25 Years of a Corrugated Sheetfeeder Plant in Burg – Progroup Celebrates The Anniversary

The 2.80 m wide corrugator machine delivered an operating speed of 350 metres per minute, producing an annual capacity of 130,000 tonnes – this was a technical first 25 years ago. And this site also featured another innovation: Burg was where the Progroup packaging park was born. It was the first time that one of the family company's customers had established itself directly next to PW03. Progroup manufactures the corrugated board sheets and delivers them via a tunnel to the plant next door, where they are processed further to make packaging. Not only are the delivery times significantly shortened but also a considerable amount of CO2 emissions and freight costs are saved by the two companies through their closely interlinked logistics and production processes. Today Progroup follows this business model at most of its corrugated board sites – always with major, long-standing customers.

“Our PW03 corrugated sheetfeeder plant has been an important production site for us from day one,” says Maximilian Heindl, CEO of Progroup. “Over the last 25 years, we've experienced a great deal here and gradually evolved. We can look back on this success story with real pride – and we’ll continue it together. Thanks to and with our colleagues. This is because our commitment to innovation, technological leadership and sustainability is unwavering.” To mark this milestone together in a fitting way, a large anniversary celebration was held for all employees at the site and their families.