Smurfit Westrock plans to invest approximately €600m in its French operations over the next three to five years, the paper and packaging group announced ahead of the Choose France investment summit on 1 June.
Choose France is an initiative launched by President Emmanuel Macron aimed at attracting more foreign investment to France.
As part of the investment programme, around €40m is earmarked for the modernisation and expansion of Smurfit Westrock‘s bag-in-box site in Épernay. Another €20m are to be invested in the further development of the corrugated packaging plant in Vernon.
In addition, the company plans investments of more than €100m for various projects at its Cellulose du Pin kraftliner mill in Facture, including the installation of a new evaporation plant.
With the investment programme, Smurfit Westrock wants to support the modernisation and decarbonisation of its French operations. In addition to improving production efficiency, the measures are also intended to expand and enhance packaging capabilities.
The company stressed that France was a strategically important market for the group. Over the past five years, it had already invested more than €500m in its French operations.
Smurfit Westrock operates around 50 sites and employs approximately 6,000 people in France
