Saica Group has reached an agreement with Schumacher Packaging to acquire their Polish subsidiary. That includes all activities in Poland: the whole management, all employees, two state-of-the-art corrugated board plants in Bydgoszcz and Wroclaw, two paper mills in Grudziadz and Myszków, one of which was completely modernised in 2023 and three service centres.
With a capacity production of 440,000 tonnes of paper and 535 million square meters of corrugated board packaging, Schumacher Packaging employs 1,540 people in Poland. The turnover of the Polish sites was Euro 327 million in 2023 (aggregated sales).
Completion of this transaction is pending clearance by the Polish anti-trust authorities, as well as the fulfilment of certain conditions precedent.
The integrated Schumacher Packaging Group is one of the largest family-owned producers of customised corrugated and solid board packaging in Europe, recognised as an industry leader in innovation and technology, it has also pioneered high performance digital printing for corrugated board. The Group has enjoyed a dynamic international growth over the years, with 26 sites in Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic, Great Britain, Italy and the Netherlands. In Poland, they have developed a solid portfolio of customers and they have a capacity production of 440.000 tonnes of paper and 535 million square meters of corrugated board. Schumacher Packaging is comprised of 1,540 employees in Poland and the turnover was 327 million euros in 2023 (aggregated sales).
Both companies are working passionately towards its vision of climate-neutral packaging made from renewable raw materials.
This offer is part of the development plans of the company defined by Saica 2025, the strategic plan of the company.
Back in 2011, Saica Group entered the Polish market through a joint venture with Thimm Group, acquiring a corrugated cardboard packaging plant in Tychy, named TOP THIMM (with 51% of shares and Saica Group with 49% of shares). In 2022, Saica Group acquired 76% of shares of Fox Recykling, a waste management company in the city of Gdynia.
Saica Group offers sustainable paper solutions for the manufacture of corrugated cardboard and packaging, promoting circularity in waste management.
The Schumacher Packaging Group, based in Ebersdorf near Coburg in Bavaria, is one of Europe’s largest manufacturers of customised corrugated and solid board packaging.