Skip to main content
ALPLA Logo alpla.com
  • English
  • German
  • ALPLA Pharma
  • Newsroom
  • Products & Innovation
  • Company & Economy
  • Sustainability & Social Engagement
  • Recycling
  • People at ALPLA
  • Consumer tips
  • ALPLA Group
  • LinkedIn
  • Xing
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
  • Facebook
Bildquelle: ALPLA/ Altair - Gorodenkoff/Shutterstock.com
Products & Innovation, Sustainability & Social Engagement
26th January 2023

Using simulation technology to create sustainable products

To achieve its ambitious sustainability goals, the ALPLA Group uses virtual product design in its product development in which adaptable...

Compaintion set
Products & Innovation
15th December 2022

Compaintion: ALPLA develops unique paint bucket for DIY enthusiasts and professionals

ALPLA has a lot more to offer than high-quality plastic bottles and caps. The latest addition is a multifunctional paint...

Canupak
Products & Innovation
6th December 2022

ALPLA's Canupak reduces carbon emissions by around 71 per cent

The packaging and recycling specialist ALPLA has realised a carbon-optimised prototype solution as a showcase for future products with its...

Staatspreis Mehrweg-Flasche
Products & Innovation
14th October 2022

Double honour for ALPLA in the State Prize for Smart Packaging

The Austrian Packaging Day on 13 October in Vienna provided ALPLA with two reasons to celebrate: Vöslauer took first place in...

product development team in foertiztal
Products & Innovation
8th August 2022

Caps with added value

The ALPLA plant in Föritztal, Germany, specialises in caps. Since 2020, it has been developing new
products too. We offer...

Tethered Cap ALPLA
Products & Innovation
4th July 2022

Challenges ahead for the beverage industry

EU member states are required to ensure by July 2024 that single-use plastic beverage bottles are only placed on the...

Henkel_Pril_Palette
Products & Innovation, Recycling
21st June 2022

Pril packaging now with 50 per cent recycled material from yellow bag waste

Another milestone in relation to sustainable packaging: The bottle bodies produced in Germany for the dishwashing detergent Pril will now...

ALPLA_PET_Thinwall
Products & Innovation
14th June 2022

Using rPET in thin-wall injection moulding

At K 2022, ALPLA and its partners will present thin-wall containers that can be manufactured out of standard PET directly...

Coffee Capsule
Products & Innovation, Sustainability & Social Engagement
14th February 2022

Innovations for a liveable future

Increasing awareness of climate and the environment is currently resulting in technological excellence and approaches which are as resource-conserving as...

ALPLA_Relax
Products & Innovation
8th February 2022

Practical and safe - a short history of closures

A packaging closure reveals the contents of the packaging and serves as the interface between inside and out. It has...

incinerator chicago 19th century
Products & Innovation
1st February 2022

Turning old into new

The history of recycling goes back as far as packaging itself. But its significance has increased rapidly recently. We now...

Products & Innovation
25th January 2022

It´s all about branding: Packaging customization

Colours, shapes and imprinting – how bottles, cans, etc. evolved from practical storage containers into means of communication.

Products & Innovation
18th January 2022

Tin cans and the rise of plastics in packaging

A new era: from the tin can to the revolutionary invention of plastics

Products & Innovation
11th January 2022

From pig-bladders to glass and bonded drinking carton - how packaging evolved

A brief journey through 25,000 years of packaging history – from leaves and pigs’ bladders, amphoras and wooden barrels, glass...

Simple One German Design Award Gold
Products & Innovation
17th November 2021

ALPLA wins a gold German Design Award

ALPLA´s refill system The Simple One has won gold at the renowned German Design Award 2022.

ALPLA_CRC
ALPLA Pharma, Products & Innovation
27th October 2021

CRC just ONE: a new generation of child-resistant closures

At the CPhI worldwide event in Milan (9–11 November 2021), ALPLApharma will present its latest developments in the field of...

Henkel_Somat_Duo_2
Products & Innovation, Recycling
30th September 2021

#PLASTICPACKAGING: Dishwashing gel bottles made of 100 per cent recyclate for Henkel

Together with Henkel, ALPLA has developed a new recyclable packaging concept for the Düsseldorf manufacturer’s Somat gel products. The dishwashing...

Products & Innovation
2nd September 2021

Returnable PET for sensitive beverages

Joint research project of ALPLA and Krones shows that returnable PET containers are suitable for juices and dairy products in...

Products & Innovation, Recycling
27th August 2021

Jana mineral water in a 100 per cent rPET bottle

Jana mineral water made by the Croatian producer Jamnica is now available in a bottle made entirely of recycled PET...

Products & Innovation
14th July 2021

Vöslauer brings a tethered cap to the market

Thanks to a solution developed by ALPLA, Austria’s leading company in the mineral water market, Vöslauer, is already complying with...

Products & Innovation
25th June 2021

Protecting the climate with reusable PET packaging

ALPLA is developing and producing a new reusable PET bottle for Vöslauer, Austria’s leading company in the mineral water market...

Products & Innovation, Recycling
4th June 2021

‘Green to green’ for CO2 savings of up to 90 per cent

In cooperation with ALPLA, the Slovenian mineral water company Donat replaced its PET and glass packaging entirely with 100 per...

Products & Innovation
12th May 2021

#PLASTICPACKAGING: Recyclable cap with an innovative dosing mechanism

A new and innovative cap for viscous liquids such as ketchup and mayonnaise is not only optimally recyclable. Its innovative...

Nivea bottle
Products & Innovation, Sustainability & Social Engagement
25th March 2021

#PLASTICPACKAGING: Roll-up packaging saves up to 50 per cent material

A roll-up packaging for care products is setting new standards in terms of sustainability. Its manufacture requires approximately 50 per...

Products & Innovation, Sustainability & Social Engagement
5th March 2021

Leaving a lighter footprint on the planet

Susanne Kaufmann recently presented a sustainable refill system for her company´s skincare products. We met the woman behind the successful...

Products & Innovation
9th February 2021

ALPLA launches online catalogue for standardised products

A website addresses the market for standardised products and offers an overview of the packaging solutions immediately available from ALPLA

Products & Innovation, Sustainability & Social Engagement
3rd December 2020

Reusable PET bottles for mineral water

ALPLA produces the PET ‘pearl bottle’ for Genossenschaft Deutscher Brunnen – life cycle assessment confirms sustainability of this packaging solution.

Products & Innovation
27th November 2020

The production of pharmaceutical packaging

The production of so-called primary packaging, which comes into direct contact with drugs, is particularly demanding and requires compliance with...

Products & Innovation
3rd November 2020

With Tether Tube, ALPLA is a step ahead

Simple, practical and good for the environment. That describes ALPLA’s latest innovation. The lightweight mono-material tube is completely recyclable, can...

Products & Innovation
2nd September 2020

NOW – ALPLA presents innovative refill packaging

With NOW, ALPLA is presenting an ideal packaging solution for concentrated cleaning chemicals. Alongside the numerous environmental benefits, it also...

Products & Innovation
21st July 2020

#plasticpackaging: Aerosol in a PET bottle

This PET packaging solution for aerosols combines benefits for consumers and for the environment. It is suitable for a variety...

Products & Innovation
24th June 2020

#plasticpackaging: Improved roll-on deodorant bottle

Consumers use care products every day, and often even more than once a day. So it is not only appealing...

Products & Innovation
Athens, 12th May 2020

High-quality tube production in Greece

The industry makes high demands of packaging solutions in tube form. Tubes are decorated using various printing techniques, whereas surface...

Products & Innovation
9th April 2020

Tethered caps: firmly attached to the bottle

Tethered caps – caps which remain firmly attached to the bottle once it is opened and also during use –...

Products & Innovation
16th March 2020

ALPLA and KHS present innovative reusable PET bottle

ALPLA has further developed a 1-litre reusable PET bottle together with KHS, the specialist for bottling and packaging systems. The...

Products & Innovation
14th January 2020

Design for recycling: the perfect concept for sustainable material

If closed-loop material cycles are to be possible, the entire life cycle of a new product must be considered before...

Products & Innovation
Hard, 29th November 2019

Together we are bringing the bio-based paper bottle to market maturity

An interview with Florian Müller, CTO of Paper Bottle Company.

Products & Innovation
Steinabrückl , 20th November 2019

Milk bottles made of 100 per cent rPET

ALPLA and NÖM setting new benchmarks in environmentally friendly packaging for milk products.

While its competitors have opted for glass...

Products & Innovation
Hard, 16th October 2019

Counterfeit-proof and individualised: Industry 4.0 packaging

Smart technologies are taking over not only our day-to-day lives, but also industry. Product markings on plastic packaging are all...

Products & Innovation
Hard, 30th September 2019

Benefits for the environment and people: Coffee capsules compostable at home

ALPLA and Golden Compound debuted the certified, home-compostable coffee capsule made from organically based material and ground natural fibres from...

Products & Innovation
20th August 2019

Bringing new packaging types to market maturity more quickly

Digital technologies such as Store Visualizer bring virtual designs to life.

Products & Innovation
Hard, 8th August 2019

Bottles made with 100 per cent rPET on the rise

Mineral water bottles can be made entirely of rPET, as demonstrated by Vöslauer.

Products & Innovation
28th May 2019

Additives, plasticisers and other myths

Modern-day plastic packaging does not pose a health risk. So why is it repeatedly discredited as being harmful to health?

Products & Innovation
11th December 2018

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...

Simple One
Products & Innovation
3rd December 2018

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...

Products & Innovation
5th July 2018

‘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...

Products & Innovation
7th May 2018

‘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...

Erik Nielsen

Contact

Erik Nielsen

Team Leader Corporate Communications
Corporate Marketing & Communications

erik.nielsen@alpla.com

+43 5574 602 1701

Get in touch

  • Regional Contacts
  • All Contacts
  • Imprint
  • Xing
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter
  • YouTube