The facility is expected to improve digital capabilities, offer real-time data to enhance decision-making and minimise unplanned downtime
WestRock announces new corrugated plant in US. (Credit: Michael Bußmann from Pixabay)
American corrugated packaging company WestRock Company has unveiled its plans to construct a new corrugated box plant in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, US.
The plant is intended to meet the increasing demand and better serve customers in the Great Lakes region.
Construction of the facility is expected to start in 2024 and will be completed by 2025.
With this investment, WestRock anticipates growing its cost profile and boosting production capacity in the region.
The cost of construction is expected to be partially offset by property sales.
WestRock CEO David Sewell said: “Investing in a new state-of-the-art corrugated converting facility elevates our production capabilities and better supports our end market strategy and margin improvement targets.
“We are pleased to expand our presence in an area of critical demand like the Great Lakes and are confident that by implementing production initiatives such as these, we will continue to solidify WestRock’s position as the supplier of choice.”
According to the packaging company, the site will lower manufacturing costs and waste and enhance WestRock’s overall manufacturing cost profile.
The Wisconsin site is also said to have reduced energy consumption and new technology to improve sustainability.
Additionally, the facility has advanced automation technologies to boost quality and customer satisfaction.
WestRock said the Wisconsin corrugated plant will improve digital capabilities and offer real-time data to enhance decision-making and minimise unplanned downtime.
In May last year, the firm decided to permanently cease operations at its paper mill in North Charleston, South Carolina.
In March, WestRock started working on its 410,000ft² corrugated box plant in Longview, Washington.