Mondi investments include containerboard expansion

Weybridge, United Kingdom-based packaging and paper producer Mondi says it is investing 280 million euros ($308 million) in its Corrugated Packaging operations in four countries “to boost production and to serve customers more efficiently.”

One of the larger investments involves the company’s Swiecie containerboard mill in Poland, which it says will receive 95 million euros ($105 million) in upgrades, including upgrades to the pulp mill, the recycled fiber line and the energy recovery system. The project also will entail an expansion of overall production and warehouse capacity at the mills, says Mondi.

Other investments involve mills and downstream facilities in Turkey, Germany and the Czech Republic.

“Sustainability is at the heart of Mondi’s strategy,” says Markus Gärtner, CEO Corrugated Packaging at Mondi. “Ongoing investment in our Corrugated Packaging business supports our MAP2030 commitments around circular-driven packaging and paper solutions, created by empowered people taking action on climate.”

In Turkey, the company says its investments are “focused on the newly-acquired Mondi Olmuksan plants, with Gebze specializing in eCommerce packaging production, and Bursa reinforcing its heavy-duty output with the addition of sheet production.” Those mills were acquired from United States-based International Paper last year.

“The latest market research on eCommerce shopping and packaging trends in Germany and Poland, commissioned by Mondi, shows that consumers of all ages continue to buy online and prefer eCommerce packaging that is sustainable,” says Armand Schoonbrood, chief operating officer of the Corrugated Solutions business unit at Mondi.