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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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- 89%
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recycling quota
The recycling quota of packaging made of paper, cardboard and corrugated board was 89% in 2021.
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- 28,000
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employees
On a yearly average (2021), 18,000 people were employed in plastics processing companies.
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- 429,429
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tons of packaging glass
The annual production of packaging glass was more than 429,400 tons in 2021.
Facts and Figures - Paper / Packaging
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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 2021 | |
|---|---|
| Companies | 85 |
| Staff | approx. 8,900 |
| Production value (in Euro) | approx. 2.56 billion |
| Export quota | 78.9 % |
| Austrian paper and board converting industry - production and exports by product group 2021 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Product group | Production in EUR million | Share on total production in % | Export in EUR million |
| Folding boxes, solid fibre board | 471 | 18,4 | 347 |
| Corrugated cardboard, corrugated packaging | 688 | 26,9 | 390 |
| Flexible packaging | 175 | 6,8 | 50 |
| Hygienic paper products | 214 | 8,4 | * |
| Office products | 133 | 5,1 | * |
| Other paper products | 880 | 34,4 | * |
| Total | 2.561 | 100 | 2.021 |
| The 10 largest companies of the paper industry in Austria by net turnover in million euro (2021) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Mondi Group | 7.723,00 |
| 2. | Mayr-Melnhof Karton AG | 3.069,70 |
| 3. | Prinzhorn Holding GmbH | 2.345,00 |
| 4. | delfortgroup AG | 909,19 |
| 5. | Sappi Austria Produktions GmbH & Co KG | 598,32 |
| 6. | Laakirchen Papier AG (heinzel-paper) | 361,90 |
| 7. | Zellstoff Pöls AG | 352,23 |
| 8. | SIG Combibloc GmbH & Co KG | 307,00 |
| 9. | UPM-Kymmene Austria GmbH (vormals Steyrermühl AG) | 252,00 |
| 10. | Smurfit Kappa Nettingsdorfer AG % Co KG (vormals: Nettingsdorfer Papierfabrik AG & Co KG) | 227,00 |
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 (2021) | |
|---|---|
| Companies (plastics processing industry) | 699 |
| Staff | 17,975 |
| Share of packaging on the total production of the plastics processing industry 2019 | 33 % |
| Glass (2021) | |
|---|---|
| Companies | approx. 50 |
| Staff | 6,200 |
| Production value | EUR 1,118 million |
| Packaging glass production (in metric tons) | 429.429 |
| Total selective glass collection for recycling (in metric tons) | 266.700 |
| Recycling rate | over 85 % |
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