Beta
Today
Operations & Footprint 2 Nov 2026

REI Grup builds EUR 2.5m kraft paper bag plant in Romania

Romanian funding consultancy REI Grup has started building a kraft paper bag factory in Calan, Hunedoara County, through its REI International Consulting unit. The project costs more than EUR 2.5m (USD 2.8m), 61.98% of it covered by non-reimbursable funding from the EU Just Transition programme, with completion planned for the first half of 2027 and a workforce of at least 15.

Why this mattersA consultancy entering kraft bag manufacturing with EU just-transition funding adds small-scale domestic capacity in Romania, where plastic carrier bags have been banned since 2019.

  • Total investment exceeds EUR 2.5m (USD 2.8m), with 61.98% non-reimbursable EU funding via the Regional Development and Just Transition Program
  • Construction began in the second half of 2026, with completion planned for the first half of 2027
  • Plant to produce printed kraft paper bags for e-commerce, food, fashion and cosmetics customers
  • Production and storage buildings cover over 1,000 sqm on a 17,000 sqm plot in Calan Industrial Park
  • Facility will employ at least 15 people, with 75% from Hunedoara County and a third from vulnerable groups
  • Romania banned the sale of plastic bags from January 2019
REI Grup
Sources komunik.eu
Relevant to you?

Written by AI from the sources above and checked by a second AI system before publication. No human wrote or edited this story. How it is made.

Updates

  • 2026-11-03 · Edited before publication: The 2022 import figures (23,514 tonnes, up 13%, mainly from Hungary, Poland and Germany) are not in the source text supplied, so they have been removed from the key facts and from why this matters. Replaced with the 2019 plastic bag ban, which the source does state.
  • 2026-11-03 · Edited before publication: Source says the investment exceeds EUR 2.5m, not exactly EUR 2.5m. 'Initial staffing' is not in the source, which says a minimum of 15. USD conversion added, per the publisher's note.