Alpla

Alpla is a family-owned company headquartered in Hard, Vorarlberg, Austria, focused on the development and manufacture of plastic packaging. Founded in 1955 by Helmuth Lehner and Alwin Lehner, the company’s name is commonly associated with a combination of the founders’ names and the word “Plastik.” Its portfolio includes plastic bottles, containers, preforms, closures and other packaging components for customers in food, beverage, personal care, home care, pharmaceutical and industrial markets. Alpla operates a production and service network across multiple countries and emphasizes local manufacturing, lightweight packaging design, packaging development and plastics recycling. Alongside virgin-material packaging, the company has recycling activities that process post-consumer and industrial plastics for use in packaging applications. Alpla is a privately held family business; current operating scale, revenue and regional data should be checked against the company’s latest disclosures.

Alpla was established in 1955 in Vorarlberg, Austria, by Helmuth Lehner and Alwin Lehner. The company began with plastic packaging manufacturing and gradually expanded its product range and geographic footprint, developing packaging activities for food, beverage, personal care, home care, pharmaceutical and industrial markets. Its core products include bottles, containers, preforms and closures, while its business also covers packaging design, development and manufacturing services. As customers became more global and sought localized packaging supply, Alpla built production capabilities in multiple markets to serve international and regional customers locally. The company later expanded into plastics recycling, processing post-consumer and industrial plastics and incorporating recycled materials into packaging solutions. Alpla remains a privately held family business focused on plastic packaging, lightweighting and circular-material solutions. Because the supplied material did not include a reliable Wikipedia entry or a complete set of official historical sources, specific expansion dates, facility counts and operating-scale figures are omitted.

• 1955

  Founding of the company

  [1]ALPLA — About ALPLAalpla.com

  Helmuth Lehner and Alwin Lehner founded Alpla in Vorarlberg, Austria, to conduct plastics packaging-related business.

A global, family-owned packaging technology and recycling group combining design, mould making, multi-process plastics manufacturing, customer-site production and circular-material solutions.

• Plastic bottles and containers

  Alpla produces plastic bottles and containers for beverage, food, personal care, home care, pharmaceutical and industrial customers, with designs adapted to requirements for capacity, shape, materials and barrier performance.

• Preforms

  Preforms are intermediate packaging components that are reheated and blow-moulded into plastic bottles. Alpla supplies them for beverage and other liquid-packaging applications.

• Closures

  Alpla manufactures closures and related components for plastic bottles and containers, supporting sealing, opening and user convenience.

• Recycled plastic packaging

  Through its recycling activities, Alpla processes certain post-consumer and industrial plastics and uses recycled materials in packaging solutions to reduce reliance on virgin plastic.

• 2021.09.28

  ALPLA signs contract to acquire BTB PET-Recycling[3]ALPLA签署收购BTB PET-Recycling合同whattheythink.com

  ALPLA is acquiring BTB PET-Recycling, a German PET recycler; the parties signed the contract on 28 September 2021. The purchase price and further details were not disclosed.

• Unconfirmed

  ALPLA Group acquires Wolf Plastics Group[4]ALPLA Group收购Wolf Plastics Groupzfenglish.com

  Austria's ALPLA Group acquired Austria's packaging manufacturer Wolf Plastics Group.

• 2021.07.29

  ALPLA agrees to acquire Wolf Plastics[5]ALPLA同意收购Wolf Plasticswhattheythink.com

  ALPLA agreed to acquire all shares in Wolf Plastics Group to expand its product portfolio and grow in Central and South-Eastern Europe. The transaction was signed on 29 July 2021 and remained subject to regulatory approval.

• 2021.07.07

  ALPLA acquires Verigreen's lubricants division[6]ALPLA收购Verigreen润滑油业务部门whattheythink.com

  ALPLA acquired the lubricants division of South African packaging manufacturer Verigreen Packaging on July 7, 2021. The division makes bottles and canisters for lubricants such as engine oils.

• 2020.10.12

  Reported2020.10.14

  Alpla switches two PET recycling plants to renewable electricity[7]Alpla将两座PET回收工厂改用可再生电力canplastics.com

  Alpla said it switched its PET recycling plants in Wöllersdorf, Austria, and Radomsko, Poland, to a mix of electricity from renewable sources for producing carbon-neutral recycled PET; remaining emissions are offset with carbon certificates.

• 2020.10.05

  Reported2020.10.05

  Alpla acquires Amcor PET preform plant in India[8]Alpla 收购 Amcor 在印度的 PET 瓶胚工厂canplastics.com

  Alpla Group is acquiring an Amcor facility in Alandi, western India, that produces PET bottle preforms. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.

• 2019.11.08

  ALPLA acquires two Spanish recycling plants[9]ALPLA收购西班牙两家回收工厂plasteurope.com

  ALPLA acquired two HDPE recycling plants in Spain, adding to its PET recycling activities.

Read more

1. 1ALPLA — About ALPLAalpla.com
2. 2ALPLA — Company websitealpla.com
3. 3ALPLA签署收购BTB PET-Recycling合同whattheythink.com
4. 4ALPLA Group收购Wolf Plastics Groupzfenglish.com
5. 5ALPLA同意收购Wolf Plasticswhattheythink.com
6. 6ALPLA收购Verigreen润滑油业务部门whattheythink.com
7. 7Alpla将两座PET回收工厂改用可再生电力canplastics.com
8. 8Alpla 收购 Amcor 在印度的 PET 瓶胚工厂canplastics.com
9. 9ALPLA收购西班牙两家回收工厂plasteurope.com