RRK Wellpappenfabrik in Bottrop, part of Panther Group, plans a new fully automated corrugator and warehouse on a neighbouring 30,000 m2 plot, with about EUR 40 million invested and capacity above 300 million m2 a year. Timing depends on economic development and will be set in 2026.
Panther Group's Coswiger Wellpappe is adding a new production and warehouse building in Coswig, Saxony-Anhalt, due to go into operation in August 2025. The site is expected to grow by around 30 per cent.
Panther Group plans to build a €40 million fully automated corrugator at its RRK Wellpappenfabrik site in Bottrop, after buying an adjacent 30,000 square metre plot. Annual capacity is to rise above 300 million square metres, with timing to be finalised in 2026.
Wepoba Wellpappenfabrik, part of the Panther Group, has bought an adjacent property in Wustermark and plans a double-digit million euro investment to expand its logistics center. The planned automated high-bay warehouse would raise storage capacity from about 15,000 to 30,000 pallets.
The Panther Group is building new halls and production lines at its Altonaer Wellpappenfabrik plant in Tornesch near Hamburg to expand production of folding box adhesive products. The project began in early 2023, a second folding box gluer is due in summer 2024, and the project is scheduled for completion in August.
The Panther Group is investing in its Tornesch location in Germany by buying a neighboring 25,000 m² property and ordering two folder-gluers and palletizing robots. A new 6,000 m² production building is planned for 2023.
Altonaer Wellpappenfabrik in Tornesch near Hamburg will replace its finished goods palletizing system in spring 2021 and add a fully automated 4-color inline folding box machine in the second half of 2021. The company says it is investing over 10 million euros in quality and productivity across 2020/21.