ECMA Annual Congress 2024

The ECMA Annual Congress took place in Berlin on 19 & 20 September 2024
We look forward to seeing you next year in Istanbul!

European Carton Excellence Award 2024

Congratulations to the winners of the European Carton Excellence Award 2024! 

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.

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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.
Upcoming Events
10
Dec

ECMA Executive Committee

10 December 2024 - Belgium
21
Feb

ECMA Pharma Forum

21 February 2025
03
Mar

Fastmarkets Forest Products Europe Conference 2025

3 - 5 March 2025 - Portugal - Use code ECMA15 for 15% off
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. 

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

Member Directory
Smurfit Kappa Zedek & Van Mierlo
Martin Automatic
CAP - Cartonnage et Articles de Papeterie
Artigrafiche Reggiane & LAI S.p.A.
APIGRAF - Associação Portuguesa das Indústrias Gráficas e Transformadoras do Papel
Edale Limited
Flint Group
Groupe Vacher
Palladio Group S.p.a.
Koenig & Bauer Duran Karton Ambalaj Teknolojileri San. A.S.
W.H. Leary Ltd
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