ZÁLESÍ a.s. is investing almost CZK 90 million in a new high-speed automated laminate tube line using Swiss SAESA 240 technology in Luhačovice, raising plant capacity by 45%. Serial production is planned for January 2026.

Mondi started up a new extrusion line at Mondi Coating Štětí in the Czech Republic, part of a wider investment including a new production building, coating and slitting machinery, to expand FunctionalBarrier Papers output.

STI Group is investing in an additional folding carton production plant at its Rumburk site in the Czech Republic, with a new printing press also going into operation in Hungary. The Rumburk site currently employs 80 people.

Mondi approved a €400 million investment in a new paper machine at its Štětí mill in the Czech Republic, producing about 210,000 tonnes per year of sack kraft paper for its Paper Bags business. Start-up is expected in 2025.

Smurfit Kappa plans to invest €20m to expand converting capacity at four corrugated plants in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The projects add more than 100 million boxes per year and are slated for completion by end of 2021.

Thimm, a packaging and display manufacturer, invested around ten million euros to expand its Všetaty plant in the Czech Republic with a new 134-metre MF-A corrugator from BHS Corrugated. The installation raised corrugated cardboard capacity at the site by up to 30%.

Mondi plans a €30 million upgrade of its Bupak corrugated packaging facility in the Czech Republic, including a new state-of-the-art corrugator and a customer experience centre. Completion is scheduled for 2020, and the plant's production capacity will double.