The ECMA Congress for 2023 will take place at the Barceló Sevilla Renacimiento Hotel in Sevilla, Spain on 21 & 22 September 2023. This event will again be a wonderful celebration of all things related to cartonboard & folding cartons. The theme of the Congress will be 'Circular Cartons & Beyond' and we have a superb line-up of speakers including Tesco, Nestlé, The European Commission, Euromonitor, CEPI, AFRY Management Consulting and Moorgate Capital whilst our keynote speaker is the acclaimed presenter and customer experience enthusiast, Steven van Belleghem. In addition, the highly energetic and renowned TED presenter, Leyla Acaroglu, will conduct an interactive sustainability workshop.

This year we have launched a website which will answer all your congress related questions: www.ecmacongress.org.

As usual, this event will be a celebration of all things connected with folding cartons and cartonboard and during the Thursday evening dinner, we will celebrate the winners of the European Carton Excellence Awards.
Following the earthquake in Turkey last February, which shocked us all, and to show support to our friends in Turkey; ECMA will be donating a cheque at the congress to a charity supporting those effected by the devastation.

Please click the 'Register Now' button below to go to ECMA Congress Website to find out more about the programme, register for the congress and book your hotel room:

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ECMA Congress 2022

The ECMA Congress for 2022 took take place in Krakow, Poland on 15 & 16 September 2022 – this has been the largest gathering from the European folding carton and cartonboard sector since 2019.

The theme of the Congress was ‘Sustainability Unboxed’ and we had a superb line-up of speakers including Carrefour, Euromonitor, BPO Packaging Strategy & Innovation, EXPRA,  CEPI, Moorgate Capital and Suez Circpack whilst our keynote speaker was the acclaimed TED presenter Leyla Acaroglu. Mr Marek Belka MEP and Ex-Prime Minister of Poland opened the Congress. ECMA was delighted to welcome special guests from Ukraine and to make a €10,000 donation to the ‘Pure in Hearts Charitable Foundation’ supporting refugees in Ukraine. 


















The Congress was, as usual, a celebration of all things connected with folding cartons and cartonboard and gave many of our members the chance to meet industry friends and colleagues for the 1^st time in 3 years… during the Thursday evening dinner, we celebrated the winners of the European Carton Excellence Awards.