# PKV considers new ultra-light paper plant in Wilhelmshaven

Papier- und Kartonfabrik Varel is in preliminary planning for a plant in Wilhelmshaven on the former Uniper coal power plant site, producing ultra-light corrugated board papers with a capacity of 600,000 tonnes per year. An investment decision is still pending.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2022-09-16
- Where: Wilhelmshaven, Germany
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 600,000 tonnes of corrugated board base paper annually
- Products: ultra-light corrugated board base paper, recovered-fibre packaging paper

## Companies

- [Papier- und Kartonfabrik Varel](https://endata.com/companies/9699.md)
- [Uniper](https://endata.com/companies/9700.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [pkvarel.com](https://www.pkvarel.com/en/climate-friendly-pkv-considers-investment-in-new-plant-for-ultra-light-paper-in-wilhelmshaven/), 2022-09-16: "The current status of preliminary considerations is a plant that could produce 600,000 tonnes of corrugated board base paper annually."

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