The demand for corrugated cardboard has burst in recent years . Were it up to Henk de Jong , the first corrugate cardboard would have rolled off the machines in a novel factory this month . He owns De Jong Verpakkingen in the Netherlands . But COVID-19 , nitrogen , and PFAS throw off a spanner in the works . These caused a considerable delay .
Recently , the new building ’s first pile was drive into the primer coat . " We ’re proud of that we can move forwards now . We currently have to move around customer away because of the gamy demand . That does n’t feel right , " says Henk .
Well begun is half done .
Using corrugate cardboard for packaging has been increasing for years . late , its use in eastward - Department of Commerce has also skyrocket . That ’s because many entanglement shops want to use a material that ’s 100 % recyclable and renewable . De Jong Verpakking furnish the food and non - food , fruit and veg , floriculture , and e - commercialism sectors . They get more than 600 million pieces of corrugate packaging annually . Their customer are in the Netherlands , Belgium , Germany , France , Great Britain , and Ireland .
Happy faces
The newfangled buildingThe new , sustainable building will cover more than 85,000 m2 over two floor . The site will be used for production , store , statistical distribution , and berth . There ’s a arise demand for corrugated packaging ( driven among other thing by e - commerce ) . And a pauperism for more efficient nation use . These two factor form the groundwork for this innovational task .
WDP is a logistics place ( warehouse and offices ) development and investment company . They ’ll actualize the new product site and new distribution center .
" retrace a multi - level project requires plenty of knowledge and experience . We ’ve demonstrate we can do this , " says Michiel Assink , WDP General Manager ( pic right ):
Sustainability and muscularity use of goods and services are important focal peak in the design . There will be 2.6MW of solar panels on the ceiling . The residual heat from yield will be used optimally . And there ’s an on-going vitamin E - boiler projection .
It was an extra - special social occasion for theDe Jong family . The business concern celebrated its 25th day of remembrance too .
Expansion
The unexampled construction will be constructed adjacent to De Jong Verpakking ’s current building . Demolition begin in September 2020 , and the website was made construction - quick . Now , the building start . In the coming month , 2,500 heaps will be repulse into a floor expanse of approximately 56,000 m2 .
The yield warehouse will be on the ground floor . It ’ll be connected to the current warehouse . The first floor will put up a statistical distribution center and a large car green . truck will be capable to touch the first trading floor via a Allium tricoccum . Completion is be after for the end of 2022 .
Henk de Jong and his grandson , Sem van Eikeren , en route to the crane .
We ’ll do it together , Grandpa!The De Jong family .
De Jong Verpakkingen fellow : Rinske van de Berg , Willem van Antwerpen , Angelique van der Lugt , Sabrina van de Hoeven , Ben van der Dussen , and Roy Sebrechts .
Pim Jacobs of Verhoeven en Leenders ( BIM Coordination ) , Henk Jan Berendse of De Jong Verpakkingen , Oliver Walk of IGP , Pieter Kruysdijk of Marlin Spyk ( project direction ) , Hanmi Karesolo , and Henri Vesala of Pesmel storage & logistics warehouse .
Raymond Segers , De Jong ’s voice .
Sem , who get a courteous gift , and GrandPa Henk sharing a toast .
For more selective information : De Jong Verpakkingen20 Jogchem van der Houtweg2678 HA , De Lier , the NetherlandsEmail : v[email protected]Website : www.dejongverpakking.com
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