# Romcarton to build EUR 27.5M corrugated cardboard factory near Bucharest

Romcarton S.A. is building a new corrugated cardboard packaging factory in Popesti-Leordeni, Ilfov County, near Bucharest, with a total investment of EUR 27.5 million, financed partly by a EUR 23.4 million BCR credit, with completion expected by end of 2017.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2017-05-17
- Where: Popesti-Leordeni, Ilfov County, Romania
- Value: $30.0M (27.5M EUR)
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 500,000 tons of corrugated cardboard per year across Rossmann Group
- Products: corrugated cardboard packages
- Sectors: [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md)

## Companies

- [Romcarton](https://endata.com/companies/1453.md)
- [Rossmann Group](https://endata.com/companies/1455.md)
- [Banca Comerciala Romana](https://endata.com/companies/1454.md) (investor)
- [Rossmann Group](https://endata.com/companies/1455.md) (partner)
- [BCR](https://endata.com/companies/1473.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [bcr.ro](https://www.bcr.ro/en/press/press-release/2017/05/17/bcr-funds-romcarton-with-a-credit-of-eur-234-million-for-the-construction-of-a-new-factory-near-bucharest), 2017-05-17: "The credit facility was approved in the beginning of March and it is used to build a corrugated cardboard factory in Popesti-Leordeni, Ilfov County"
- [warehouserentinfo.ro](https://www.warehouserentinfo.ro/article/warehousemarket-news/romcarton-took-eur-23-million-from-bcr-to-build-a-new-factory-in-popesti-leordeni), 2017-05-23: "The project will be completed by the end of 2017, with a total investment of 27.5 million Euros."
- [thepackagingportal.com](https://www.thepackagingportal.com/industry-news/new-plant-for-romania/), 2017-06-13: "Romcarton SA, a member of Rossmann Group, has recently secured funding for the creation of a new corrugated board plant in Popesti-Leordeni, Romania."

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