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“We pushed the envelope in optimizing the carbon footprint”

ALPLA's carbon-optimized Canupak packaging is one of the finalists in the Sustainability Awards 2023

Launch of Thailand's first beverage bottles made from 100% recycled PET

Milestone at ENVICCO: The joint venture between ALPLA and PTT Global Chemical (GC) introduces Thailand's first food-grade rPET to the...

Sustainable coffee capsules - it's the certificate that counts

Home-compostable and industrially compostable – two fundamentally different terms that often mistakenly end up in the same pot. Using the...

ALPLA supports Coca-Cola in launching India’s first 100% recycled PET Bottle for packaged drinking water

Coca-Cola India and ALPLA launch first packaged drinking water bottle to use 100% recycled PET bottles.

Trailblazing closure for Pfanner drink cartons

Fruit juice and iced tea manufacturer Pfanner Getränke is rolling out its first few containers with closures that remain firmly...

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: 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...

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...

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...

Caps with added value

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Turning old into new

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

It´s all about branding: Packaging customization

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

Tin cans and the rise of plastics in packaging

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

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...

ALPLA wins a gold German Design Award

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

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...

#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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

‘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...

#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...

#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...

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...

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

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.

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...

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...

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...

#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...

#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...

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...

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 –...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

Bringing new packaging types to market maturity more quickly

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

Bottles made with 100 per cent rPET on the rise

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

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?

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...

‘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...

‘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...