Pope Packaging doubles printing capacity at Adelaide paper sacks plant

Australian paper sacks maker Pope Packaging has completed the largest single investment project in its 70-year history, doubling printing capacity and lifting converting capacity by 50 per cent at its South Australian facility. The upgrade, built around new Windmoller & Holscher technology including a Miraflex II eight-colour press, brings production and warehousing onto one site and adds new paper sack product capabilities for the Australian and New Zealand market.

Why this mattersOnshore capacity expansion reduces Australian and New Zealand customers' reliance on imported paper sacks and shortens regional lead times.

• Converting capacity increased by 50 per cent at the South Australian plant
• Printing capacity doubled with new W&H Miraflex II eight-colour press
• New press can print more than 1000 bags a minute
• Project described as the largest single investment in Pope Packaging's 70-year history
• Expansion adds digital pasting, inner patch capability and new warehousing on one site
• W&H's RUBY system added for round-the-clock production monitoring

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