Alpla
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| Alpla Werke Alwin Lehner GmbH & Co KG | |
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| Founded | 1955 |
| Headquarters | Hard, Austria |
Number of locations | 176 in 45 countries |
Number of employees | 19.300 |
| Website | www.alpla.com |
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 176 plants in 45 different countries Alpla has 19.300 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 2017 | 3.4 billion € |
| Turnover 2016 | 3.25 billion € |
| Increase in Turnover | +4,6 % (comparison 2016) |
| Plants in total | 176 in 45 countries |
| Inhouse total | 72 |
| Total investment | 291.8 million € (2017) |
| Employees total | 19.300 |
| Apprentices worldwide | 240 |
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 07 / 2017: Alpla aquires South African Boxmore Packaging
Issue 03 / 2017: Alpla expands its portfolio in Romania through new aquisition
Issue 12 / 2016: rPET for improving the PET bottle eco-balance
Issue 01 / 2016: Market survey of preform suppliers
Issue 12 / 2014: Italy Part 4 – Volume market, high credit rating
Issue 10 / 2014: R-PET for own use
Issue 12 / 2014: Alpla in Italy
Issue 07 / 2013: Poland – A stagnating market with too much capacity – Alpla, Wywiec
Issue 01 / 2011: Strong commitment to HBC
