Saica

Saica Group inaugurated a new Saica Pack corrugated packaging plant in Sant Esteve Sesrovires, Barcelona, after investing more than EUR 100m. The site consolidates the former Saica Pack Barcelona and El Prat plants and has capacity of 200 million square metres.

The European Commission has cleared Saica's takeover of Thimm, whose operations span Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic and Romania. Saica is starting integration following the approval.

The European Commission approved Saica Group's acquisition of Thimm Group's nine corrugated board plants in Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic and Romania, plus a preprint facility in Ilsenburg, Germany. The deal adds 1.2 billion square metres of corrugated capacity and about 2,500 employees.

Saica Group agreed to buy the family-owned Thimm Group, a corrugated packaging maker with about 2,500 employees in Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic and Romania. The price was not disclosed.

Saica Flex Deeside has announced a £2.2 million (€2.5 million) investment in a fully automatic coating machine at its Deeside site. The coater offers about four times the previous coating capacity and enables linerless label products.

Saica Group supplied Unilever with a recyclable paper grouping band replacing plastic shrink film on Axe deodorant duopacks. The solution has been on the French market since late 2025.

Saica Group broke ground on its second U.S. corrugated packaging plant in Anderson, Indiana, an investment of more than $110 million that will create over 100 jobs and open in Q4 2026.

Saica Flex, the flexible packaging division of Saica Group, invested €7.1 million in new converting and printing machinery at its Wigan site to boost modified atmosphere packaging production. Up to 20 new jobs will be created.

Saica Group's flexible packaging division Saica Flex unveiled a €7.1 million investment in new printing and conversion equipment at its Wigan site, aiming to create up to 20 local jobs.

Saica Group, a Spanish recycled paper and corrugated packaging manufacturer, plans a 350,000-square-foot corrugated plant in Anderson, Indiana, with an investment of more than $110 million and over 100 jobs at full ramp-up. Construction starts in May with operations expected in Q4 2026.

Saica Pack, the corrugated packaging division of Saica Group, is investing £10m in a new warehouse in Hartlepool with space for up to 9,000 pallets, with solar panels expected to supply up to 10% of energy needs. Construction is set to run through 2025 from 6 January 2025.

Saica Groupe acquired all of Schumacher Packaging's operations in Poland, including two corrugated board plants in Bydgoszcz and Wroclaw, two paper mills in Grudziadz and Myszków, and three service centres, effective 31 October 2024 after anti-trust approval.

Saica Group has reached an agreement to acquire Schumacher Packaging's Polish subsidiary, including two corrugated board plants, two paper mills and three service centres. Completion is pending Polish antitrust clearance; the price was not stated.

Newry, Mourne and Down District Council's planning committee approved Saica Pack Ltd's plan to relocate from Warrenpoint Harbour and build a corrugated fibreboard factory at Invest NI's Carnbane Industrial Estate in Newry.

Saica Group reached an agreement with the Bertoldo family to become the major shareholder of LIC Packaging, a corrugated board producer in the Brescia province of Lombardy, Italy. The Bertoldo family will remain in management. The announcement is dated May 14, 2024.

Menzies Distribution Solutions secured a three-year extension of its UK distribution contract with Saica Group, managing transport at Saica's Carrington facility covering around 450 loads per week.

Saica Group is reportedly planning a $130 million corrugated box facility in Anderson, Indiana, for which it has asked the Anderson Plan Commission to use 39 acres. The plant would initially employ 60 people and would be Saica's second US facility.

Saica has commenced construction of a new corrugated board factory in Sant Esteve Sesrovires, Catalonia, with an investment of more than $107.8 million. Operations are scheduled to start in 2025 and the plant will replace two existing sites.

Spanish packaging group Saica, through its UK subsidiary Saica Pack, lodged a full planning application for a 485,000 sq ft corrugated fibreboard factory on a 25-acre site at Invest NI's Carnbane Industrial Estate in Newry. The investment is expected to be in the tens of millions and will relocate its Warrenpoint operation.

Saica Group has agreed to acquire a 100% stake in Ecovidal-Miguel Vidal e Hijos, a waste collection and paper recycling company in Torrejón de Ardoz near Madrid, Spain. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Saica Group started work on a new corrugated board plant in Sant Esteve Sesrovires, Barcelona, investing more than EUR 100 million. The plant will combine Saica Pack El Prat and Saica Pack Barcelona and is due to start in spring 2025.

Spanish packaging group Saica ordered six ChromaCUT X Pro and Chroma High Tech corrugated board-processing machines from Koenig & Bauer Celmacch for six European sites, with lines going into production from summer 2024.

Saica Group has agreed to acquire a minority share of Pacapime, a Belgian corrugated cardboard company based in Halle with 109 employees and EUR 61 million revenue in 2022. The deal strengthens Saica's presence in the Benelux and France.

Saica Group acquired a minority share in Adda Ondulati and Cartorobica, two Italian corrugated board plants in Annone di Brianza and Pietrasanta with 2022 revenue of EUR 105 million and 247 employees.

The Saica Group confirmed an investment of more than €100 million in a new Saica Pack corrugated packaging factory in Sant Esteve Sesrovires, Barcelona, which will consolidate its El Prat and Barcelona plants, with installation of the first machines expected by end-2024.

Saica Pack opened a new flagship corrugated packaging facility in Livingston, Scotland during 2023, with a total investment of over £50 million. The project began in 2020 and was delayed by COVID.

Saica Group has begun operations at a new plant in Hamilton, Ohio, producing corrugated board and packaging. It is the company's first manufacturing site in the US and its tenth country of operation.

The Saica Group, through Saica Pack, acquired a majority stake in Cartonajes Bañeres (CartoBan), an Alicante corrugated cardboard maker, and its wholly owned subsidiary Electro Mariola, which operates a cogeneration plant. The two companies had combined turnover above 26 million euros in 2021.

Saica plans a second phase at its Hamilton, Ohio plant, adding two converting machines including a 4-colour Bobst flexo folder-gluer and a 2-colour Bobst rotary die-cutter. Civil works are to start in coming months, with both machines running in the second half of 2023.

Saica Group started corrugated packaging production at its new 360,000 square-foot plant in Hamilton, Ohio, its first U.S. corrugated plant. The plant has capacity over 1,500 MSF/year and is part of a $800 million U.S. investment plan; about 500 jobs are expected.

Spanish paper and packaging group SAICA plans to invest $800 million over the next five years to expand in the US market, via acquisition or new plant construction, while building a corrugated paper plant in Hamilton, Ohio due to open in early 2022.

BoxWay Packaging Group Limited, a newly incorporated independent company led by CEO Andrew Woollard, acquired Saica's corrugated sheet plants in Exeter, Peterlee and Telford in England and announced a multi-year investment plan.

Robertson has been awarded an £18 million construction contract by SAICA Group to convert a former distribution centre in Livingston, West Lothian, into a cardboard manufacturing facility for SAICA Pack. The £50 million plant is due for completion in December 2021.

Saica Group held a groundbreaking on a 350,000 sq ft corrugated packaging plant in Hamilton, Ohio, its first US plant, representing a $72 million investment and expected to create 64 jobs.

Spain's Saica Group will build its first North American facility, a corrugated manufacturing plant in Hamilton's Enterprise Park near Cincinnati, Ohio, investing nearly $72 million and creating 64 jobs. Construction is expected to start in September 2020 and take eighteen months.

Saica Group announced a £50M+ investment to build a new purpose-built corrugated packaging plant in Livingston, West Lothian, replacing its Edinburgh and Milngavie sites. The site is due for completion by the end of 2021.

TOP Packaging, a joint venture of Thimm Group and Saica, is taking over United Packaging SA's plant in Skarbimierz near Wroclaw, Poland, pending approval by the Polish cartel office. The plant has over 100 employees.

Saica Group has signed an agreement to acquire Norm Ambalaj's plant in Sakarya, Turkey, which employs 159 people and adds 75 million square meters of corrugated board capacity. The deal is subject to Turkish antitrust approval.

Saica acquired French group Emin Leydier, a paper and corrugated packaging maker with eight French plants and 1,029 employees, adding 800,000 tonnes of recycled paper capacity. The deal was announced on 28 February 2018 and no price was disclosed.

SAICA has entered negotiations to acquire Emin Leydier, a French corrugated paper packaging manufacturer with eight French sites and over 1,000 employees, which generated EUR 356 million revenue in 2016; First Eagle holds about 53% of it.

Saica plans to invest EUR 29 million in a fully automated warehouse at its El Burgo de Ebro paper plant in Spain, with a total investment that could reach EUR 50 million. The warehouse is planned to be operational in 2019.

Spanish packaging group Saica agreed to acquire 100% of Dutch flexible packaging companies Schut, Hellema and Lemapack from Flexible Packaging Holding. The businesses employ about 100 people and had combined 2015 turnover of EUR 53.1 million.