Schumacher Packaging Starts up Ultra-Modern Corrugated Plant in Germany

Schumacher Packaging, Germany, has started up its new, ultra-modern corrugated packaging plant in Greven, Germany. The company constructed the new plant on a 110,000 m2 site at the FMO AirportPark in Greven, directly adjoining the Muenster/Osnabrueck Airport.

 

In the first construction stage, which was completed in slightly less than a year, the medium-sized packaging specialist invested $45 million. With the new factory in Greven, the expanding Schumacher Packaging Group is pursuing the strategic aim of bringing the production of corrugated board packaging even closer to important sales areas such as North-West Germany, the Ruhr area, Benelux, and Scandinavia. 

 

"As an owner-managed medium-sized company, we are in a position to offer our customers a wide presence on the European market, and offer consistent high technology, quality, and service standards at all locations at the same time," said Bjoern Schumacher, who is responsible for the new factory in Greven, in addition to the company’s main plant in Ebersdorf and the Polish plants of the company group. 

 

The new Greven plant currently has a modern corrugator and six equally modern processing machines on a factory area of 30,000 m2. A high-bay warehouse with a capacity of 15,000 euro-pallets is also on site. The 2.50-meter-wide corrugator supplied by BHS is equipped with two one-sided machines for the production of single- or double-fluted corrugated board. Besides F-corrugation, it can also produce all common types of corrugations. 

 

For further processing, Schumacher Packaging has invested in a multi-color inliner from Bobst, which can process sheets up to 2.80 meters wide. This is complemented by a two-color inliner with a working width of 2.40 meters. A six-color flexo-printing machine and two flat-bed stamping machines, all from Bobst, as well as two folding/gluing machines, complete the machinery outfit in Greven. This allows the location to handle the entire production process under a single roof—from the production of corrugated board and production of the packaging to the high-quality finishing facilities.Finished packaging is then stored in the high-bay warehouse under ideal temperatures and humidity conditions. 

 

"Some of the machines, such as the two inliners, are already running a two-shift operation," reports Schumacher. "In two to three years, we hope to achieve full utilization of this first construction phase, and to be able to run three shifts. In the long term, we want to extend the Greven location even further, with a factory space of up to 100,000 m2 and around 500 employees. We have already ensured an adjoining 35,000 m2 of building land in the FMO AirportPark."