History
The history of the Mayr-Melnhof Group started more than a hundred years ago. Here you find an extract of important events and developments.
- 2022
- Acquisition of Essentra Packaging
- Acquisition of Eson Pac
- 2021
- Acquisition of Kwidzyn mill, Poland
- Divestment of Eerbeek and Baiersbronn board mills
- Acquisition of Kotkamills, Finland
- 2019
- Acquisition of Tann Group
- 2018
- „MMK digital“- first digital sales and service channel within the cartonboard industry
- 2017
- Acquisition of a plant for cosmetic packaging in Poland
- 2016
- Expansion of packaging plants in Iran und Vietnam
- Building of a new power plant in Frohnleiten
- 2015
- Acquisition of a French packaging company specializing on pharmaceutical and luxury packaging
- 2014
- Commissioning of 4th Packaging plant in Turkey (Gaziantep)
- 2013
- Acquisition of a leading folding carton producer in Vietnam
- Start of a third folding carton plant in Poland
- 2012
- Expansion Packaging Colombia
- 2011
- Start Expansion packaging in Far East
- 2010
- Start Expansion packaging in Latin America
- 2008
- MM Packaging acquires packaging plant in Turkey
- Closure of Bulgarian Nikopol board mill
- 2007
- Expansion packaging in Jordan, Turkey, Ukraine
- 2006
- Expansion packaging in North Africa, Tec MMP, Tunisia
- 2005
- Majority interest in leading Russian folding carton producer Polygrafoformlenie
- 2004
- MM Packaging acquires facilities in Spain, Poland, Russia, Romania
- 2002
- Acquisition of the German folding carton group Graphia
- Acquisition of the Bulgarian board mill Nikopol
- 2001
- Acquisition of the German board mill Gruber+Weber Karton, Gernsbach
- 2000
- Combination of the folding carton production in Vienna
- Closure of the English cartonboard plant Colthrop; sale of the English recycling business
- 1999
- The rebuilding of board machine III in the Frohnleiten mill exceeds high expectations
- 1998
- Acquisition of the Slovenian board mill Kolicevo Karton
- Sale of the majority of the German recycling operations. Dissolution of the Recycling Division and integration of the remaining waste paper companies into the Cartonboard Division
- 1997
- Acquisition of the cigarette carton printing plant from R.J. Reynolds in Trier, Germany
- 1994
- IPO of Mayr-Melnhof Karton AG at the Vienna Stock Exchange. Issue of 4.0 million new shares. Beginning of a rapid expansion in the packaging business
- 1984
- The acquisition of FS-Karton in Germany was the first step towards the Group's internationalisation in cartonboard production
- 1974
- Hirschwang Karton becomes the second Austrian mill of the MM Group
- 1959
- Start up of folding carton production
- 1952
- Entrance into waste-paper business
- 1950
- The installation of the first modern cartonboard mill in Frohnleiten, Austria, marked the beginning of the industrial board production