Welcome to ECMA
The Voice of the Folding Carton Industry
ECMA Congress 2025
The ECMA Congress 2025 will take place in Istanbul, Türkiye from 17-19 September. During the event ECMA will be celebrating its 65 year anniversary. More information on the programme will follow. See you in Istanbul!
European Carton Excellence Award 2024
During the ECMA Congress in Berlin in September 2024 the winners of the European Carton Excellence Award 2024 were announced. Congratulations! Check out the winners
About Us
The European Carton Makers Association brings together folding carton converters, cartonboard mills, national associations and suppliers to the folding carton industry. ECMA represents over 650 carton producers with a current workforce of 60,000+ located across nearly all countries in the European Economic Area – this equates to over 80% of the €15 bill European folding carton market.
Latest news
ECMA statement - French Mineral Oil legislation
ECMA have written a statement in close collaboration with the FFI, concerning the French Mineral Oil Order which will become applicable from 1 January 2025.EU Deforestation Regulation implementation - postponement by 12 months
On 2 October 2024 the European Commission have released proposals to postpone the implementation of the EU Deforestation Regulation by 12 months.ECMA & Pro Carton - Packaging Recyclability Certifications Statement
Fibre-based packaging champions recyclability with recycling rates above other packaging materials. The recyclability of packaging depends in practice on its actual ability to be collected, sorted and reprocessed into secondary materials within a market.ECMA Food Safety GMP Guide 2.0
As the representative body for the folding carton industry, the European Carton Makers Association published the first version of its Good Manufacturing Practice Guide for food safety in 2011. In March 2021 ECMA released an entirely new version of the GMP.
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European Carton Prospects 2023 & Green Transition
At the ECMA Congress in september we presented the bi-annual European Carton Prospects report. As the most in-depth study of its kind for our industry, the aim is to give members a deeper understanding of the elements that have been influencing our industry over the last 2 years. For the first time in this study, we have included information on the growing transition from plastic to fibre pack.
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Our members
