About Mayr-Melnhof Karton

Mayr-Melnhof Karton AG engages in the manufacture and sale of cartonboard and folding cartons primarily in Europe. Segments The company has two operating segments, including Mayr-Melnhof Cartonboard (MM Karton) and Mayr-Melnhof Packaging (MM Packaging). MM Karton MM Karton manufactures and markets various grades of cartonboard, concentrating on cartonboard produced predominantly from recovered paper. MM Karton has an annual capacity of 1.7 million tons and 12 cartonboard machines in five European countries, including Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands, and Slovenia. MM Karton's customers are folding-carton manufacturers. MM Packaging MM Packaging converts cartonboard into industrial printed folding cartons mainly for food (cereals, dried foods, sugar, confectionary and baked products), other consumer goods (cosmetics and toiletries, detergents, household articles, and toys), and into cigarette packaging, as well as high-grade confectionary packaging. MM Packaging processes annually approximately 650,000 tons of cartonboard at 28 plants in 12 countries in Europe and other adjacent regions. MM Packaging supplies packaging material mainly to multinational consumer goods producers. Significant Events In February 2008, the division MM Karton sold its 100 % share in the recovered paper company Joh. Spiehs & Co. GmbH. In March 2008, the majority interest of 63.34 % in ‘Papyrus’ Altpapierservice Han-delsgesellschaft m.b.H. and its two subsidiaries as well as the majority interest of 94.45 % in PAREK Papierverwertungs Gesellschaft m.b.H. were sold. In November 2008, the division MM Packaging bought a 60.01 % share in the Turkish producer of folding cartons, Superpak Ambalaj sanayi ve ticaret A.S., located in Izmir, Turkey.