Mondi Group
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Mondi is an international paper
and packaging company employing over 30,000 people with operations across more than 30 countries, predominantly in Central Europe
, Russia
and South Africa
. It is fully integrated across the paper and packaging process – from growing of wood and the manufacture of pulp
and paper (including recycled grades), to the conversion of packaging papers into corrugated packaging and industrial bags
. It has primary listings on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and the London Stock Exchange
. It is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index
.
where, in 1967, the company's former owner, Anglo American plc, built the Merebank Mill in Durban
. In the early 1990s Mondi started its business in Europe
(Austria
, UK, France
, Russia
, Poland
, Hungary
, Denmark
, the Netherlands
, Bulgaria
and Italy
). In those countries many major companies became part of Mondi.
In 2000 the Company increased its holdings in Neusiedler AG and Frantschach AG, both Austria
n businesses, to 100% and 70% respectively. Also in 2000 it acquired Cofinec, another Polish
business. It increased its holding in the Syktyvar Mill in the Komi Republic
to 90% in 2002.
In 2004 it further increased its holdings in Frantschach AG, one of its Austrian businesses, to 100% and in Celuloza Świecie AG, another Polish business, to 71%.
On 2 July 2007 the Company demerged from its former parent company Anglo American plc, turning into a dual-listed company
with primary listings in both Johannesburg
and London
reflecting the fact that while the majority of the Company's business is in Europe
it also has a South Africa
n heritage and significant ongoing operations there.
Uncoated Fine Paper includes office and printing paper as well as paper for the pre- and offset printing
segments.
Containerboard, both virgin and recycled, and corrugated
packaging solutions (shelf-ready and heavy-duty packaging, trays and boxes) are used for diverse industrial applications including the food sector. Mondi converts kraft paper into bags and specialty products for rugged industrial applications. These bags are compatible with high-speed filling and used primarily in the cement and construction industries. Bags and microwaveable packaging are produced of film-based flexible packaging. Special technologies, such as extrusion coating, laminating, siliconising and printing facilitate other uses and applications.
as well as in economic and ecological activities Mondi participates in the survey of Ethical Investment and is represented in the following indices: FTSE4Good Index
and the JSE Socially Responsible Investment.
The company recognizes human rights
and engages in active health and safety management at the workplace and in people development. Mondi is a signatory and advocate of the Global Compact, a UN initiative for business committed to universally accepted principles in the areas of human rights, labor, environment and anti-corruption.
The forests that are owned, leased and managed by Mondi are certified according to the standards of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC). The majority of the wood and fibre procured from external suppliers is FSC or PEFC-certified (PEFC: Program for the Endorsement of Forest Certification).
Practically all the company's products are fundamentally sustainable. Consisting of natural fibres and produced with renewable resources, they are compatible with recovery and recycling regimes. Standardized parameters are applied continuously to monitor the environmental impact of the production processes. Mondi defined its product responsibility on the basis of the UNEP Life Cycle Initiative.
, Mondi Europe & International has 9 production facilities. The head office in Vienna is also the headquarters of the Europe & International division.
Paper
Paper is a thin material mainly used for writing upon, printing upon, drawing or for packaging. It is produced by pressing together moist fibers, typically cellulose pulp derived from wood, rags or grasses, and drying them into flexible sheets....
and packaging company employing over 30,000 people with operations across more than 30 countries, predominantly in Central Europe
Central Europe
Central Europe or alternatively Middle Europe is a region of the European continent lying between the variously defined areas of Eastern and Western Europe...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
and South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
. It is fully integrated across the paper and packaging process – from growing of wood and the manufacture of pulp
Pulp (paper)
Pulp is a lignocellulosic fibrous material prepared by chemically or mechanically separating cellulose fibres from wood, fibre crops or waste paper. Wood pulp is the most common raw material in papermaking.-History:...
and paper (including recycled grades), to the conversion of packaging papers into corrugated packaging and industrial bags
Paper bag
A paper bag or paper sack is a preformed container made of paper, usually with an opening on one side. It can be one layer of paper or multiple layers of paper and other flexible materials. A bag is used for packaging and/or carrying items....
. It has primary listings on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and the London Stock Exchange
London Stock Exchange
The London Stock Exchange is a stock exchange located in the City of London within the United Kingdom. , the Exchange had a market capitalisation of US$3.7495 trillion, making it the fourth-largest stock exchange in the world by this measurement...
. It is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index
FTSE 250 Index
The FTSE 250 Index is a capitalisation-weighted index consisting of the 101st to the 350th largest companies on the London Stock Exchange. Promotions to and demotions from the index take place quarterly in March, June, September and December...
.
History
Mondi has its roots in South AfricaSouth Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
where, in 1967, the company's former owner, Anglo American plc, built the Merebank Mill in Durban
Durban
Durban is the largest city in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal and the third largest city in South Africa. It forms part of the eThekwini metropolitan municipality. Durban is famous for being the busiest port in South Africa. It is also seen as one of the major centres of tourism...
. In the early 1990s Mondi started its business in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
(Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
, UK, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
, Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
, Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
, the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
, Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
and Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
). In those countries many major companies became part of Mondi.
In 2000 the Company increased its holdings in Neusiedler AG and Frantschach AG, both Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
n businesses, to 100% and 70% respectively. Also in 2000 it acquired Cofinec, another Polish
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
business. It increased its holding in the Syktyvar Mill in the Komi Republic
Komi Republic
The Komi Republic is a federal subject of Russia .-Geography:The republic is situated to the west of the Ural mountains, in the north-east of the East European Plain...
to 90% in 2002.
In 2004 it further increased its holdings in Frantschach AG, one of its Austrian businesses, to 100% and in Celuloza Świecie AG, another Polish business, to 71%.
On 2 July 2007 the Company demerged from its former parent company Anglo American plc, turning into a dual-listed company
Dual-listed company
A dual-listed company or DLC is a corporate structure in which two corporations function as a single operating business through a legal equalization agreement, but retain separate legal identities and stock exchange listings...
with primary listings in both Johannesburg
Johannesburg
Johannesburg also known as Jozi, Jo'burg or Egoli, is the largest city in South Africa, by population. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa...
and London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
reflecting the fact that while the majority of the Company's business is in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
it also has a South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
n heritage and significant ongoing operations there.
Corporate Structure
The Mondi Group consists of two main divisions: Europe & International and South Africa.Products
Mondi produces uncoated fine paper, corrugated products as well as bags and specialties and serves diverse industries.Uncoated Fine Paper includes office and printing paper as well as paper for the pre- and offset printing
Offset printing
Offset printing is a commonly used printing technique in which the inked image is transferred from a plate to a rubber blanket, then to the printing surface...
segments.
Containerboard, both virgin and recycled, and corrugated
Corrugated
The term corrugated, describing a series of parallel ridges and furrows, may refer to the following:*Corrugated fiberboard also called corrugated cardboard*Corrugated galvanised iron*Corrugated plastic*Corrugated Frog...
packaging solutions (shelf-ready and heavy-duty packaging, trays and boxes) are used for diverse industrial applications including the food sector. Mondi converts kraft paper into bags and specialty products for rugged industrial applications. These bags are compatible with high-speed filling and used primarily in the cement and construction industries. Bags and microwaveable packaging are produced of film-based flexible packaging. Special technologies, such as extrusion coating, laminating, siliconising and printing facilitate other uses and applications.
Sustainability
In the field sustainabilitySustainability
Sustainability is the capacity to endure. For humans, sustainability is the long-term maintenance of well being, which has environmental, economic, and social dimensions, and encompasses the concept of union, an interdependent relationship and mutual responsible position with all living and non...
as well as in economic and ecological activities Mondi participates in the survey of Ethical Investment and is represented in the following indices: FTSE4Good Index
FTSE4Good Index
The FTSE4Good Index series is a series of ethical investment stock market indices launched in 2001 by the FTSE Group. A number of stock market indices are available, for example covering UK shares, US shares, European markets, and Japan, with inclusion based on a range of corporate social...
and the JSE Socially Responsible Investment.
The company recognizes human rights
Human rights
Human rights are "commonly understood as inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being." Human rights are thus conceived as universal and egalitarian . These rights may exist as natural rights or as legal rights, in both national...
and engages in active health and safety management at the workplace and in people development. Mondi is a signatory and advocate of the Global Compact, a UN initiative for business committed to universally accepted principles in the areas of human rights, labor, environment and anti-corruption.
The forests that are owned, leased and managed by Mondi are certified according to the standards of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC). The majority of the wood and fibre procured from external suppliers is FSC or PEFC-certified (PEFC: Program for the Endorsement of Forest Certification).
Practically all the company's products are fundamentally sustainable. Consisting of natural fibres and produced with renewable resources, they are compatible with recovery and recycling regimes. Standardized parameters are applied continuously to monitor the environmental impact of the production processes. Mondi defined its product responsibility on the basis of the UNEP Life Cycle Initiative.
Mondi Europe & International
Mondi Europe & International, a division of the Mondi Group, operates around 80 production facilities in 28 countries. It specializes in office and digital printing as well as offset paper, containerboard, corrugated packaging, kraft paper, industrial and consumer bags, films, extrusion coating and release liner. In AustriaAustria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
, Mondi Europe & International has 9 production facilities. The head office in Vienna is also the headquarters of the Europe & International division.
Germany
- Mondi Raubling GmbH: Paper Mill (former Papierwerke_Waldhof-Aschaffenburg|PWA) in RaublingRaublingRaubling is a municipality in the district of Rosenheim, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated on the western bank of the Inn, 7 km south of Rosenheim....
- Mondi Bad Rappenau GmbH: Producer and manufacturer of corrugated in Bad RappenauBad RappenauBad Rappenau is a town in the district of Heilbronn in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It is situated about 15 km northwest of Heilbronn.- Neighbouring municipalities :...
- Mondi Eschenbach GmbH: Producer and manufacturer of corrugated in Eschenbach in der OberpfalzEschenbach in der OberpfalzEschenbach in der Oberpfalz is a town in the district of Neustadt , in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated 25 km west of Neustadt an der Waldnaab, and 28 km southeast of Bayreuth. It is also about 1 km north of the large US military base in Grafenwöhr....
Austria
- Mondi Neusiedler GmbH: Paper MIll (former Papierfabrik Neusiedl) in Hausmening und Kematen an der YbbsKematen an der YbbsKematen an der Ybbs is a town in the district of Amstetten in Lower Austria in Austria....
- Mondi Frantschach GmbH: Paper and Pulp Mill in Frantschach