Coveris Group invests €10 million ($11.3 million) in Coveris Flexibles France sites and reinforces their machine park in order to respond to growing demand from the European pet food market.
The investment of €10 million will facilitate the purchase of machine tools for Coveris Flexibles France’s industrial sites situated in Firminy, Montfaucon and Campine (in the Loire and Haute-Loire regions). This investment will allow Coveris Flexibles France to further expand its expertise and market leading position whilst increasing production capacity and technological excellence. Moreover, this investment in capacity expansion will create around thirty new jobs in the region.
The five new machine tools; extruder, printer, laminator, laser-cutter and bag molder machines, will increase the Group’s targeted expertise in extrusion and film printing during the manufacture of packaging dedicated to pet food. They will be delivered onsite between the end of 2015 and mid-2016.
“Coveris Flexibles France is a center of excellence, renowned for its expertise in extrusion and film printing as well as the manufacture of high performance products for the pet food market. We are investing to improve our know-how, further improve our relationships with our clients and pursue out ambitious plan for growth. This investment reinforces our activity but also our engagements concerning social and environmental responsibility,” said Philippe Langelier, Director of Coveris Flexibles France.
