The history of ALPLA: customer proximity is the key to success

ALPLA’s second plant was established in Steinabrückl, near Vienna, in 1962 – a key step for the then young company. But how did it come about? And what does customer proximity have to do with it?

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ALPLA North America announces new General Manager

ALPLA, Inc., a global manufacturer of rigid plastic packaging for a wide range of consumer products, announced the appointment of...

The history of ALPLA: customer proximity is the key to success

ALPLA’s second plant was established in Steinabrückl, near Vienna, in 1962 – a key step for the then young company....

ALPLA to appear at Propak Africa

The leading international manufacturer of plastic packaging, ALPLA, is taking part in Propak Africa in Johannesburg on 12-15 March. The...

People at ALPLA - Interview with Miriam Hessler

Miriam has had a truly remarkable career at ALPLA: from contract worker to department manager in less than seven years....

ALPLA completes takeover of Zamil ALPLA

The packaging solutions specialist ALPLA, based in Austria, has completed a 100 per cent takeover of Zamil ALPLA. ALPLA and...

The ALPLA Story: Technical challenges and the Alplamat

Our blog series The ALPLA Story provides insights into how ALPLA became the company it is today. In part I,...

ALPLA: Philipp Lehner is the new CFO

Philipp Lehner is the new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the international packaging specialist ALPLA as of 1 January 2019....

People at ALPLA - Interview with Sara Vecerina

Sara’s parents moved from Serbia to the USA in 1998 when she was only six years old. They managed to...

ALPLA and Texplast intensify collaboration

Since July 2018, ALPLA and FROMM have been successfully working together in PET recycling. Another extrusion line at the Texplast...

Climate protection: everybody can play their part

ALPLA’s sites in Vorarlberg are climate-neutral within five years of the foundation of the ‘Klimaneutralitätsbündnis 2025’ (climate neutrality alliance) initiative.

This innovation combines the benefits of EBM and PET

The development of sustainable plastic packaging will not happen overnight. At ALPLA, we have been working on continually improving our...

Less is more: The Simple One

Innovation is an important topic at ALPLA. In order to constantly meet the current and future requirements in the packaging...

2025 targets: complete recyclability, more recycled materials

The Austrian family company ALPLA has always been aware of its responsibility for the environment and future generations. Now, the...

People at ALPLA - Interview with Josiani Oliveira

A People at ALPLA interview with Josiani Oliveira, Process Analyst at ALPLA Louveira (Brazil).

First coffee capsule compostable at home

In cooperation with Golden Compound, the internationally active packaging manufacturer ALPLA is bringing a world first onto the market: a...

Insights into the materials cycle of a PET bottle

At the start of October, we welcomed a dozen journalists from Austrian and German industry magazines, as well as premium...

ALPLA purchases Argo S.A.: transaction completed

Centre of excellence for pharmaceutical packaging created in Greece

People at ALPLA interview with Daniel Mirón

Daniel has been working in sales at ALPLA for over three years. In this People at ALPLA interview he tells...

Our mission: Zero Pellet Loss

Plastic pellets are not necessarily a subject that the average person thinks about all too often. But for packaging manufacturers,...

ALPLA expands in south-eastern Europe

Acquisition produces a new centre of excellence for the pharmaceutical market

People at ALPLA interview with Inke Botha

Inke works as a Process Engineer at ALPLA South Africa, formerly Boxmore Packaging. In this People at ALPLA interview we...

Recycling expert Michael Heyde joins ALPLA

On 2 July Michael Heyde joined the Austrian packaging producer ALPLA as head of recycling technology. The 58-year-old specialist in...

‘Innovation is in our DNA’ – an Interview with Christian Zmölnig

In the 1960s, company founder Alwin Lehner laid the foundations for the success of ALPLA through exceptional technical developments. Today,...

ALPLA and FROMM cooperate in PET recycling

ALPLA, the Austrian packaging solutions specialist, and FROMM (Switzerland) have agreed on a collaboration in relation to PET recycling. Both...

ALPLA apprentices qualify in Shanghai

Four CNC-technicians and five plastics modellers from ALPLA China successfully completed their final apprenticeship examination based on the Austrian model.

ALPLA expands its board

Two new members will join ALPLA’s board of management from 1 July: Klaus Allgäuer will become the new Chief Technology...

People at ALPLA interview with Marco Antonelli

Marco has been working as a Project Manager Assistant at ALPLA since March 2017. In this People at ALPLA interview...

ALPLA at PLMA trade show: joining forces

For 29 and 30 May, I swapped my office desk on the third floor of our office building in Hard,...

ALPLA sustainability days: understanding and supporting customers

ALPLA, the Austrian packaging solutions specialist, held the first sustainability days at its Vlotho-Exter location. Over two days, plastics experts...

ALPLA-founder Alwin Lehner deceased

Alwin Lehner, founder of the Austrian packaging solutions specialist ALPLA – died on Tuesday evening at the age of 86.

World Environment Day 2018: ALPLA is committed to environmental protection

To mark World Environment Day on 5 June, the family company ALPLA is supporting two non-profit organisations in the fight...

Redefining the impact of plastic packaging

There is no denying the functionality of packaging. It protects our food, makes it last longer and enables the transportation...

Banning individual plastic products is ineffective

ALPLA, the Austrian packaging solutions specialist, takes a highly critical view of planned EU regulations on single use plastics. Banning...

Five things you can do to support recycling

In our blog post ‘Recycling at ALPLA: an introduction’, we talked about what recycling is and why it is so...

Recycling at ALPLA: an introduction

What does recycling mean? According to the definition of the European Parliament, recycling means any recovery operation by which waste...

ALPLA builds new plant in Dayton, OHIO

ALPLA, Inc., a global manufacturer of rigid plastic packaging for a wide range of consumer products, announced that it will...

People at ALPLA Interview with Mitesh Patel

Mitesh joined ALPLA India in March 2016 and has been working as a Packaging Manager in EBM. In this People...

ALPLA at PLMA trade show in Amsterdam

At the invitation of ECC Ecological Cleaning and Care GmbH, part of the Werner & Mertz Group, ALPLA is taking...

‘Lightweighting’: a Diet for Packaging

Packaging plays an important role in the goods we use in our daily lives. For example, it facilitates the transport...

Safe drinking water for Korku and Barela tribes in Khandwa

In April this year, we, Tomas Hromjak and myself, combined a regional visit of ALPLA India with a trip to...

The ALPLA Story: From Christmas Trees to the First Big Order

Why did two young men from the Vorarlberg region in Austria decide to start a packaging business? Why packaging? How...

The Bottle House Project: Tackling Unemployment in Uganda

In 2013, people aged 15 to 24 in sub-Saharan Africa were twice as likely to be unemployed compared to any...

PET Recycling Team further improves carbon footprint of rPET

PET pellets from post-consumer drink bottles provided by PET Recycling Team GmbH, a subsidiary of ALPLA, result in greenhouse gas...

Implementing the dual education system: the success, the challenges and the future

The shortage of skilled labour is an issue that companies all around the world have to face. There are, of...

Over a decade in China

ALPLA is celebratings its 11th anniversary in China this month. We want to take this opportunity to look back over...

ALPLA builds two new production sites in the USA

The international plastics processor ALPLA has been active in the United States since 2001. In 2018, two new sites will...

Study confirms the excellent carbon footprint of recycled PET

Recycled PET (rPET) from PET Recycling Team GmbH – a wholly owned subsidiary of ALPLA based in Wöllersdorf/Lower Austria –...

Biggest acquisition in the history of the company

ALPLA, a leading provider of plastic packaging worldwide, has bought an African market leader in the form of Boxmore Packaging....

ALPLA grows through acquisition in Italy

ALPLA, a leading global provider of plastic packaging, has acquired a 100 per cent stake in the Italian company Propack...

ALPLA expands its portfolio in the United States through new acquisition

ALPLA, a leading global provider of plastic packaging, has acquired the West Bend (Wisconsin/US), bottle manufacturing plant from Gehl Foods....

ALPLA to appear at pharmaceutical trade fair for the first time

CPhI Istanbul: industry platform for the Middle East and North Africa Region. ALPLA will take part in CPhI Istanbul from...

ALPLA expands its portfolio in Romania through new acquisition

ALPLA, a leading global provider of plastic packaging, has acquired a 100 per cent stake in the Romanian company Star...

ALPLA produces bottles using recycled HDPE material for Henkel

Pilot project with 60,000 bottles successfully completed in Germany For many years, recycling has been a key issue for ALPLA,...

ALPLA Receives Top Supplier Excellence Award 2016

SC Johnson honors outstanding customer service, innovative strength and exceptional quality SC Johnson recognized ALPLA with the Top Supplier Award...

ALPLA announces joint venture with Taba

The ALPLA Group has formed a joint venture with the Egyptian Taba Group. The Austria-based specialist in plastic packaging has...

ALPLA receives international awards for revolutionary development in extrusion blow moulding

ALPLA, the world's leading specialist in plastic packaging, has been working with partners to develop foaming technology in extrusion blow...

ALPLA: New production site in Egypt

ALPLA Holding GmbH will take over the Egyptian production site of Argo S.A. at the end of 2015. In doing...

ALPLA is Austria's leading recruiter in the industrial sector

ALPLA is one of Austria's leading recruiters. The packaging specialist received the golden quality seal for the industrial sector at...

Austrian Plastics Converter ALPLA takes over PLASCO S.p.A., Anagni (IT)

The Austrian group of companies ALPLA, worldwide leader for plastic packaging with 154 production plants in 40 countries and a...

Bio-based plastic as a key industry issue

Taking place on 9-12 November 2015, PET Passion Week in Nuremberg is in the international meeting place for the packaging...

Plastic of the future meets contemporary art

As part of EXPO 2015, the innovative and creative nation of Austria is present at the Triennale Design Museum in...

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