Green Bay Packaging (GBP) is expanding manufacturing space at its Great Lakes Packaging Division facility in Germantown, WI, with the addition of a new building. The company held a groundbreaking ceremony at the location in early July.
The Germantown Great Lakes Division provides corrugated packaging, point-of-purchase displays, wood/foam specialty packaging and contract packaging and fulfillment services.
While the facility does not convert recovered paper into new paperboard, it engages in downstream functions for GBP corrugated materials, including those made at its recycled-content mill in Green Bay, WI, in which it invested $500m earlier this decade.
The new downstream facility will consist of 270,000 sq ft of manufacturing space for increased capabilities and streamlined operations. Equipment within the facility will include a rotary die-cutter, a laminator and a specialty folder-gluer.
“Our new Germantown facility will focus on safe, efficient operation and business growth [and] will expand our capabilities and continue to meet and exceed our customers’ expectations,” said Dave Mally, Vice President of Operations, GBP.
The Great Lakes Packaging Division employs more than 80 people at several sites, though the additional facility could entail the creation of 20 additional jobs, the company says. Operations at the under-construction facility are expected to begin in the fall of 2025.
