ECO – European Containerboard Organisation
250, avenue Louise
B-1050 Brussels

e-mail: Md@ecbo.be

Tel: +32 2 627 49 07
Telefax: +32 2 640 49 59

Managing Director: Didrik de Thibault
ECO is a European industry association of producers of corrugated case materials, also called containerboards. In contrast to most other European associations membership is composed of individual companies. While activities are primarily focussed on primary-fibre materials (kraftliner, semi-chemical fluting), recycled-fibre containerboard (e.g. testliner) is also produced by most manufacturers.

Members thus represent a total European production capacity of more than 10 million tonnes of corrugated case materials.

ECO is also responsible for the management of a global containerboard industry organisation, the World Containerboard Organisation, with domicile in Brussels, Belgium, and membership of leading producers in North and South America, South Africa, et c.

Mission Statement

I. ECO’s principal objective is to promote the business interests of members by
  1. being a co-operation body for internal exchange of information on matters pertinent to the industry;
2. being an external mouthpiece vis-à-vis other trade associations and international organisations in matters relating to industrial policy, industry statistics a.o.

II. To achieve this goal Kraft Institute shall
 
1. collect, prepare and disseminate basic statistics on production, shipments, inventories, etc;
2. execute market research and studies on economic forecasts, capacity development, supply and demand balance, etc;
3. coordinate the position of the industry and monitor work in other trade associations concerning technical-commercial issues such as life cycle analysis,standardisation, quality definitions, bar coding and electronic data interchange;
4. maintain contacts and statistical exchange with national and international organisations such as FAO, CEPI, FEFCO, American Paper and Forest Association and Canadian Pulp and PaperAssociation.
5. serve as a centre of communication of industry information relating to e.g. environmental issues and packaging legislation;
6. constitute a meeting forum for matters of common business interest.
Membership

Membership
Arkhangelsk Pulp and Paper Mill
Billerud
Frantschach
Ilim Pulp
Kappa Kraftliner
Korsnås
M-Real
Nettingsdorfer Papierfabrik
Peterson & Søn
 Portucel
La Rochette
Sande Paper Mill
St. Regis Paper
SCA Packaging
Silva
Smurfit
Stora Enso