Rengo's Tri-Wall Limited subsidiary and Tri-Wall’s unit TRICOR Packaging & Logistics have commenced operations at a newly built heavy-duty corrugated packaging plant in Goch, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. 

The facility features a fully automated internal transport system, two automated warehouses, and photovoltaic and cogeneration systems.  

It spans a site area of 166,000m² with a total floor area of 54,000m², and will produce and sell industrial and heavy-duty corrugated board and boxes. 

Local authorities expect the plant to support regional economic development through job creation, according to a statement from Rengo, the Japanese manufacturer and distributor of paper and packaging products.  

TRICOR plans to employ more than 200 people. 

The new plant will enhance Rengo's supply capabilities, improve delivery times and support a wider range of packaging needs across Europe, while expanding the group’s global heavy-duty packaging business. 

Tri-Wall Limited, headquartered in Hong Kong and led by global COO Eiji Miyazaki, is responsible for the group’s manufacturing and sales activities in heavy-duty packaging materials.  

TRICOR Packaging & Logistics is based in Bad Wörishofen and headed by CEO Philipp Kosloh. 

It develops and manufactures standard and bespoke industrial and heavy-duty corrugated packaging, and provides logistics services to industries including automotive, chemicals, engineering and electronics. 

In its statement, Rengo said: “The operation of the new plant will enhance the supply system to deliver products more quickly and meet wider range of packaging needs in Europe. At the same time, this new plant further expands the Rengo Group’s global heavy-duty packaging business.”