Austria

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.

AxFlow GesmbH Austria became the official sales and service partner for Flygt wastewater pumps and mixers in Austria.

GKT delivered a package of high-quality high-pressure plant components for BHDT GmbH, a Kapfenberg-based maker of equipment for urea and LDPE plants. The parts were manufactured at GKT sites in Gloggnitz and Attnang-Puchheim, Austria.

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.

Coca-Cola HBC, with packaging maker DS Smith and machinery supplier Krones, is rolling out a corrugated cardboard handle for 1.5-liter bottle multipacks in place of plastic shrink wrap. Commercial trials began in Austria in 2023.

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.

DS Smith and Alpine Water developed a recycled and recyclable corrugated transport box for Hallstein glass water bottles that replaces polyethylene foam inserts. The announcement was dated 18 September 2025.

Nidec is investing more than 22 million euros over the next two years at its Fürstenfeld site in Austria, for a new inverter production line and production of its ATOM compressor family.

KSB has invested several million euros to acquire an interest of almost 20% in Ecop, an Austrian developer of large industrial heat pumps. The stake gives KSB access to the market for large heat pumps.

Heinzel Group has commissioned the modernised PM11 paper machine at Heinzelpaper in Laakirchen, Upper Austria, after investing around 140 million euros to convert it to corrugated base paper production.

INNIO Group is building a new 4,000 square meter production site in Hall in Tirol, Austria, to manufacture Jenbacher engine components; operations start in Q4, with completion scheduled for 2026.

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.

Mayr-Melnhof Karton agreed to sell 100% of TANN Group, a tipping paper producer with seven sites and about 730 employees, to Evergreen Hill Enterprise for an enterprise value of EUR 360 million. Closing is expected in Q1 2025.

Hörmann Intralogistics has been commissioned as general contractor to build an automated two-aisle high-bay work-in-progress warehouse for Dunapack Packaging in Straßwalchen, Austria, to expand storage capacity.

ANDRITZ received an order from Rondo Ganahl AG to replace the dewatering and dispersing equipment at its Frastanz paper mill, raising capacity to 230 bdt/d. Start-up is scheduled for end of 2024.

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.

WEBER-HYDRAULIK has opened a 6,000+ square metre new building at its Losenstein site in Upper Austria, a rescue equipment competence center. The family company invested about 12 million euros in the extension.

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.

Austrian heat pump maker iDM is investing about 35 million euros in a new 10,500 square meter production hall in Matrei, targeting 40,000 heat pumps per year, with completion and commissioning planned for July 2023.