Progroup and Zeus Packaging Seal Packaging Park Partnership in the UK
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Progroup and Zeus Packaging have agreed on a long-term partnership at Progroup’s Ellesmere Port site (PW12) in the United Kingdom, with production scheduled to start in October 2026.
About the Operation
- Zeus Packaging will consolidate a significant share of its UK production volumes at the Ellesmere Port site, utilizing the existing production hall and converting machinery.
- A conveyor bridge directly links the converting operation to the corrugated sheetfeeder plant.
- Production is set to reach at least 100 million square metres per year, making it Zeus’s central production site in the UK.
- The site will fulfill its original purpose as an integrated packaging park, combining corrugated sheetboard production and converting.
Key Benefits
- Stable supply of high-quality corrugated sheetboard.
- Faster converting processes and greater delivery reliability.
- Lower product carbon footprint due to integrated setup.
- Accelerated processes, increased manufacturing flexibility, and reduced logistics costs by eliminating lorry transport between corrugator and converter.
Strategic Importance
Vinzenz Heindl, CSO of Progroup AG, stated: “With Zeus Packaging, we are gaining a high-growth partner for our packaging park. Independently of this, we will continue to ensure reliable supply to our other UK customers—our international mill system provides the best possible basis for this.”
Brian O’Sullivan, founder and owner of Zeus Packaging, added: “The UK is a strategically important market for us. The close link to the on-site corrugator gives us the security of supply and flexibility our growth in the UK market requires.”