The courts rule in favor of Capsa Packaging in its dispute with Bluespace
March 11th 2024
Capsa Packaging, a company specialized in innovative and sustainable packaging solutions in corrugated cardboard, obtains a judicial victory that consolidates its industrial property in Spain and reinforces its collaborative business model based on licenses for its innovation and products. Section nº15 of the Provincial Court of Barcelona has...
Koenig & Bauer and Durst Group join forces in joint venture
January 15, 2024
Koenig & Bauer and Durst Group have committed to further developing their R&D capabilities in the joint venture they established almost five years ago to capitalize on significant opportunities in the folding carton and corrugated carton segments. The parent companies of Koenig & Bauer Durst GmbH will expand their operations in...
Smurfit Kappa opens its first plant in Africa
July 17, 2023
Smurfit Kappa has just announced the inauguration of its first integrated corrugated cardboard plant in Africa, for which it has invested more than 35 million euros. Strategically located in Rabat (Morocco), this region offers great opportunities, since the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) foresees a rate of ...
40th anniversary of Cartonajes Gamoy
January 13, 2023
Cartonajes Gamoy, a Valencian company that is part of the Gamoy-Ondumed group and specializes in the manufacture of corrugated cardboard packaging, celebrated its 40th anniversary at the end of last year. The company, which had a turnover of 40 million euros in 2021, estimates a 10% growth in 2022. From the 15 employees with which it began...
International Paper invests 3.6 million euros in its Villalbilla plant in Spain
July 25, 2022
International Paper's plant in Villalbilla (Madrid), specializing in the production of renewable fiber-based packaging, has received an investment of €3.6 million to improve the company's capabilities and services. With this investment, the factory has acquired a new production line...
Mondi acquires Olmuksan, leader in corrugated cardboard packaging
January 12, 2021
Mondi has agreed to acquire 90,38% of the outstanding shares of Olmuksan International Paper Ambalaj Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. for a total consideration of €66 million. The implied value of the company on a 100% basis would amount to approximately €88 million. Olmuksan is a leading Turkish company in the...
A corrugated cardboard bucket for hygienic removal of face masks
January 4, 2021
The use of masks during the pandemic has rightly grown to hundreds of millions around the world. However, they can easily end up littering public places or natural surroundings. Metsä Board, a European producer of premium fresh fiber board and part of the Metsä Group, has partnered with the packaging design agency Futupack and the ...
VPK Group NV and Encase Ltd reach an acquisition agreement
November 4th 2020
VPK Group reached an agreement with COPI Holding to purchase Encase Ltd, a manufacturer and designer of corrugated cardboard packaging. Encase Ltd operates two integrated corrugated packaging plants in England and a foil plant in Scotland. VPK intends to merge Encase with its UK corrugated operations, ...
Michele Bianchi, RDM Group CEO
November 2th 2020
“Spain is very important to us.” In 2017, RDM Group was formed from the merger of the Reno De Medici Group, Cascades La Rochette, and the Careo Group. At the end of the following year, it acquired 100% of RDM Barcelona Cartonboard, which recently signed a preliminary agreement to acquire La Papelera del Principado SA (Paprinsa). RDM Group is the…
