Greif Announces Multi-Million Euro Investment in New IBC Facility
June 13, 2018Greif announced the official opening of its new intermediate bulk container (IBC) plant in Ede, the Netherlands.
Developed in close cooperation with Greif’s longstanding industrial packaging partner Tholu, the multi-million euro facility has been designed to offer customers the very latest IBC technologies available to the market, with a specific focus on the food industry.
Situated adjacent to Tholu’s IBC reconditioning site the modern, fully-enclosed facility includes a warehouse and production plant with two IBC lines, and stretches over an area of 90,000 square metres in total. Equipped with clean room blow moulding capabilities the plant complies with the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI), Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) and ISO 22000-4.
Luca Bettoni, Greif EMEA IBC and Plastic Product Manager said We are extremely excited about this new venture which marks another step in our roadmap to become the world’s best performing customer service company in industrial packaging. Located in the heart of the Netherlands with excellent transport links means we are ideally placed to serve customers in the Benelux region, and allows us to offer them our full portfolio of GCUBE IBC solutions.”
This latest investment follows the opening of Greif’s state of the art IBC facility in Mendig, Germany. Further investment in new facilities across EMEA is planned over the next few years, including Russia in 2019.
Greif entered the IBC market with the acquisition of Fustiplast in 2010 and in the last eight years has become the fastest growing and highest investing company on IBC production. Greif’sGCUBE™intermediate bulk container heralds the new generation of IBCs – efficient, safe and rugged, ideal for shipping bulk quantities of hazardous and non-hazardous products. Greif currently has nine IBC facilities across EMEA and 13 globally.
Greif is a global leader in industrial packaging products and services strategically positioned with more than 200 operating locations situated across over 40 countries.