Rondo Ganahl has expanded its corrugated board production capacity at its headquarters in Frastanz by investing 16.5 million euros in a new corrugated board plant.
Rondo has always invested continuously, most recently in the new corrugator, which was put into operation in mid-January - after a meticulously planned and perfectly coordinated conversion in record time. Even during the almost three-week conversion phase, the aim was to guarantee security of supply for customers.
„The date for the conversion was set years ago, planned with great foresight and coordinated in detail with our employees and customers months before the start of the conversion. This allowed us to carry out pre-production in good time, reserve pallet spaces and coordinate delivery dates between the public holidays.“
Stephan Kaar, Managing Director of the corrugated board plant in Frastanz
Over 33,000 pallets were stored during this time to ensure that there were no supply bottlenecks for the packaging. As part of the remodelling project, the expansion of storage capacity for the raw materials needed to produce the corrugated cardboard and therefore the security of the internal supply of raw materials for production was also a top priority. In preparation for the 135 metre long and around 300 tonne heavy new corrugator The reel warehouse was expanded accordingly. In addition to the existing warehouse, a further 370 rolls of corrugated base paper, each weighing an average of three tonnes, can now be stored upstream and transported to the new corrugator for processing via the shortest route.
Increased capacity thanks to state-of-the-art technology
The new corrugator from Bavarian machine manufacturer BHS Corrugated Maschinen- und Anlagenbau has a working width of 2.8 metres and runs at a speed of up to 450 metres per minute. At Rondo in Frastanz Single and double flute corrugated board lines in flute types C, B, D, E and combinations which are used to produce customised, sustainable packaging for customers. A total of 16.5 million euros invested. By installing the new machine, Rondo is increasing its corrugated board production capacity in Frastanz by around ten per cent in order to continue to meet the growing demand for environmentally friendly corrugated board packaging.
Source: Rondo
