Paper/Paper Processing Industry in the German Capital Region

The hallmark of Brandenburg’s paper and paper-processing businesses is their above-average increase in turnover and employment, which is the result of a considerable willingness to invest and innovate. In 2015, the thirty-one companies in the industry recorded commodity sales to the tune of over €1.56 billion. In the same year, the number of employees rose to over 4,315. Still in 2015, Brandenburg’s paper industry exported 45% of its production.*)

Over 60 % of the turnover was generated by four major paper manufacturers (UPM, Leipa, Hamburger Rieger, Propapier) that run plants in Schwedt/Oder, Spremberg and Eisenhüttenstadt. All these companies exclusively process recycled paper. Despite the presence of these major companies, the region’s paper industry is chiefly characterised by SMEs.

Over 40% of the cluster’s businesses are involved in the production and processing of corrugated cardboard and packaging supplies. The following companies are particularly worth a mention: Pelikan (Falkensee), Biella-Falken (Peitz), RLC Packaging Group (Rüdersdorf), Schoepe Display (Dahme), Thimm (Eberswalde), Panther Packaging (Wustermark) and Dunapack (Spremberg).

*) Key figures, 2015; businesses with over twenty employees; industry No. 17 (production of paper, cardboard and goods made of these materials) according to the 2008 industry classification.

Source: Statistisches Landesamt Berlin Brandenburg

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• Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg

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Focus on: electrical engineering, mechanics, design and production, computational engineering, production logistics and management, plant automation, light construction, technical design, virtual production.

• University of Applied Sciences Brandenburg

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• University of Applied Sciences Potsdam

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• Technical University of Applied Sciences Wildau

Degree course in automation technology
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• University for Sunstainable Development Eberswalde

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