PPL May June 2023 PT - Flipbook - Page 10
Pulp Paper & Logistics
8 INDUSTRY NEWS
Expansion for Smurfit Kappa’s
Pruszków corrugated plant
A
€40 million
investment by
Smurfit Kappa
has expanded its
Pruszków corrugated plant into
the largest of its kind in Poland,
making it, says the company,
one of the most high-tech and
modern packaging plants in
Europe.
Along with modern equipment,
50 more jobs will be created
bringing the count to more than
250. The plant supplies leading
brands in the FMCG food and
beverage sectors both locally and
internationally.
The investment, which doubles
Smurfit Kappa’s Pruszków corrugated plant is now one of the most upto-date in Europe
output, includes the installation
of a new high-tech corrugator
and a range of ultra-modern
converting machinery. The plant
is also equipped with a new
finished goods warehouse, to
accommodate up to 12,000
pallets.
Commenting at the official
opening event, Jacek
Nieweglowski, chief executive
of Smurfit Kappa North-East
Europe, said: “We are delighted
to officially unveil the new
manufacturing plant here in
Pruszków. This project took
just over one year to complete
and will enable us to continue
to pursue our strategic goal of
being the supplier of choice to
our customers, particularly those
looking for the most innovative
and sustainable packaging
solutions.”
Sustainability at Smurfit Kappa
recognised with two awards
Global paper-based packaging
manufacturer Smurfit Kappa
won two categories for its
sustainability and safety at the
Fastmarkets Forest Product PPI
Awards, held at Prague in the
Czech Republic, in April.
The awards are dedicated to
recognising the achievements of
companies, mills and individuals
in the pulp and paper sector.
The Hyflexpower project, the
world’s first integrated hydrogen
gas turbine demonstrator, at
Smurfit Kappa’s Saillat paper
mill in France, was awarded
the Green Energy and Biofuels
award. The ‘100 Stories on
Safety’, a project created by
employees at the Smurfit Kappa
Tijuana plant in Mexico which
highlights the safety challenges
May/June 2023
Smurfit Kappa was twice successful at the Fastmarkets Forest Product
PPI Awards
of working alongside machinery,
won the Risk and Safety award.
Commenting on Smurfit
Kappa’s success at the awards,
Saverio Mayer, chief executive
of Smurfit Kappa Europe, said:
“We are very proud of winning
these two awards in the global
PPI awards which has a very
high standard of entries. It is
great that the hydrogen pilot
has been recognised, because at
Smurfit Kappa we are focused on
reducing our emissions with the
best available technology whilst
at the same time trialling new
technology to help us achieve our
Better Planet 2050 goals.”
Juan Pablo Perez, chief
executive of Smurfit Kappa North
America, commented: “It is a
great honour to see Tijuana’s
100 Stories on Safety project
acknowledged at this year’s PPI
Awards. Safety is a core value
so we felt it was important to
reinforce safe behaviour in a
new and engaging way from the
perspective of our employees
working both in plants and
offices. It has been a huge
success so far and one we are
keen to replicate across multiple
sites.”