# Smurfit Kappa builds €35M corrugated packaging plant in Rabat, Morocco

Smurfit Kappa has started construction of its first corrugated packaging plant in Morocco, a 25,000 m2 facility in Rabat, with an investment of over €35 million and about 300 direct and indirect jobs. The first stone was laid on 25 May 2022.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2022-05-25
- Where: Rabat, Morocco
- Value: $37.5M (35.0M EUR)
- Jobs: 300
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 25,000 m2 site
- Products: corrugated packaging, corrugated boxes
- Sectors: [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md)

## Companies

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

## Sources

- [smurfitkappa.com](https://www.smurfitkappa.com/newsroom/2022/smurfit-kappa-invests-over-35-million-euro-in-first-moroccan-plant), 2022-05-25: "Construction of the state-of-the-art new plant began this week when the first stone of the foundations was laid at an official ceremony."
- [en.bladi.net](https://en.bladi.net/smurfit-kappa-invests-eur35m-first-african-factory-creating-300-jobs-morocco,93422.html), 2022-05-25: "The new Rabat plant is expected to be operational in the first quarter of 2023."
- [themaghrebtimes.com](https://themaghrebtimes.com/smurfit-kappa-builds-its-first-cardboard-factory-in-morocco/), 2022-05-30: "This week, Smurfit Kappa launched the construction of its first factory in Morocco."
- [packagingnews.co.uk](https://www.packagingnews.co.uk/news/business/page/21), 2022-06-07: "Smurfit Kappa has announced the construction of a new packaging plant in Morocco, its first corrugated plant in the country."
- [ecomnewsmed.com](https://www.ecomnewsmed.com/en/2022/06/08/morocco-smurfit-kappa-chooses-the-cherifian-kingdom-to-invest-35-million-euros-in-its-first-factory-in-africa-and-create-300-jobs/), 2022-06-08: "Smurfit Kappa has just started construction work on its first factory in Africa."

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