Type Aktiengesellschaft Revenue €1.779 billion (2010) Founded 1950 | Traded as WBAG: MMK Number of employees 8,680 | |
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Stock price MMK (VIE) € 106.60 +0.30 (+0.28%)15 Mar, 5:36 PM GMT+1 - Disclaimer Subsidiaries FollaCell, Mayr-Melnhof Packaging Austria GmbH | ||
Mayr-Melnhof Karton AG is a manufacturer in the paper and packaging industry, based in Vienna, Austria.
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Owner: 65% family owned, rest free-float, listed on the Vienna Stock Exchange (Wiener Börse).
Countries
Mayr-Melnhof packaging is a multi-national company with plants in home country Austria, Chile, Germany, France, Great Britain, Iran, Jordan, Poland, Romania, Russia, Spain, Turkey, Tunisia, Ukraine, Vietnam
Mayr-Melnhof in Great Britain
Mayr-Melnhof had two plants in Great Britain, one based in Bootle, Merseyside and one in Deeside Wales. The Bootle plant worked closely with companies including Kellogg Company, while the operations at Deeside focus mainly upon food and tissue manufacturing for companies including Georgia-Pacific and Unilever. Both plants ran a weekday 3-shift system as well as a dedicated weekend crew.
At both U.K plants, the company ran mainly Bobst group machinery in the cut-and-crease and finishing department, the Bootle plant operated a fully automated end of line department. In the print department of both, machinery from Koenig & Bauer was used.
History
Austrian family business. Franz Mayr (1810–1889). Franz Mayr was ennobled in 1859 with the title "of Melnhof" and raised 1872 in a baron.