Mayr-Melnhof

Mayr-Melnhof Karton AG is a manufacturer in the paper and packaging industry, based in Vienna, Austria. 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, Chile, Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Iran, Jordan, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey, Tunisia, Ukraine, and Vietnam.

Mayr-Melnhof in the UK
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 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 was used.

History
The family hailed from Spielberg, Styria and was first mentioned in a written document from 1423. Industry owner, Franz Mayr (1810–1889) was ennobled in 1859 with the title "Edler of Melnhof". Since then the family was styled Mayr von Melnhof. In 1872 Franz Mayr, Edler von Melnhof received the hereditary title of Baron in Austria by Franz Joseph I, for him and his legitimate male-line descendants. The family owned town palaces in Graz and Vienna, as well as several other castles across Austria, such as Glanegg, Kogl, Neu-Pfannberg, Jagdschloss Hochalm, which served as their country residencies. The most notable member of the family is Marianne, Princess zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn, a German socialite and a professional photographer.