Smurfit Kappa invests in German paper mill sitev

Ireland-based packaging company Smurfit Kappa is set to spend around € 35 million on its Hoya paper mill and board manufacturing plant in northwest Germany.

The company will replace the complete press section of the mill’s PM2 paper machine, which produces both testliner and fluting packaging paper, with advanced technology.

This will increase the facility’s production output by 70,000 tons to 450,000 tons a year while improving the efficiency of the manufacturing process and containerboard system.

Due to be operational in 1Q 2023, the upgraded machine will have an increased production speed of 1250m/min.