# Smurfit Kappa invests USD 23.5M to upgrade Nuevo Laredo plant in Mexico

Smurfit Kappa invested USD 23.5 million to upgrade its Nuevo Laredo sheet plant in Tamaulipas, Mexico into a fully integrated corrugated plant with a new corrugator. The machine began operating recently and doubles production capacity while cutting CO2 emissions by up to 40%.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2022-06-09
- Where: Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico
- Value: $23.5M
- Status: completed
- Capacity: doubling production capacity
- Products: corrugated packaging, corrugated sheets

## Companies

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

## Sources

- [smurfitkappa.com](https://www.smurfitkappa.com/newsroom/2022/smurfit-kappa-invests-over-usd23-million-in-mexico), 2022-06-09: "Smurfit Kappa has invested USD23.5 million to upgrade its Nuevo Laredo sheet plant in Mexico to become a fully integrated corrugated plant."
- [manufacturing-today.com](https://manufacturing-today.com/news/mexican-expansions/), 2022-07-05: "The new machine will have the two-pronged benefits of reducing CO2 emissions by up to 40 percent and doubling production capacity."

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