# Schumacher Packaging takes majority of Kartonfabrik Kaierde, raising solid board capacity 50%

Schumacher Packaging acquired a majority stake in Kartonfabrik Kaierde in Delligsen, Lower Saxony, lifting its solid board capacity by 50% from 50,000 to 75,000 tonnes per year. The deal is part of a €700 million investment program running to 2025.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2022-01-01
- Where: Delligsen, Lower Saxony, Germany
- Value: $760.0M (700.0M EUR)
- Jobs: 60
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 75,000 tonnes per year of solid board in total
- Products: solid board, corrugated and solid board packaging
- Sectors: [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md)

## Companies

- [Schumacher Packaging](https://endata.com/companies/627.md) (acquirer)
- [Kartonfabrik Kaierde](https://endata.com/companies/8746.md) (target)
- [Kaierde](https://endata.com/companies/8903.md) (target)

## Sources

- [doi.org](https://doi.org/10.51202/0043-7131-2022-1-2-020), 2022-01-01: "übernimmt die Mehrheit an der traditionsreichen Kartonfabrik Kaierde in Delligsen, Niedersachsen"
- [paperfirst.info](https://www.paperfirst.info/schumacher-packaging-obtains-a-majority-interest-in-the-kaierde-board-mill/), 2022-02-08: "The Schumacher Packaging Group ... has obtained a majority interest in the long-standing Kaierde board mill in Delligsen, Lower Saxony."

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