SCA invests 9m euros in cardboard plant in Timisoara

Corrugated cardboard processor SCA Packaging, a division of Swedish group SCA, has invested 9 million euros in expanding by 12,000 square metres the corrugated cardboard plant in Timisoara. “A large part of investments have gone into expanding the building to 17,000 square metres, and into boosting the production capacity, which will increase 7-8 times,” said Gabriel Balogh, general manager of SCA Packaging Romania. Company representatives expect an around 8 million-euro turnover this year, up 30% against last year, according to Balogh, on a market which has seen a decline in volume. This year’s production estimate is put at around 7 million square metres of corrugated cardboard processed in Romania. The company will start to manufacture corrugated cardboard as of next year, after it has acted solely as a processor up until now.