Alpla
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| Alpla Werke Alwin Lehner GmbH & Co KG | |
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| Founded | 1955 |
| Headquarters | Hard, Austria |
Number of locations | 196 in 47 countries |
Number of employees | 23.300 |
| Website | www.alpla.com |
Company Profile
Alpla is a global systems supplier of plastic bottles with caps. Alpla designs and manufactures the entire package for the customers. Apart from standard solutions Alpla offers solutions tailored to customer needs. Qualified project teams are consistently and successfully implementing highly diverse packaging solutions using state-of-the-art technologies worldwide.
Alpla also offers in-house production, in which bottles are produced directly at the filling lines of Alpla's customers. The company provides its expertise, constant Research & Development, state-of-the-art production technologies and close cooperation with the clients.
Alpla's headquarter is located in Hard, Austria. In more than 190 plants in 47 different countries Alpla has 23.300 employees and produces plastic packaging solutions for renown brands of all categories including the food and beverage industry, personal & home care products and the oil and lubricants industry.
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| Turnover 2023 | 4.70 billion € |
| Turnover 2022 | 5.10 billion € |
| Increase in Turnover | -7,84 % (comparison 2022) |
| Plants in total | 196 in 47 countries |
| Inhouse total | 68 |
| Total investment | 344.5 million € (2023) |
| Employees total | 23.300 |
| Apprentices worldwide | 294 |
Products / Technology
The product range includes bottles, performs, caps and tubes. As a systems supplier of plastic bottles with caps, Alpla designs and manufactures the entire package for the customers.
Preforms:
- For water, soft drinks, milk or oil
- Multilayer Preforms
- Industry-specific designs
Bottles:
- PET
- PET-G
- Other: HDPE, LDPE, PP, 6-layer Coex
Caps:
- Hinged lids
- Measuring caps
- Two-part caps
- Round lids
- Caps for safety packaging
- Sticks
Standard caps
- PCO 28 1810 and 1881
- 37 mm 2-starters
- 38 mm 3-starters
- Sports caps
- Push-Pull caps
- Child safety caps
History
In 1955 Alwin and Helmuth Lehner laid the foundation for a family business in the laundry room of their father.
References
PETplanet Insider Articles
Issue 12 / 2023: Packaging specialist Alpla is investing in Morocco and planning expansion
Issue 11 / 2023: Alpla becomes the majority owner of Paboco
Issue 09 / 2023: Bottle-to-cup and cup-to-bottle
Issue 07 / 2023: Plastic packaging solutions and recycling services
Issue 12 / 2022: Alpla starts production at the new plant in Lanseria near Johannesburg
Issue 11 / 2022: Alpla North America announces new Regional Managing Director
Issue 10 / 2022: Processing rPET in thin wall injection moulding
Issue 10 / 2022: Alpla and PTT Global Chemical open Thailand’s largest plastics recycling plant
Issue 03 / 2022: Alpla Group continues international growth trajectory
Issue 12 / 2021: Alpla establishes new Asia-Pacific region
Issue 11 / 2021: Alpla selects Kansas City for new facility, dedicated to injection moulding
Issue 10 / 2021: Alpla acquires BTB PET-Recycling
Issue 09 / 2021: Joint research project on returnable PET for sensitive beverages
Issue 06 / 2021: Mineral water company Donat replaced its PET and glass packaging with 100% rPET bottles
Issue 04 / 2021: A closed loop of PET preforms
Issue 03 / 2021: Apla Goup: 50 million euros a year for recycling
Issue 12 / 2020: Apla Goup: Philipp Lehner new CEO from January 1, 2021
Issue 10 / 2020: Alpla acquires facility of Amcor in India
Issue 05 / 2020: The important functions of packaging
Issue 04 / 2020: Alpla builds new plant in Lanseria, Johannesburg
Issue 07 / 2019: There is no alternative to plastic recycling
Issue 07 / 2019: Alpla and PTT Global Chemical announce partnership
Issue 03 / 2019: Alpla completes takeover of Zamil Alpla
Issue 01 / 2019: Alpla: Philipp Lehner appointed CFO
Issue 09 / 2017: Austria meets the Philippines
Issue 09 / 2017: Carbon footprint of recycled PET
Issue 07 / 2017: Alpla acquires South African Boxmore Packaging
Issue 03 / 2017: Alpla expands its portfolio in Romania through new acquisition
Issue 12 / 2016: rPET for improving the PET bottle eco-balance
Issue 01 / 2016: Market survey of preform suppliers
