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- 87.5%
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export quota
The export quota of the Austrian paper industry was 87.5% in 2024.
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- 85%
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recycling quota
The recycling quota of packaging made of paper, cardboard and corrugated board was 85% in 2023.
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- 18,719
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employees
On a yearly average (2024), 18,719 people were employed in plastics processing companies.
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- 2/3
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share of used glass in glass packaging
The per capita collection volume of used glass from private households was around 29 kilograms in 2023, meaning that around 2/3 of Austrian glass packaging consists of used glass.
Facts and Figures - Paper / Packaging
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Paper
| Austrian paper industry – key data 2024 | |
|---|---|
| Companies | 23 |
| Staff | approx. 7,400 |
| Production (paper & cardboard) | 4,432,500 metric tons |
| Export quota | 87.5 % |
| Austrian paper and board converting industry – key data 2023 | |
|---|---|
| Companies | 87 |
| Staff | approx. 8,700 |
| Production value (in Euro) | approx. 2.79 billion |
| Export quota | 80 % |
| Austrian paper and board converting industry - production and exports by product group 2023 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Product group | Production in EUR million | Share on total production in % | Export in EUR million |
| Folding boxes, solid fibre board | 515 | 18,5 | 311 |
| Corrugated cardboard, corrugated packaging | 700 | 25,1 | 395 |
| Flexible packaging | 168 | 6,0 | 159 |
| Hygienic paper products | 275 | 9,9 | * |
| Office products | 155 | 5,6 | * |
| Other paper products | 973 | 34,9 | * |
| Total | 2.786 | 100 | 2.231 |
| The 10 largest companies of the paper industry in Austria by net turnover in million euro (2024) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Mondi Group | 7.416,00 |
| 2. | Mayr-Melnhof Karton AG | 4.079,60 |
| 3. | Prinzhorn Holding GmbH | 2.306,50 |
| 4. | delfortgroup AG | 1.155,43 |
| 5. | Sappi Austria Produktions GmbH & Co KG | 754,24 |
| 6. | Zellstoff Pöls AG | 479,98 |
| 7. | SIG Combibloc GmbH & Co KG | 352,00 |
| 8. | Smurfit Kappa Nettingsdorfer AG & Co KG | 295,00 |
| 9. | Laakirchen Papier AG (heinzel-paper) | 295,00 |
| 10. | Norske Skog Bruck GmbH | 226,00 |
Packaging
| Plastics (2024) | |
|---|---|
| Companies (plastics processing industry) | 561 |
| Staff | 18,719 |
| Glass (2024) | |
|---|---|
| Companies | approx. 40 |
| Staff | 5,500 |
| Production value (in million euro) | 1,274 |
| Total selective glass collection for recycling (in metric tons) | approx. 250.000 |
| Per capita collection volume of used glass from private households (in kilogrammes) | 29 |
| Recycling rate | over 80 % |
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