BUMAX, a Swedish manufacturer of stainless steel fasteners, is investing in a new 9,700 m² production facility and headquarters in Sandviken, Sweden. The plant will replace the current facility in Åshammar and is planned to start operations in Q3 2027.
Tetra Pak announced a €60 million investment to develop paper-based barrier technology for low-carbon aseptic cartons at a new facility in Lund, Sweden. The technology could cut packaging carbon footprint by up to 43%.
Tetra Pak is investing 60 million euros in a new paper-based barrier pilot plant at its Lund, Sweden facility to develop an aseptic packaging material that replaces the aluminium foil layer. The plant will also serve customers for trials across the manufacturing journey.
Stora Enso is starting a new production unit in Skene, Västra Götaland, under a license from Gothenburg-based PulPac to make molded-pulp paper lids and biobased food packaging, with commissioning planned for late 2024.
HydraSpecma is moving into a new 11,200 sq m facility that will house its Swedish headquarters and production of hydraulic equipment for the vehicle industry. Logistic Contractor is building the new warehouse, and Installationsbolaget is installing its sprinkler system.
Scania is building a new foundry at its Södertälje plant in Sweden to produce engine blocks, investing about SEK 1.6 billion. The foundry is due in 2020 and will triple capacity to 90,000 tonnes of molten iron per year.
BillerudKorsnäs inaugurated its KM7 board machine at the Gruvön mill in Sweden on 3 October 2019, its biggest investment to date. The machine has a capacity of 550,000 tonnes per year.
Ecolean is constructing its second packaging production facility in Landskrona, Sweden, with an investment of approximately €30m ($36m), employing 100 people upon completion in 2020.
Ecolean, a lightweight liquid food packaging producer, acquired a 30,000 square meter site in Landskrona, Sweden, for a new production facility worth US$29 million (25 million euros), expected to be running in 2020 with about 100 new jobs.