{"id":78111,"date":"2023-04-13T14:45:23","date_gmt":"2023-04-13T12:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/?p=78111"},"modified":"2023-04-13T13:34:25","modified_gmt":"2023-04-13T11:34:25","slug":"record-sales-co2-emissions-hienzel-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/rekordumsatz-co2-emissionen-hienzel-group\/","title":{"rendered":"Record sales and reduced CO2 emissions"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In 2022, Heinzel Group achieved a record turnover in the company's history. The company was able to increase net sales by 36.6 per cent and reduce CO2<\/sub>-emissions by 15 per cent at the same time.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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In view of several crises in 2022, including the Ukraine crisis, the European energy crisis and the sharp general cost increases, the Heinzel Group<\/a> resilient and reacted flexibly to market changes. A All-time high in pulp and paper prices contributed to an increase in net sales <\/strong>of the Group by 36.6 per cent to \u20ac 2,777.4 million in 2022. Overall, the company generated EBITDA of \u20ac 287.5 million, an increase of 46.8%, while simultaneously reducing CO2 emissions (Scope 1&2) by 14.9% to 535,333 tonnes.<\/p>

In 2022, Heinzel Group also set the course for future sustainable growth: it signed a contract for the Acquisition of the Steyrerm\u00fchl paper mill in Upper Austria from UPM<\/strong> and will take over the site at the end of 2023. \u201eOur vision is to develop Steyrerm\u00fchl into a European hub for sustainable packaging papers and renewable energies together with our neighbouring Laakirchen mill,\u201c says Sebastian Heinzel, CEO of the Heinzel Group. The Conversion of a decommissioned machine for the production of kraft paper for flexible packaging<\/strong> at the site has already begun.<\/p>

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In the past year, the company also became a strategic investor in Paracel, a major Reforestation project in Paraguay, South America, with the aim of building the country's first pulp mill<\/strong>. \u201eOur strong results in 2022 put us in a position to take bold strategic steps with a view to a sustainable future,\u201c says Sebastian Heinzel. \u201eThis also gives us a solid basis for facing a challenging 2023.\u201c<\/p>

Source:\u00a0<\/em>Heinzel Group<\/a><\/p>