In late summer 2025, Faller Packaging will start producing folding cartons at its new site in Horsens, Denmark. The plan is to produce 600 million folding cartons there every year.
The company is thus realising a project that was announced back in April 2023: the establishment of a additional production facility for the Nordic region. The aim is to reliably meet the growing demand.
The new plant complements Faller Packaging's existing site in Hvidovre, Denmark, and is a targeted response to the growing demand for packaging. increasing demand for pharmaceutical packaging in the northern European region. The plan is to increase total capacity in Denmark to around 900 million units per year. In Horsens alone, the packaging manufacturer plans to produce up to 600 million folding cartons per year.
The decision in favour of the second branch is Part of the growth strategy for the folding carton division of the Faller Packaging Group. The packaging specialist had already taken over a 5,700 square metre building complex in Horsens in 2023 and modernised it extensively. The production facility will now go into operation in stages - the future employees will first undergo extensive training in Hvidovre.
„The new factory is lean and combines efficiency and quality. This not only allows us to significantly increase our capacity, but also strengthens our customer service on site.“
Christian Holmskov, Managing Director of the Danish company
A major advantage of the new plant is that the modern full-format printing presses enable a much higher output per sheet than the half-format technology used to date.
Both branches - the main plant in Hvidovre and the new plant in Horsens - work closely together, while Hvidovre acquires new customer projects and produces and finishes special and standard folding cartons, the new site in Horsens, 250 kilometres away, takes over the large series production..
For local pharmaceutical manufacturers and global players based in the area, the second branch in Denmark offers numerous advantages: Faller Packaging creates More security thanks to shorter delivery times, greater flexibility in logistics and better service. „What's more, we are present here in a region that offers good conditions for further growth thanks to its strong industrial environment,“ adds Christian Holmskov.
Source: Faller Packaging
