jobs: 45
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 4,000 tonnes
- Products: corrugated sheets, corrugated cardboard packaging, finished packaging
- Sectors: [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md)

## Companies

- [Klingele Papierwerke](https://endata.com/companies/2093.md)
- [DEG](https://endata.com/companies/420.md) (investor)
- [DEG (German Development Finance Institution)](https://endata.com/companies/8323.md) (investor)

## Sources

- [paperfirst.info](https://www.paperfirst.info/klingele-continues-expansion-in-west-africa/), 2021-08-30: "Klingele continues its successful expansion in West Africa with a new sheet plant near Dakar, Senegal."
- [pulpapernews.com](https://www.pulpapernews.com/20210831/12823/klingele-expands-west-africa), 2021-08-31: "Production is expected to start in summer 2022 and will initially see the creation of some 45 jobs."

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