In January-November 2024, the volume of commercial output of Kyiv Cardboard and Paper Mill (Kyiv KPK, Obukhiv, Kyiv region), the industry leader in Ukraine by this indicator, amounted to almost UAH 7 billion 272 million, which is 5.1% more than in the same period in 2023, according to statistics from Ukrpapir Association.
According to the statistics provided to Interfax-Ukraine, in physical terms, the plant’s production of corrugated boxes is almost the same as last year’s figure for the same period – 208.34 million square meters, which is consistently the best in the industry.
Cardboard production decreased by 6.5% to 144.21 thousand tons, including production of containerboard by 7% to 116.88 thousand tons and boxboard by 4% to 27.33 thousand tons.
Production of base paper for sanitary and hygienic products increased by 4.7% to 44 thousand tons, and production of toilet paper in rolls increased by 4.2% to 248 million units.
The plant is a stable leader in the production of toilet paper in Ukraine: in 11 months of 2024, the industry’s main enterprises produced a total of 584.8 million rolls, which is 4.5% more than in the same period in 2023.
According to the association’s data from the main industry enterprises, in January-November, Ukraine’s paper and cardboard production increased by 2.6% compared to the same period in 2023, to 549.7 thousand tons, and cardboard boxes – by 13.4%, to 539.7 million square meters.
Kyiv PDA is the parent company of the eponymous group of companies, one of the largest cardboard and paper products producers in Europe with a staff of over 2,500 people.
It has, in particular, a cardboard production facility with a capacity of 240 thousand tons per year and a corrugated packaging plant with a capacity of 355 million square meters, as well as a production facility for the production of base paper and finished products with a capacity of 70 thousand tons of base paper annually.
As reported, in 2023, the plant produced products worth UAH 7 billion 568 million, up 1.8% year-on-year.
