Europal Builds New Corrugated Board and Packaging Plant
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Europal, the Belgian supplier of corrugated cardboard packaging solutions, will invest several million euros in the construction of a new plant in Tournai. The new state-of-the art factory will be fully operational by the summer of 2020.
The current factory in Moeskroen, including its staff, will be retained. It will serve as a Design & Experience Centre, on the one hand, and as a production unit for speciality products, on the other. This will raise its general processing capacity to 110,000 metric tons.
In addition to the conventional grades, the site will focus on heavy-duty corrugated cardboard for export packaging and octabins. The site will also produce endless corrugated cardboard for e-commerce applications, among others. Europal technology will enable e-commerce players to strongly optimize their packaging and shipping volumes.
Last but not least, the investment in Doornik, which will comprise millions of euros, will also provide new employment opportunities through the creation of approximately 40 high-tech jobs, for which a recruitment campaign has already been launched.
