The Gelsenkirchen location has been part of the group since 2014. In Gelsenkirchen we have over 40 years of experience in the production of various types of testliner and plasterboard qualities.

The production facilities offer the maximum flexibility and consequently a comprehensive range of products. We underpin our claim of quality leadership through continuous process improvement and targeted investments.

Our vision

We combine the knowledge and skills of people from all locations.
That makes us strong.

We are a dependable supply partner for our customers.
That makes us attractive.

We protect our living environment and act in a sustainable manner.
That binds us.

We are open to new ideas and continuously develop ourselves further.
That makes us successful.

We want to remain at the top.
That is what drives us.

We make paper because we love it.
That makes it fun.

We focus on sustainability especially in two areas:

Environment (waste paper, water and energy)
People (social commitment, employee professional development, training, and safety).

History

Tradition and innovative spirit

The Hamburg Containerboard first started papermaking in Germany at Trostberg, more than 100 years ago, originally under the name of the company founder: Rieger. From the production of handmade paperboard and cardboard, development became focused, over the decades and then with the acquisition by the Austrian based W. Hamburger AG (1989), on white testliners. Over the years RiegerLiner has become a brand name in its own right. The successful development and progress in this product segment then led to the construction of the new plant in Spremberg. The PM1 went into operation in 2005.

After the merger of both locations in 2010, Hamburg Containerboard was expanded in 2014 with the Papierfabrik (paper mill) in Gelsenkirchen. Today Hamburger Containerboard is the market leader in the field of coated and uncoated white testliners. The names of the original company founders, Wilhelm Hamburger (Pitten, Austria) and Johann Rieger (Trostberg, Germany), are retained to this day in the names of our companies.

The entrepreneurial vision and outstanding achievements of our company forefathers and the Prinzhorn family set a precedent for the continuous sustainable development of our company for the future, to which we are all bound. Through this we embody both Tradition - our shared experience and common value set - and Innovative Spirit - our capacity to innovate, develop new products and processes, and implement state-of-the-art machinery and systems. We do not see any contradiction here – on the contrary. Only those who are aware of their past and willing to learn from it are able to shape the future.

And this symbiosis of old and new is what defines us: For example, our board machine 1 has been running, on and on, for 95 years (!); the paper machine 1 in Trostberg for 28 years, the paper machine in Gelsenkirchen for 48 years and the PM1 in Spremberg for a mere 15 years. All of this – and much more – constitutes our "fascination for paper"!

History of the Gelsenkirchen location

2020 Construction of new soft nip calender
2018 Construction of new power plant
2016 Modification of the PM1
2014 Acquisition of Papierfabrik Gelsenkirchen by Hamburger Rieger Group
2012 Certification to the FSC standard, launch of implementation of integrated management system and introduction of DIN EN ISO 50001
2011 Construction and commissioning of floatation plant for water pre-treatment in the inlet to the biological cycle water treatment plant
2010 Construction of a biological cycle water treatment plant with CHP to clean the cycle tanks and reduce water consumption and waste water pollution