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Recycling_Targu_Mures
Newsroom
31st January 2023

Start of production at PET Recycling Team Targu Mures

Joint venture in Romania supplies 18,000 tonnes of recycled plastic per year.

ALPLA-CEO-Philipp-Lehner
Newsroom
Hard, 13th January 2023

ALPLA on course for success with record turnover of 5.1 billion euros

27.5 per cent increase in 2022 due to growth and rise in costs.

Lanseria Opening
Newsroom
12th October 2022

ALPLA starts production at the new plant in Lanseria near Johannesburg

New headquarters for Sub-Saharan Africa: 35,000 square metres for production, logistics, administration and training.

ENVICCO_Opening_2
Newsroom, Recycling
Hard, 14th September 2022

ALPLA and PTT Global Chemical realise Thailand's largest plastics recycling plant equipped with state-of-the-art technology

Start of production at the ENVICCO joint venture in Rayong province.

ALPLA_STUDIOa_1
Newsroom
23rd June 2022

ALPLA opens innovative design centre STUDIOa in Hard

The STUDIOa design centre facilitates swift, co-creative development of new packaging types.

ALPLA rHDPE Suminco
Newsroom, Recycling
5th May 2022

Recycled HDPE with an excellent carbon footprint

Recycled HDPE (rHDPE) from the Spanish recycling plants Suminco in Montcada i Reixac and in Venta de Baños, which belong...

Alpla-Vöslauer-Mehrweg
Newsroom
2nd May 2022

ALPLA and Vöslauer reduce carbon footprint with returnable PET

Reintroduction of the returnable PET bottle to the Austrian market.

Texplast Wolfen
Newsroom, Recycling
7th March 2022

ALPLA Group significantly expands its PET recycling capacity in Germany

ALPLA acquires Texplast and the joint venture PET Recycling Team Wolfen in Germany.

ALPLA HQ Hard
Newsroom
9th February 2022

ALPLA Group continues international growth trajectory

Packaging company with record turnover of four billion euros.

Planeta_Mexico
Newsroom, Recycling
26th January 2022

First stone laid for PET recycling plant in the south-east of Mexico

Joint venture between ALPLA and Coca-Cola FEMSA to boost the circular economy.

Christian_Zmoelnig
Newsroom
16th December 2021

ALPLA partners with Glatfelter to develop sustainable packaging solutions

Joint investment in start-up Blue Ocean Closures in the field of cellulose-based products

ALPLA-Sustainability-Report
Newsroom
23rd November 2021

Sustainability report: ALPLA increasingly focusing on a circular economy

The fourth sustainability report prepared by ALPLA, the global specialist for innovative packaging solutions and recycling, illustrates the progress the...

ALPLA_APAC_1
Newsroom
19th November 2021

ALPLA establishes new Asia-Pacific region

ALPLA has annouced to establish the new regional organisation Asia-Pacific headquartered in Singapore.

ALPLA_Mexico_Recycling
Newsroom, Recycling
11th November 2021

ALPLA puts HDPE recycling plant in Mexico into operation

ALPLA has opened a new plant for HDPE plastic recycling in Toluca, Mexico.

ALPLA Lübeck
Newsroom
28th October 2021

Three ALPLA plants in Germany produce climate-neutral

Following the initial step of significantly reducing their CO2e emissions, ALPLA’s German plants in Exter, Lübeck and Föritztal have been...

ALPLA_Kansas
Newsroom
28th October 2021

Global plastic packaging manufacturer selects Kansas City for new facility

The ALPLA Group announced that it has selected the Kansas City region for its new 23,000-square-metre manufacturing plant.

EcoVadis ALPLA
Newsroom
19th October 2021

ALPLA is awarded Platinum rating for sustainability

After the ALPLA Group achieved Silver in 2019 and Gold in 2020, EcoVadis has awarded the company its Platinum status...

ALPLA-BTB
Newsroom, Recycling
1st October 2021

ALPLA acquires German PET recycler

ALPLA is acquiring BTB PET-Recycling based in Bad Salzuflen. The company turns PET bottles into recycled material which is then...

ALPLA_Plastisax
Newsroom
22nd September 2021

ALPLA takes over Spanish bottle manufacturer Plastisax

ALPLA is taking over Plastisax S.L. The Spanish company produces plastic bottles for the cosmetics, home and personal care segments.

ALPLA_Signing
Newsroom, Recycling
16th September 2021

ALPLA, Ecohelp and UPT launch joint PET recycling operations in Romania

ALPLA is investing in the construction of a recycling plant in Targu Mures, Romania as part of a joint venture...

Wolf_Plastics_1
Newsroom
20th August 2021

ALPLA acquires packaging manufacturer Wolf Plastics

The acquisition of the packaging manufacturer Wolf Plastics taps new market segments in Central and South-Eastern Europe.

Newsroom
Hard, 29th July 2021

ALPLA acquires South African packaging manufacturer

Acquisition of Verigreen Packaging expands ALPLA’s product portfolio in Africa

Newsroom
Hard, 22nd July 2021

ALPLA backing biodegradable materials

Acquisition of a significant minority stake in a Slovak company specialised in the manufacturing and research of bio-based and biodegradable...

Newsroom
Hard, 12th July 2021

Blue Circle Packaging – new label for biodegradable products

ALPLA is bundling its biodegradable packaging solutions under a new brand. Home-compostable coffee capsules are the first product available on...

Newsroom, Recycling
10th March 2021

ALPLA UK to focus on regional PET recyclate

ALPLA UK souces rPET plastic pellets from British waste management company Biffa. The cooperation will boost the local circular economy.

Newsroom, Sustainability & Social Engagement, Recycling
19th February 2021

ALPLA Group: 50 million euros a year for recycling

The ALPLA Group, a world leader in the development, production and recycling of plastic packaging, is to invest up to...

Newsroom, Sustainability & Social Engagement, Recycling
25th January 2021

ALPLA expediting a bottle cycle in Italy

The global manufacturer of plastic packaging and recycling specialist, the ALPLA Group, is investing more than five million euros in...

Newsroom
6th November 2020

ALPLA Group: Philipp Lehner new CEO from 1 January 2021

Philipp Lehner will succeed Günther Lehner as CEO on 1 January 2021, making him the third generation of the family...

Newsroom, Recycling
12th October 2020

ALPLA presents climate-neutral recycling process for PET

The ALPLA Group, global manufacturer of plastic packaging and recycling specialist, presents a climate-neutral recycling process for PET.

Newsroom
29th September 2020

ALPLA acquires facility of Amcor in India

ALPLA has taken over a plant for rigid plastics in India from the global packaging specialist Amcor. The plant in...

Newsroom, Recycling
Hard, 17th September 2020

ALPLA builds HDPE recycling plant in Mexico

ALPLA is building a plant in Mexico for recycling HDPE. It will have an annual capacity of 15,000 tonnes of...

Newsroom, Sustainability & Social Engagement
4th June 2020

World Environment Day 2020: ALPLA supporting three organisations

ALPLA, the global specialist for packaging solutions and recycling, is not allowing the coronavirus pandemic to stand in the way...

Newsroom
Hard, 29th May 2020

ALPLA to buy plant in Spain

ALPLA is acquiring Bopla S.A. as part of an asset deal to expand its own product portfolio in the cosmetics...

Newsroom
Hard, 15th April 2020

ALPLA taking dual training to new countries

Following on from Mexico and China, the global specialist for plastic packaging and recycling, the ALPLA Group, is now introducing...

Newsroom
10th March 2020

ALPLA builds new plant in Lanseria

ALPLA Group is building a factory in the province of Gauteng for manufacturing according to the latest production standards. The...

Newsroom
19th December 2019

ALPLA joins cross-industry consortium for chemical recycling

ALPLA Group, an international plastic packaging and recycling specialist, joins a new consortium for chemical recycling of PET. The consortium...

Newsroom
Hard, 4th November 2019

ALPLA moving into HDPE recycling

ALPLA, the global manufacturer of plastic packaging solutions, is further expanding its recycling activities – it is moving into polyolefin...

Newsroom
Hard, 3rd October 2019

ALPLA Group to consolidate its pharmaceuticals expertise in a special brand

ALPLA Group, an international plastic packaging specialist, is combining its expertise and services for customers in the pharmaceutical industry under...

Newsroom
Hard, 17th July 2019

ALPLA wants to reduce its carbon footprint by 10 per cent by 2022

The third sustainability report released by ALPLA, the global specialists in packaging solutions, provides detailed insights into the company’s development...

Newsroom
Hard/Bangkok, 2nd July 2019

ALPLA and GC announce partnership

ALPLA and PTT Global Chemical (GC) will collaborate on a feasibility study for the construction of a recycling plant in...

Newsroom
Hard/Guayama, 7th June 2019

ALPLA Caribe and Fortiflex form strategic alliance

ALPLA Caribe and Fortiflex Inc. signed a strategic alliance back in 2018, thereby creating a contractual basis for an interim...

Newsroom
Hard, 10th April 2019

New study quantifies the environmental impacts of packaging

ALPLA commissions life cycle assessments – positive effect of plastics recycling is documented

Newsroom
Hard/Stockholm, 3rd April 2019

ALPLA and BillerudKorsnäs to join forces to pioneer paper bottles for a sustainable future

Plastic packaging solutions provider ALPLA and paper packaging materials- and solutions provider BillerudKorsnäs today announced that they will embark on...

Newsroom
Hard/Wolfen, 28th March 2019

PET Recycling Team Wolfen recycles the PET from household recyclables

The two specialists in packaging solutions – ALPLA in Austria and FROMM in Switzerland – are founding a joint venture...

Newsroom
Hard/Atlanta, 6th March 2019

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 leading international manufacturer of plastic packaging, ALPLA, is taking part in Propak Africa in Johannesburg on 12-15 March.
Newsroom
Hard/Johannesburg, 27th February 2019

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...

Newsroom
Hard, 13th February 2019

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...

Newsroom
Hard, 17th January 2019

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...

Newsroom
Hard, Wolfen, 20th December 2018

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...

Newsroom
Hard, 31st October 2018

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...

In Zusammenarbeit mit Golden Compound bringt der international tätige Verpackungshersteller ALPLA eine Weltneuheit auf den Markt: eine biologisch abbaubare Kaffeekapsel.
Newsroom
Hard, 15th October 2018

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...

ALPLA Pharma, Newsroom
Hard, 9th October 2018

ALPLA purchases Argo S.A.: transaction completed

Centre of excellence for pharmaceutical packaging created in Greece

ALPLA Pharma, Newsroom
Hard, 31st July 2018

ALPLA expands in south-eastern Europe

Acquisition produces a new centre of excellence for the pharmaceutical market

Newsroom
Hard, 12th July 2018

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...

ALPLA and Fromm cooperate in PET recycling
Newsroom
Hard, 3rd July 2018

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
Newsroom
Hard, 28th June 2018

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 board members Walter Ritzer and Klaus Allgäuer
Newsroom
Hard, 25th June 2018

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...

ALPLA sustainability days in Vlotho-Exter
Newsroom
Vlotho-Exter, 15th June 2018

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
Newsroom
Hard, 13th June 2018

ALPLA-founder Alwin Lehner deceased

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

ALPLA World Environment Day
Newsroom
6th June 2018

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...

ALPLA CEO Günther Lehner
Newsroom
Hard, 5th June 2018

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...

ALPLA builds new plant in Dayton, Ohio
Newsroom
Hard/McDonough, 23rd May 2018

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...

PLMA trade show with ECC Ecological Cleaning and Care GmbH
Newsroom
Hard, 14th May 2018

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...

PET Recycling Team in Wöllersdorf.
Newsroom
Hard/Wöllersdorf, 21st March 2018

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...

ALPLA HQ in McDonough
Newsroom
Hard/McDonough, 28th February 2018

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...

The PET Recycling Team in Wöllersdorf with their CO2 certificate.
Newsroom
Hard / Wöllersdorf, 9th August 2017

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 –...

Günther Lehner, Christoph Riedlsperger and Len Engelbrecht at Boxmore, now ALPLA.
Newsroom
Hard/Johannesburg, 7th July 2017

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...

Acquisition Propack Italy
Newsroom
Hard/Ostellato, 27th June 2017

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 West Bend (Wisconsin/US)
Newsroom
Hard/West Bend, 12th June 2017

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 Pharmaceutical
Newsroom
Hard, 1st March 2017

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 plant in Romania
Newsroom
Hard/Brasov, 3rd February 2017

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...

Henkel bottle made using recycled HDPE by ALPLA.
Newsroom
Hard, 13th October 2016

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...

SC Johnson supplier award for ALPLA.
Newsroom
Hard, 4th August 2016

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...

Newsroom
Hard/Cairo, 14th March 2016

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...

Newsroom
Hard, 10th March 2016

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...

Newsroom
Hard/Cairo, 30th November 2015

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...

Newsroom
Hard, 10th November 2015

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...

Newsroom
Hard/Anagni, 30th October 2015

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...

Newsroom
Hard, 20th October 2015

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...

Newsroom
Hard, 30th June 2015

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...

Erik Nielsen

Contact

Erik Nielsen

Team Leader Corporate Communications
Corporate Marketing & Communications

erik.nielsen@alpla.com

+43 5574 602 1701

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