MEP Marion Walsmann Visits The Eisfeld Packaging Park
Progroup manufactures about 175,000 tonnes of corrugated sheetboard per year in its ultra-modern sheetfeeder plant which is connected to its neighbour by a conveyor bridge, enabling Progroup, a family company, to deliver its corrugated board sheets to LEWELL Kartonagen “just in time” for conversion into packaging. Not only are the delivery times significantly shortened but also a considerable amount of CO2 emissions and freight costs are saved by the two companies through their closely interlinked logistics and production processes.
“This enables each of us to concentrate on the important challenges of our part of the value-creation chain” stated Maximilian Heindl, Progroup’s CEO. “For Progroup, this is the highly-efficient and standardised production of corrugated board as a raw material. For LEWELL, the challenge is to create the perfect precision-fit packaging custom-made for each customer. This meets our shared aspiration to be an efficient and environmentally friendly manufacturer. And at the same time to manufacture a product that is 100% recyclable”.
Marion Walsmann was clearly impressed during her tour of both companies’ manufacturing facilities. “Progroup and LEWELL Kartonagen spectacularly highlight the potential of a close collaborative partnership. Both companies are creating a real success story here in the packaging park and are demonstrating how future-oriented, sustainable production can succeed”.
Progroup and LEWELL Kartonagen have been working closely together for many years, with the Eisfeld joint packaging park adding a further dimension to their collaboration from spring 2023 onwards. Progroup follows this model at most of their corrugated board sites – always with major, long-standing customers.
Bernhard Lemmink, Managing Director LEWELL Kartonagen, MEP Marion Walsmann, and for Progroup Marcus Tolle, Director Public Affairs & Business Development JH Holding (from left), on a tour of the packaging park. Photo source: Progroup
About Progroup
Progroup AG, located in Landau, Germany, is one of the leading manufacturers of containerboard and corrugated board in Europe. Since it was founded in 1991 in Offenbach/Queich, the company has been pursuing a consistent growth strategy which, in addition to technological leadership, is also based on the use of innovative and environmentally friendly production technologies. Progroup operates production sites in six countries in Central Europe. These currently include three paper factories, twelve corrugated sheetfeeder plants, a logistics company and a waste-to-energy power plant. The company's second power plant is currently being constructed in Sandersdorf-Brehna near Leipzig. With 1,700 employees, the company generated sales of around 1.8 billion euros in 2022.
Source: Progroup
