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Zeus Packaging entered a long-term partnership with corrugated sheetboard maker Progroup at Progroup's Packaging Park in Ellesmere Port, UK. From October 2026 Zeus will move a significant part of its UK corrugated production there, expected to exceed 100 million square metres a year.
Progroup AG and Zeus Packaging agreed a long-term partnership under which Zeus will consolidate a significant share of its UK production at Progroup's Ellesmere Port packaging park. Production is scheduled to start in October 2026 and reach at least 100 million square metres per year.
Progroup AG selected Akarton GmbH as a new partner to operate the packaging park at its PW05 corrugated sheetfeeder plant in Schüttorf, Germany.
Progroup's new corrugated board plant PW15 in Petersberg, near Pirmasens, has been in routine production since early August 2024, with capacity of up to 200,000 tonnes per year and 60 new jobs and training positions.
Progroup has taken over the Sappi Stockstadt GmbH site in Stockstadt am Main and plans a state-of-the-art corrugated base paper plant with around 200 jobs by the end of the decade. Dismantling of the old Sappi plant is expected to finish by the end of 2026.
Progroup laid the foundation stone for a new corrugated sheetfeeder plant in Cessalto near Venice, Italy, which will create around 60 jobs and is expected to start production by mid-2025 to supply partner Ondulkart.
Progroup held the topping out ceremony for its new corrugated sheetfeeder plant at Petersberg/Höheischweiler, Germany, with production scheduled to start in the first half of 2024. The company is investing more than EUR 90 million, and the plant will supply board sheets directly to neighbour G&G Preißer.
Progroup began building a waste-to-energy plant next to its PM3 paper factory in Sandersdorf-Brehna, Germany, to supply process steam and about a third of the site's electricity. The plant is set to start operating at the end of 2025.
Progroup has started production at its PW14 corrugated sheetfeeder plant in Stryków, Poland, which can produce up to 200,000 tonnes of corrugated sheetboard. The EUR 72 million project created 50 jobs.
German containerboard maker Progroup plans a new corrugated sheetfeeder plant in Cessalto, Italy, next to packaging maker Ondulkart, with an investment of more than 90 million euros and around 65 new jobs. Construction is planned to start in spring 2023 with production by the end of 2024.
Progroup has broken ground on a new corrugated sheetfeeder plant between Petersberg and Höheischweiler, investing more than EUR 90 million and creating 60 jobs. Production is set to begin in the second half of 2023.
Progroup's 12th corrugated board production facility, its third in Poland, is under construction in Stryków with planned capacity of 825 million square metres per year.
Progroup is reported to be probably building a corrugated board plant near Milan, Italy, with a cost of EUR 95 million and 205 jobs, expected to be operational by mid-2024.
Progroup is preparing construction of its PW15 corrugated sheetfeeder plant near Petersberg, Rhineland-Palatinate, investing more than €90 million, with production from Q2 2023 and about 60 new jobs.
Polish packaging maker Janmarcentrum is building a second corrugated packaging plant in the Strikov Special Economic Zone in central Poland, with about EUR 30 million planned investment, more than 50 jobs and planned capacity of 150 million square metres a year. Start-up is scheduled for Q3 2022.
Progroup is constructing its PW14 corrugated sheet feeder plant in Stryków, Poland, with a EUR 72 million investment, creating more than 50 jobs, due for commissioning in Q4 2022.
Progroup started construction of its PW14 corrugated sheetfeeder plant in Stryków, Poland, investing about €72 million. The plant will produce up to 200,000 tonnes of corrugated board sheets per year from Q4 2022 and create more than 50 jobs.
Progroup's PM3 containerboard paper factory in Sandersdorf-Brehna, Germany, started operating in August 2020 and has reached more than 2,000 tonnes a day, with full run-up expected by the end of Q2 2021 and output of up to 750,000 tonnes a year.
Progroup and Krystals have started operating a new £20 million packaging park in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, combining Progroup's corrugated board plant with Krystals' packaging production on one site.
Progroup and Krystals have started operating a joint packaging park in Ellesmere Port near Liverpool, linking Progroup's corrugator with Krystals' packaging production. Progroup's investment in the corrugated board plant and packaging park totals more than £90 million.
Progroup started operating its new PM3 paper factory in Sandersdorf-Brehna, with a containerboard paper machine of 750,000 tonnes annual capacity, raising its output to about 1.85 million tonnes.
Progroup will start up a new paper machine at its Sandersdorf-Brehna mill at the end of August 2020, on schedule. The mill investment totals EUR 465 million and raises containerboard capacity from 1.1 million to about 1.85 million tpy.
Progroup and Krystals Premier Packaging will invest £20m (€22m) to create a packaging park at Progroup's sheetfeeding site in Ellesmere Port, UK. Progroup will invest in site infrastructure and Krystals in a new production facility.
Progroup and Krystals are expanding their Ellesmere Port site in England to create a packaging park, with 20 million pounds invested over about 16,000 square metres. Completion is expected in the second half of 2020. The announcement is dated June 4, 2020.
Progroup AG's new PM3 paper factory in Sandersdorf-Brehna has been awarded the EU Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS) certificate before it starts operating in August 2020.
Progroup AG announced a new, larger corrugated sheetboard plant in Stryków, Poland, with an investment of about EUR 75 million and more than 50 new jobs, raising total Polish capacity to 520,000 tonnes per year.
Progroup AG plans a new corrugated sheetboard plant in Eisfeld, Thuringia, with investment of about 60 million euros on a roughly 87,000 square metre plot, creating more than 50 jobs. Production is scheduled to start in the fourth quarter of 2019.
Progroup AG held a topping out ceremony for its new paper factory in Sandersdorf-Brehna, Saxony-Anhalt, with €465 million of investment and an annual capacity of 750,000 tons. About 150 direct and up to 350 indirect jobs are being created.
Progroup AG and packaging maker K2 Verpackungen are jointly investing around EUR 17 million to expand and modernise their adjacent plants in Offenbach an der Queich, Germany. Progroup is building a transport bridge and expanding its high-bay warehouse, while K2 adds an automated production line.
Prowell, a subsidiary of Progroup AG, is opening a corrugated board factory in Drizzona, Italy, next to Imbal Carton, with a 100,000-tonne annual capacity and about 40 new jobs.
Prowell, a subsidiary of Progroup AG, chose Eisfeld in Thuringia for a new corrugated cardboard plant with annual capacity of 140,000 tons, a EUR 50 million investment creating about 50 jobs, with production planned from Q4 2019.
Prowell is building a new corrugated sheet board plant with a £75 million ($96.2 million) investment in Ellesmere Port, England. Construction began in November 2017, with production expected in Q4 2018 and about 45 jobs created.
German cardboard maker Progroup invested £74 million in a new 327,000 sq ft corrugated sheet plant in Ellesmere Port, UK, replacing its existing site and creating 51 jobs. Construction completes in December 2018.
Prowell, part of Progroup AG, is constructing an eleventh corrugated sheet board plant in Eisfeld, Thuringia, with 140,000 tonnes annual capacity and about €50 million investment, creating 52 jobs; production starts in Q4 2019.
Progroup AG is constructing its eleventh corrugated sheet feeder plant in Eisfeld, Thuringia, with annual capacity of 140,000 tonnes and an investment of around EUR 50 million. The plant will create 52 jobs and production is scheduled to start in Q4 2019.
Progroup AG held the ground-breaking for its third paper factory at Sandersdorf-Brehna near Bitterfeld, Saxony-Anhalt, on August 10, 2018. The EUR 375 million plant with 750,000 tonnes annual capacity will create 140 direct jobs and use a new Voith paper machine.
Progroup AG has chosen Voith's XcelLine machine concept for its greenfield Propapier PM 3 plant in Sandersdorf-Brehna, Germany, with a planned annual capacity of 750,000 tons, scheduled to open in 2020.
Propapier, part of Progroup AG, awarded machine builder Voith Paper the contract for a new PM3 containerboard paper machine in Sandersdorf-Brehna, Germany, with production due in the second half of 2020. The greenfield project is part of a EUR 375 million investment.
Propapier awarded Voith Paper the contract for a new PM3 paper machine at a EUR 375 million greenfield containerboard plant in Sandersdorf-Brehna near Bitterfeld. The machine is due to start in the second half of 2020 with an annual capacity of 750,000 tonnes and create about 140 direct jobs.
Progroup will build a new paper machine (PM 3) in Sandersdorf-Brehna near Bitterfeld, Germany, with an investment of €375 million and 750,000 t annual output. Construction is scheduled to start in Q1 2019, with completion in the second half of 2020.
Progroup started active preparation for a new paper factory for containerboard in Germany, scheduled to start production in 2021.
Progroup started production at its new corrugated sheetboard plant in Drizzona, Italy in February 2018. The company's 2017 sales rose 9.69% to about 804 million euros.
Progroup has broken ground on a GBP 75 million corrugated cardboard factory in Ellesmere Port, UK, to replace Prowell's current site, with Peel Logistics Property supporting the development; it is due to be fully operational in Q4 2018.
Prowell, part of Germany's Progroup, received unanimous planning approval in Ellesmere Port for a two-phase corrugated board plant on Lees Lane, to be developed by Peel Investments. The first phase is expected to bring investment of around £120m, with groundbreaking planned for early November 2017.
Progroup subsidiary Prowell has applied for planning permission for a two-phase corrugated board plant at Lees Lane, Ellesmere Port, with first-phase investment around £120m backed by a EUR 75 million commitment.
Progroup subsidiary Prowell plans a corrugated sheet mega plant in Ellesmere Port near Liverpool, UK, investing EUR 75 million. It will produce up to 235,000 tpy and is planned to start by Q3 2018.
Progroup subsidiary Prowell is founding Prowell S.r.l. to build a corrugated board plant in Drizzona, Northern Italy, next to Imbal Carton. The machine will have 100,000 tpy capacity, create about 40 jobs, and start up in Q1 2018.
