Green Bay Packaging to invest in downstream box facility

Green Bay Packaging (GBP) it is expanding manufacturing space at its Great Lakes Packaging Division facility in Germantown, Wisconsin, with the addition of a new building, and the company held a groundbreaking ceremony at the location in early July.

The Germantown Great Lakes Division provides corrugated containers, point-of-purchase displays, wood/foam specialty packaging and contract packaging and fulfillment services.

While the facility does not convert recovered paper into new paperboard, it engages in downstream functions for GBP corrugated materials, including those made at its recycled-content mill in Green Bay, Wisconsin, in which it invested $500 million earlier this decade. The mill consumes old corrugated containers (OCC), mixed paper and other recovered paper grades.

The new downstream facility will consist of 270,000 square feet of manufacturing space for increased capabilities and streamlined operations. Equipment within the facility will include a rotary die cutting (RDC) machine, a laminator and a specialty folder-gluer.

“Our new Germantown facility will focus on safe, efficient operation and business growth [and] will expand our capabilities and continue to meet and exceed our customers’ expectations,” GBP Vice President of Operations Dave Mally says.

The Great Lakes Packaging Division employs more than 80 people at several sites, though the additional facility could entail the creation of 20 additional jobs, the company says.

Brookfield, Wisconsin-based Briohn Building Corp. is the designer and lead contractor on the project. GBP says that firm has been involved in other recent industrial and manufacturing construction projects in the Germantown area that point to a flourishing regional landscape for manufacturing.

“We are proud to partner with GBP and bring our experience in the print and packaging industry to design and build this new facility,” Briohn CEO Nelson Williams says. “This is another great expansion for Germantown as it continues to grow its reputation as a great place to work and live.”

Operations at the under-construction facility are expected to begin in the fall of 2025.