Dunapack Packaging opened a fully automated high-bay warehouse for semi-finished goods at its Strasswalchen site, invested at €12.1 million. The facility adds automated storage for about 1.2 million square metres of corrugated board.
Graz packaging specialist GPI Graz is investing millions of euros in new production equipment and expanded manufacturing capacity in Graz, Austria. No specific amount was disclosed in the article.
SIG has equipped Austrian dairy SalzburgMilch with its DomeMini carton bottle, the first such adoption in Europe. The packaging is expected on the market by mid-2026.
DS Smith developed the Lift Up, a fully recyclable corrugated cardboard handle for 1.5-litre soft drink bottle multipacks, in collaboration with Krones and Coca-Cola HBC. Krones says the method could cut packaging production energy use by 58%.
Guala Closures, part of Investindustrial, signed an agreement on 8 October 2025 to acquire 100% of Austrian plastic closure and dosing device maker Kunststoffwerk Kremsmünster GmbH, subject to customary closing conditions.
Rondo Ganahl invested 16.5 million euros in a new corrugator at its Frastanz headquarters, which went into operation in mid-January 2025 and increases corrugated board production capacity by 10 percent.
Mondi produced a bespoke 190g containerboard outer pack for Zwiesel Glas's Handmade collection at its Grünburg corrugated plant. The packaging was reported on 6 February 2025.
Austrian-German packaging company Rattpack acquired Giko Verpackungen GmbH, a flexible packaging maker with sites in Weiler (Austria) and Diepoldsau (Switzerland) and around 85 employees, lifting the Rattpack Group's annual turnover to about EUR 150 million.
Coca-Cola HBC Austria replaced plastic shrink film on four soft drink multipacks with kraft paper and cardboard packaging, developed with Krones, DS Smith and Mondi. The line was installed at its Edestal plant in Burgenland.
Coca-Cola HBC Austria replaced plastic films on 1.5-litre PET multipacks with recyclable cardboard and kraft paper outer packaging at its Burgenland production center, saving an estimated 200 tons of plastic annually. Krones, Mondi and DS Smith collaborated on the project.
One Rock Capital Partners agreed to acquire packaging manufacturer Constantia Flexibles from Wendel for net proceeds of around EUR 1.1 billion. Closing is expected in the second half of 2023, subject to regulatory approval.
Rondo Ganahl AG invested 36 million euros in its St. Ruprecht site in Styria, Austria, opening a new corrugated packaging print centre built around a Koenig & Bauer Rapida 164 press.
Constantia Flexibles is investing more than EUR 80 million to expand its Constantia Teich plant in Weinburg, Austria, raising aluminium foil capacity to 90,000 tonnes a year, about 30% more, and making it the largest European aluminium foil producer.
Cardbox Packaging is investing over €14 million in its Wolfsberg site in Austria, adding premises, a new Heidelberg printing line, die-cutting machines and an off-line barrier coating line, with operations starting in Q4 2022.
Constantia Flexibles is investing over €80 million at its Teich factory in Austria to build a new rolling mill and lacquering line, raising aluminum foil output to 90,000 tons per year.
Mondi is investing nearly €65 million to increase production capacity at three Consumer Flexibles plants in Korneuburg (Austria), Halle and Steinfeld (Germany) for sustainable pet food packaging. Work has already started at Korneuburg.
Cardbox Packaging Group announced the acquisition of Valuepap GmbH, a paper cup producer with 18 staff at its Pinkafeld, Austria site, with closing scheduled for 31 December 2021.
Plastic packaging maker and recycler Alpla Group acquired Austria-based Wolf Plastics Group to strengthen its European growth. The deal was reported on 23 August 2021.
Lindsay Goldberg agreed to sell an 80% stake in Austria-based Schur Flexibles Group to B&C Group, retaining 20% ownership, subject to antitrust approvals.
Irish packaging group Zeus Packaging acquired Austrian food packaging solutions business Petruzalek from Italmobiliare, completing a three-year acquisition strategy. The price was undisclosed; Petruzalek reportedly had 2020 revenues of about €58 million.
Mayr-Melnhof announced on November 5, 2020 an EUR 18 million investment in its Neupack folding carton plant at Hirschwang, Austria, covering an enlarged production and storage hall, new printing technology, die-cutting capacity and automation.
Coveris is installing a 5-layer specialist agri extrusion line at its Kufstein plant in Austria to expand agri film capacity, with commissioning planned for Q2 2020.
Egger Getränke ordered an additional glass filling line at its Unterradlberg site, adding 60 million glass bottles per year, with commissioning planned for February 2020.
Valmet's three IQ Moisturizer systems delivered to Dunapack Mosburger's corrugated line in Strasswalchen, Austria, have been started up to improve box quality and plant performance.
Austrian packaging printer Bauernfeind Print + Display became the first commercial user of Durst's Delta WT 250 water-based digital printing system, which it bought to print corrugated display packaging. The company expects to grow its turnover by 25% a year.