SIG Combibloc invests in extrusion line in Brazil plant
The company reported 60% growth in 2012. The packaging plant will help meet demand.
SIG Combibloc said this month that it has begun work on the second stage of a plant expansion in Parana state, Brazil. An investment of more than 36 million Euros (100 million Brazilian reais) to install an extrusion line will make allow the company to laminate unprocessed cardboard on-site for the aseptic carton packs. The first phase of the project in Campo Largo, Paraná was opening the packaging plant, which occurred in mid-2011.
According to Ricardo Rodriguez (photo), Director and General Manager South America at SIG Combibloc, the company grew 60% in 2012 over the previous year.