Smurfit Westrock's Parenco mill in the Netherlands has received an environmental permit to expand production and potentially switch to recycled corrugated case material. The report gives no capacity or investment figures.
Summit Packaging Systems has added over 40 injection molding machines at its European headquarters in Almere, Netherlands, plus a dedicated Lotus actuator assembly area and a mold repair center to meet growing actuator demand.
Summit Packaging Systems added a new 64-cavity mold and a customized high-speed assembly line for its Europa two-piece button actuators at its Almere facility in the Netherlands. The expansion was driven by growing customer demand from the personal care market.
Summit Packaging Systems has added a two-story 6,500-square-meter extension to its European headquarters in Almere, Netherlands, raising the site's manufacturing footprint by 40% and adding injection molding capacity for valves and actuators.
Stora Enso built a second corrugated packaging factory with two new corrugators at its existing De Lier site, doubling capacity. The investment was about €120m and the facility opened in June 2023.
Stora Enso opened a new corrugated packaging factory at its De Lier site in the Netherlands, adding a second factory with two new corrugators. The site is now the largest and most modern corrugated packaging facility in Europe.
Hendor has started building an expansion of its head office and production facility in Bladel, Netherlands, tripling production space and adding automation and robotisation. Completion is expected by the end of 2026.
BDR Thermea Group will open new heat pump production lines at its Apeldoorn (Netherlands) and Bassano del Grappa (Italy) sites, starting production from July 2023 alongside gas boilers.
De Jong Packaging is building a new multilayer distribution centre with storage and production space in De Lier, Netherlands, with real estate company WDP as investor and developer, to add production capacity. Completion is expected in 2022.
Tjoapack will invest more than €10 million over the next two years in its Etten-Leur site, growing it from 8,500 m2 to 11,500 m2 and adding eight production lines to double oral solid dose packaging capacity to over four billion tablets a year.
Ziehl-Abegg Benelux added 1,400 square metres to its existing distribution centre in Nieuwkuijk, Netherlands, with two extra loading docks, to handle growing demand for energy-saving fans and motors.
Graphic Packaging International expanded its Sneek, Netherlands folding carton facility, doubling production capacity with a new 11-colour press and a new folder-gluing line. The EUR 20 million (about $22 million) project took two years and added a 5,000 m2 building extension.
Following its acquisition of CM Packaging, Hoffmann Neopac is investing in a three-piece can making line at CM Packaging's facility in Dronten, Netherlands. The investment is aimed at metal packaging capacity.
CANPACK topped out a new hall at its Helmond, Netherlands can factory that will house a third production line. The expansion raises production capacity by 50 percent and will create 120 new jobs.
AAE is tripling its production and office space in Helmond, Netherlands, from 10,000 m2 to 30,000 m2 by buying two adjacent buildings, to create a smart industry factory.
Crown Europe is consolidating aerosol can production at its Hoorn, Netherlands print facility, adding 52, 57 and 65 diameter cans, with additional capacity due in early 2018 and operation expected by Q1 2018.
In 2017 VPK Packaging invested over €20 million in machinery and logistics at its Raamsdonksveer site in the Netherlands, including a new 2.8m corrugator from MHI Europe.