-
- 87.0%
-
export quota
The export quota of the Austrian paper industry was 87.0% in 2025.
-
- 85%
-
recycling quota
The recycling quota of packaging made of paper, cardboard and corrugated board was 85% in 2024.
-
- 17,499
-
employees
On a yearly average (2025), 17,499 people were employed in plastics processing companies.
-
- 2/3
-
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
Standard Content Module
listen
listen
Paper
| Austrian paper industry – key data 2025 | |
|---|---|
| Companies | 23 |
| Staff | approx. 7,300 |
| Production (paper & cardboard) | 4,097,280 metric tons |
| Export quota | 87.0 % |
| Austrian paper and board converting industry – key data 2024 | |
|---|---|
| Companies | 86 |
| Staff | approx. 8,500 |
| Production value (in Euro) | approx. 2.76 billion |
| Export quota | 77,5 % |
| Austrian paper and board converting industry - production and exports by product group 2024 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Product group | Production in EUR million | Share on total production in % | Export in EUR million |
| Folding boxes, solid fibre board | 517 | 18,7 | 243 |
| Corrugated cardboard, corrugated packaging | 657 | 23,8 | 368 |
| Flexible packaging | 160 | 5,8 | 71 |
| Hygienic paper products | 266 | 9,6 | * |
| Office products | 159 | 5,8 | * |
| Other paper products | 1.000 | 36,2 | * |
| Total | 2.759 | 100 | 2.139 |
| The 10 largest companies of the paper industry in Austria by net turnover in million euro (2025) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Mondi Group | 7.663,00 |
| 2. | Mayr-Melnhof Karton AG | 3.885,30 |
| 3. | Prinzhorn Holding GmbH | 2.398,30 |
| 4. | delfortgroup AG | 1.202,20 |
| 5. | Sappi Austria Produktions GmbH & Co KG | 699,54 |
| 6. | Zellstoff Pöls AG | 525,30 |
| 7. | SIG Austria GmbH | 342,00 |
| 8. | Smurfit Westrock Nettingsdorf AG & Co KG (vormals: Smurfit Kappa Nettingsdorfer AG & Co KG) | 292,60 |
| 9. | Laakirchen Papier AG (heinzel-paper) | 285,00 |
| 10. | Norske Skog Bruck GmbH | 230,00 |
Packaging
| Plastics (2025) | |
|---|---|
| Companies (plastics processing industry) | 753 |
| Staff | 17,499 |
| Glass (2025) | |
|---|---|
| Companies | approx. 40 |
| Staff | 5,250 |
| Production value (in million euro) | 1,211 |
| 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 % |
listen
downloads
Downloads
Last update : 27. July 2026