Within just three months of acquiring a piece of land in the Southern Industrial Park of Debrecen, Eastern Hungary, and only two months after starting preparatory earthworks, Deufol, the global market leader in supply chain solutions and industrial packaging, is already embarking on the next phase of its strategic plan. With the ground-breaking ceremony on October 08, 2019, the project is right on schedule three weeks after the official opening of the neighboring production plant of strategic client KRONES. In the first construction phase, which begins now, two production halls and warehouses, each with 4,000 square meters of size as well as offices will be built. In addition, a paved open space of almost 30,000 square meters will be created for storage of raw materials and packaged goods. Thus, the planned buildings and superstructures of the first phase cover about 40% of the entire site. The completion of this construction phase is planned for the second quarter of 2020. There are plans for further halls for the remaining property. The next expansion by 1 to 2 halls and further open space is expected to start in the course of 2020 and targeted to be completed in spring 2021. Deufol is investing well over EUR 20 million in these first two phases. In the meantime, more than a dozen Deufol employees have already been recruited in Debrecen. The number of new jobs is supposed to increase to around 50 by the beginning of 2020, and by the end of the second phase Deufol intends to have created well over 120 new jobs in the region.