Mayr-Melnhof Karton AG is a manufacturer in the paper and packaging industry, based in
Vienna
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The company is 65% family owned, with the rest free-float, and is listed on the
Vienna Stock Exchange (Wiener Börse).
Mayr-Melnhof packaging is a multi-national company with plants in
Austria
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Mayr-Melnhof in the UK
Mayr-Melnhof had two plants in Great Britain, one based in
Bootle
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, Merseyside and one in
Deeside
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Wales. The Bootle plant worked closely with companies including
Kellogg Company
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, while the operations at Deeside focus mainly upon food and tissue
manufacturing for companies including Georgia-Pacific and
Unilever
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. Both plants ran a weekday 3-shift system as well as a dedicated weekend crew.
At both UK 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
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was used.
![Mayr_von_Melnhof-Wappen_2](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/Mayr_von_Melnhof-Wappen_2.png)
History
Owner
Franz Mayr (1810–1889) was ennobled in 1859 with the title "
Edler
Edler () was until 1919 the lowest rank of nobility in Austria-Hungary and Germany, just beneath a ''Ritter'' (hereditary knight), but above untitled nobles, who used only the nobiliary particle ''von'' before their surname. It was mostly given to ...
of Melnhof". Since then the family was styled Mayr von Melnhof. In 1872 Franz Mayr,
Edler
Edler () was until 1919 the lowest rank of nobility in Austria-Hungary and Germany, just beneath a ''Ritter'' (hereditary knight), but above untitled nobles, who used only the nobiliary particle ''von'' before their surname. It was mostly given to ...
von Melnhof received the hereditary title of
Baron
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in
Austria
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, for him and his legitimate male-line descendants.
References
Bootle plant closed in 2012 due to extended industrial action
https://web.archive.org/web/20140202234224/http://www.mayr-melnhof.com/en/media-center/press-releases/newsdetails/450.html
External links
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Vienna Stock Exchange: Market Data Mayr-Melnhof Karton AG
Manufacturing companies based in Vienna
Packaging companies of Austria
Pulp and paper companies of Austria
Manufacturing companies established in 1950
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Austrian companies established in 1950
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