A VIRTUOUS CIRCLE W. Hamburger is one of Europe’s most highly regarded containerboard producers with an annual capacity of around 1.6 million tonnes of paper. Industry Europe looks at the company’s activities and current production facilities.
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ow one of Europe’s leading producers of high quality containerboard, W. Hamburger GmbH was first established in 1853 by Wilheim Hamburger with his purchase of a factory for rag pulp in Pitten, Germany, where one of the five mills is still located. Wilheim Hamburger was dedicated to the continued prosperity of this town, and this commitment is still reflected in the company ethos today. W. Hamburger GmbH is currently made up of several containerboard mills, with Hamburger Pitten, Hamburger Rieger, Hamburger Spremburg, Hamburger Hungaria and its Croatian mill all sharing
the well-proven company value that being ‘flexible, committed and customer-centred’ is what creates long-lasting success and value. The most recent addition to the
Market factors As the vast majority of the containerboard manufacturing activities at W. Hamburger are from recovered paper, with around 40 per cent integrated production and 60 per cent acquired from the free market, so the cost and availability of raw materials is crucial to its Industry Europe 219