# ABB awarded modernization contract for Smurfit Kappa board mill in Mexico

ABB secured a contract to modernize Paper Machine 5 at Smurfit Kappa's Cerro Gordo corrugated cardboard mill near Mexico City. ABB will provide control system technology, drives and motors.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2024-07-09
- Where: Cerro Gordo mill, near Mexico City, Mexico
- Status: announced
- Products: distributed control system, paper machine drives, motors
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md), [Automation and Robotics](https://endata.com/sectors/automation-robotics.md)

## Companies

- [Smurfit Kappa](https://endata.com/companies/261.md) (customer)
- [ABB](https://endata.com/companies/1547.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [new.abb.com](https://new.abb.com/news/detail/117472/abb-awarded-landmark-modernization-project-for-key-smurfit-kappa-board-mill-in-mexico), 2024-07-09: "ABB has secured a landmark contract to modernize Smurfit Kappa’s Paper Machine 5 (PM5) at its Cerro Gordo corrugated cardboard mill near Mexico City."

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