POLAND (News release) -- Mayr-Melnhof Packaging is investing around Euro 35 million in Neupack Polska and expanding the site with a focus on e-commerce and high-quality fine corrugated cardboard (microflute).

MMP Neupack Polska is the market leader for cartonboard packaging in Poland and has two plants in Bydgoszcz.

The aim of the recently launched comprehensive investment programme in the company's machinery and building is to expand and further optimize capacities along the entire processing chain. The plant will be able to offer a more innovative packaging portfolio produced on a state-of-the-art machine park, especially for the growth market microflute.

After the plant at Równa put a new printing machine into operation in the spring of 2021, work on expanding the production facility in Petersona is now also progressing rapidly. The addition of a new hall with an area of around 14,000 m² will be completed by October 2021. This will include a third laminator, a cutter and a state-of-the-art 8-colour printing machine.

"Especially in the segments of beverage packaging, toys and continuously growing online retailing, it is important to be competitive and focused on the future, and to keep quality consistently high. This programme for the future should strengthen our market position at our location in Poland," says Michal Thomas, Managing Director MMP Neupack Polska.

Key among MMP Neupack Polska's technical core competencies are large-format inline cold foil applications, technologies for setting up trays and clamshells, as well as special techniques for attaching handles with rivets. In addition, the plant has its own development centre which focuses on innovation, packaging improvements, plastic replacement and many more.

The investment programme will be completed by the 1Q 2022.