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- 88.8%
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export quota
The export quota of the Austrian paper industry was 88.8% in 2021.
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- 90%
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recycling quota
The recycling quota of packaging made of paper, cardboard and corrugated board was 90% in 2020.
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- 27,900
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employees
On a yearly average (2017), 27,900 people were employed in plastics processing companies.
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- 429,219
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tons of packaging glass
The annual production of packaging glass was more than 429,200 tons in 2018.
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Paper
| Austrian paper industry – key data 2021 | |
|---|---|
| Companies | 23 |
| Staff | approx. 7,600 |
| Production (paper & cardboard) | 5,100,000 metric tons |
| Export quota | 88.8 % |
| Austrian paper and board converting industry – key data 2020 | |
|---|---|
| Companies | 85 |
| Staff | approx. 8,700 |
| Production value (in Euro) | approx. 2.36 billion |
| Export quota | 78.2 % |
| Austrian paper and board converting industry - production and exports by product group 2020 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Product group | Production in EUR million | Share on total production in % | Export in EUR million |
| Folding boxes, solid fibre board | 425 | 18,0 | 333 |
| Corrugated cardboard, corrugated packaging | 592 | 25,1 | 332 |
| Flexible packaging | 151 | 6,4 | 50 |
| Hygienic paper products | 220 | 9,3 | * |
| Office products | 131 | 5,6 | * |
| Other paper products | 841 | 35,6 | * |
| Total | 2.360 | 100 | 1.845 |
| The 10 largest companies of the paper industry in Austria by net turnover in million euro (2020) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Mondi Group | 6.663,00 |
| 2. | Mayr-Melnhof Karton AG | 2.528,40 |
| 3. | Prinzhorn Holding GmbH | 1.900,00 |
| 4. | delfortgroup AG | 883,45 |
| 5. | Sappi Austria Produktions GmbH & Co KG | 564,08 |
| 6. | Zellstoff Pöls AG | 290,81 |
| 7. | SIG Combibloc GmbH & Co KG | 289,00 |
| 8. | Laakirchen Papier AG (heinzel-paper) | 259,60 |
| 9. | Smurfit Kappa Nettingsdorfer AG % Co KG (vormals: Nettingsdorfer Papierfabrik AG & Co KG) | 255,00 |
| 10. | UPM-Kymmene Austria GmbH (vormals Steyrermühl AG) | 250,00 |
Packaging
| Material | Share on total production in %, 2016 |
|---|---|
| Paper, card, cardboard | 35.2 % |
| Glass | 21.2 % |
| Plastics | 21.2 % |
| Wood | 17.5 % |
| Metal | 4.9 % |
| Plastics (2017) | |
|---|---|
| Companies (plastics processing industry) | 559 |
| Staff | 27,900 |
| Share of packaging on the total production of the plastics processing industry | 16 % |
| Glass (2020) | |
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| Companies | approx. 50 |
| Staff | 7,200 |
| Production value | EUR 1,035 million |
| Packaging glass production (in metric tons) | 429.219 |
| Total selective glass collection for recycling (in metric tons) | 270.000 |
| Recycling rate | 85 % |
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