On August 30th, Hamburger Containerboard celebrated the completion of the structural work of the building to house PM 2 in Spremberg, Germany. Participating guests included, among others, Dr. Klaus-Peter Schulze, member of the German Bundestag, deputy mayor of the administrative district of Spree-Neiße Olaf Lalk as well as the Mayors of Spremberg and Spreetal.
Dr. Klaus-Peter Schulze said, “To this day, the Hamburger Group has honoured all its commitments, has created jobs with great promise for the future and has proved to be a reliable partner for the region.” Managing Director of the Hamburger Containerboard, Harald Ganster, thanked the construction workers for their high-quality work. “With this investment we are pleased to have set a milestone, not only for our group strategy, but also for the region of Lausitz as a whole. This investment confirms our trust in the locally responsible players, as well as in our employees, who for the large part have been with us throughout 15 years in the region. With this investment the number of direct employees of all Prinzhorn companies active in this area will increase to 700.”
Since September last year, the working group of the construction companies Implenia and Habau have been collaborating with numerous subcontractors on the building site. For the construction of the 400 metre-long paper machine hall as the key component of the investment, 5,500 tonnes of structural steel were integrated on site and 2,700 precast concrete elements were used for the reinforced concrete frame.
With an investment of €370 million, Hamburger Containerboard is expanding its production site at the Schwarze Pumpe industrial estate to become one of the most modern and efficient paper mills in Europe. At full capacity utilisation, 500,000 tonnes of high-quality white and brown packaging paper will be manufactured each year.
