WORK is underway on Saica Group’s new corrugated board factory in Barcelona, which the packaging giant is investing over 100 million euros in.
The facility is due to start operating in spring 2025 and will combine the operations currently carried out at Saica Pack El Prat and Saica Pack Barcelona. The project aims to increase the current joint production of the two factories by up to 45%.
Saica said the factory will be equipped with the latest technology, ‘seamlessly’ combining flexography and offset processes. The company acquired the land in 2010 and participated in the development of the industrial estate, which is now occupied by a number of major companies. In 2018, it also built and opened a finished product warehouse on the estate.
The current facilities in Barcelona and El Prat will continue to operate until the new factory opens. Subsequently, they will gradually transfer their production over. Saica revealed all workers at both plants will be offered the opportunity to transfer.
