Austropapier was founded in 1872 and together with the association of the paper industry they represent the Austrian paper industry companies. The 24 companies produce around 5 Million tones of paper, carton and cardboard per year. They provide almost 8000 jobs directly and contribute to the maintainance of 100 000 peoples income in the domestic forrest and timber management, in paper and cardboard processing industry and in the print sector.