Huhtamaki strengthens its position as a leading egg packaging provider inRussia by investing at its manufacturing unit in Ivanteevka. The total investment of approximately EUR 8 million consists of additional manufacturing capacity, warehouse extension and infrastructure improvement. The new capacity will be operational in May 2016.

With the expansion, Ivanteevka unit is able to meet the needs of the rapidly growing egg market in Russia and develop more added value products to support customers’ growth.

“In Russia, we are the number one egg packaging manufacturer. With support and know-how from our operations team we have continuously improved our production efficiency. With this new, state-of-the-art machinery we invest in the future growth, and in serving our customers better,” says Petr Domin, interim Executive Vice President, Molded Fiber.