Manufacture and further processing of high-quality corrugated board for transport packaging and folding cartons
Wellpappenwerk Lucka GmbH
Lucka (Thuringia) · Hemmendorfer Straße (folding carton plant), LuckaNew on Amplifa
About Wellpappenwerk Lucka
Wellpappenwerk Lucka GmbH belongs to the Eikemeier group of companies and is one of the major corrugated board plants in eastern Germany. At the Lucka site in Thuringia, more than 200 employees, including around 30 apprentices, manufacture corrugated board and further process it into cartons, transport packaging and folding cartons. The corrugated board is produced on a modern BHS corrugator with a 2.80 m working width; available flute types are A, B, C, D, E, F, G as well as combinations. Further processing includes die-cutting on a rotary die-cutter and die-cutting machines, creasing and cutting on a slotter with a 4.20 m working width, inline processing, flexo printing in the three-colour High Print process, as well as folding and gluing of folding cartons. Customers come from industry and agriculture; delivery is also just-in-time. The company can look back on a tradition of more than 120 years, dating back to the founding of the Leipziger Wellpapierfabrik in 1900.
- Site
- Lucka
- Processes
- Manufacture of corrugated board (flute types A, B, C, D, E, F, G and combinations), Further processing of corrugated board into cartons/packaging, Flexo printing (three-colour High Print), Die-cutting (rotary die-cutter, die-cutting machines), Folding and gluing of folding cartons, Manufacture of high-quality corrugated board, Flute types A, B, C, D, E, F, G and combinations, Folding cartons (folder-gluer machine)
- Materials
- Corrugated board, Paper raw material
- Certificates
- ISO 9001, ISO 14001, EMAS
- Founded
- 1900
- Employees
- over 200
- Industries
- Packaging industry, Industrial companies, Agricultural producers
- 01
Corrugated board production (corrugator, 2.80 m)
- 02
Printing (flexo printing)
- 03
Die-cutting (rotary die-cutter, die-cutting machines)
- 04
Creasing/cutting (slotter, inliner)
- 05
Folding and gluing
- 06
Storage and shipping (logistics centre, pallet racking warehouse)
Corrugated board and raw materials
Corrugated board
Self-produced corrugated board in flute types A, B, C, D, E, F, G and combinations is processed into cartons and folding cartons.
Paper raw material
Selected paper raw material forms the basis for durable corrugated board with high printing and processing quality.
Locations
Lucka
DECorrugated board plant: production, finishing, logistics
- Materials
- Corrugated board, paper raw material
- BHS corrugator (2.80 m, since 2004)
- Slotter 4.20 m
- 2.80 m inliner
- Taper
- Rotary die-cutter
- Pallet press
- Finished goods warehouse
- Shipping hall
- Pallet racking warehouse
Folding carton plant Lucka (Hemmendorfer Straße)
DEFolding carton manufacturing and printing
- Materials
- Corrugated board
- Folder-gluer machine
- 2 die-cutting machines
- Flexo printing press (three-colour High Print)
- Pallet racking system (5,500 pallets)
Components and products
Inside the production
Industries
Processes & technical limits
| Processes | Tolerance | Max. part | Weight | Lot size | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacture of corrugated board (flute types A, B, C, D, E, F, G and combinations)Plastics | – | 2.80 m working width | – | – | Paper raw material, Corrugated board |
| Further processing of corrugated board into cartons/packagingAssembly | – | – | – | – | Corrugated board |
| Flexo printing (three-colour High Print)Surface | – | – | – | – | Corrugated board |
| Die-cutting (rotary die-cutter, die-cutting machines)Machining | – | – | – | – | Corrugated board |
| Folding and gluing of folding cartonsJoining | – | – | – | – | Corrugated board |
10 Anlagen & Maschinen
| Machine | Manufacturer / model | Quantity | Working area | Year built | Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corrugated board production line (corrugator) | BHS | 1 | 2.80 m working width | 2004 | Lucka |
| Slotter | – | 1 | Working width 4.20 m | 1992 | Lucka |
| Inliner | – | 1 | 2.80 m | 1995 | Lucka |
| Taper | – | 1 | – | 1994 | Lucka |
| Rotary die-cutter | – | 1 | – | 1995 | Lucka |
| Folder-gluer machine | – | 1 | – | – | Folding carton plant |
| Die-cutting machine | – | 2 | – | – | Folding carton plant |
| Flexo printing press (High Print) | – | 1 | Three-colour | – | Folding carton plant |
| Pallet racking system | – | 1 | Storage capacity 5,500 pallets | – | Folding carton plant |
| Pallet press | – | 1 | – | 1992 | Lucka |
Additional services
Quality and certification
The company operates according to certified management systems; ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and an EMAS registration are in place.
| Evidence | Lucka |
|---|---|
| ISO 9001 | |
| ISO 14001 | |
| EMAS |
History
- 1900
Founding of the Leipziger Wellpapierfabrik Gräßle, Laupitz und Co. in Leipzig-Lindenau by Jacob Moll, Robert Laupitz and August Gräßle
- 1903
Purchase of the Hermann Kittel carpet weaving mill in Lucka; installation of double- and triple-wall corrugating machines, start of carton further processing
- 1906
Jacob Moll takes over management of the operation
- 1912
Jacob Moll becomes sole owner; renaming to Leipziger Wellpapierfabrik J. Moll
- 1918
Purchase of a site on Bahnhofstraße; construction of a second plant
- 1921
Jacob Moll acquires Berliner Wellpappenwerke GmbH; approx. 400 employees
- 1936
Renaming to Leipziger Wellpapierfabrik Moll & Söhne; largest private corrugated board producer in Germany
- 1938
Death of founder Jacob Moll
- 1945
Operation placed under sequestration
- 1948
Operation transferred to public ownership
- 1968
Lucka plant integrated into the VEB association with the Engelsdorf plant
- 1991
Purchase by Uwe Eikemeier and Manfred Bedow from the Treuhand (1 June); Bedow later leaves the company
- 1992
Uwe Eikemeier sole managing shareholder; company renamed Wellpappenwerk Lucka GmbH; first pallet press, slotter 4.20 m
- 1994
New construction of production and raw material hall; BHS corrugator commissioned
- 1995
2.80 m inliner, rotary die-cutter, new construction of finished goods warehouse
- 1996
New shipping hall completed
- 2001
New office building handed over; 100th anniversary of the plant
- 2004
New corrugator with 2.80 m working width; folding carton plant built on Hemmendorfer Straße
- 2007
Construction of a glass factory in Berndorf/Groitzsch commissioned