Jun 2 2006
In the current business year, NORDENIA INTERNATIONAL AG will invest over €30.3 million. The investment package is part of the growth strategy that the company has decided on with the new major stockholder, the fund managed by Oaktree Capital Management LLC. "We are laying a solid foundation for our further growth," states Ralph Landwehr, Chairman of the Executive Board of NORDENIA INTERNATIONAL AG, on the budget for the 2006 business year. The investment volume has more than doubled in comparison with the previous year; in 2005, the NORDENIA Group invested approximately €15.5 million.
This year, €15.5 million alone is available for the capacity expansion at the German production site in Gronau. Other main focuses for the investment volume are in the U.S.A. (€4.5 million); Spain (€4.1 million); Hungary, Poland, and Russia (a total of €3.6 million); and in the German sites Halle and Osterburken (a further €1.4 million).
In its investments, NORDENIA is concentrating in particular on the segment of product components for the hygiene industry. "It is here that we see above-average growth potential and this is why we are expanding our capacities even further. In addition, we will strengthen our position as a provider of quality products," Ralph Landwehr explains. This includes the product segments label films, surface protection films, and consumer packaging.