Alpla

ALPLA Purchase of Italian PET preform producer Plasco	27.10.2015
EUROPEAN PLASTIC CAPS AND CLOSURES Growth in value added products to be above average / Overall market to increase by 2% annually to 2019 / AMI report	24.09.2015
ALPLA Three additional plants to start up this year / Introduction of Avantium's bio-based PEF material delayed	16.09.2015
RPC Rigid packager outlines future strategy and achievements to date / Full steam ahead for "Vision 2020" / Leading European consolidator / Innovations drive organic growth / Focus on niche applications outside of Europe / PIE feature	17.07.2015
YEAR IN REVIEW 2014 Part 3 – Packaging: M&A activity in the plastics packaging sector continues / Global competition changes the landscape / La Seda bankruptcy sale almost wrapped up / Coca Cola's sustainability drive hits a snag	15.12.2014
WEENER German packager reportedly up for sale / Owner Lindsay Goldberg looking to fetch about EUR 400m	17.11.2014
FLEXIBLE PACKAGING European market growth slows to 1.3% in 2013 / Large national differences in value and volume demand / Germany leads the segment / Share of private equity-controlled companies rising / PCI Films report	06.08.2014
PLASTICS PACKAGING MARKET Amcor remains Europe's leading plastics packager in value terms / Top 10 ranking reshuffled in wake of economic crisis / Almost all firms underwent restructuring / AMI report on Europe's leading 50 plastics packagers	11.07.2014
AVANTIUM Latest financing round for first commercial-scale PEF plant / Coca-Cola, Danone among leading investors in technology for bio-based PET alternative	12.06.2014
UNILEVER New technology allows for 15% savings in plastics used for European-manufactured “Dove Body Wash” bottles / Collaboration with MuCell Extrusion and Alpla	01.05.2014
ALPLA Opening of new US packaging production facility	10.12.2013
POLAND Plastic processing: Production value continues to climb despite 2012 volume drop / Blustery economic headwinds picking up / Construction sector in a hole following completion of large projects / New impetus for growth starting 2014	09.10.2013
ALPLA Austrian packaging manufacturer begins production in Vietnam	27.08.2013
ALPLA In joint development partnership for PEF bottles / Commercial-scale plant planned for 2016	11.06.2013
PET RECYCLING TEAM Alpla subsidiary starts up PET recycling plant in Poland	22.04.2013
ALPLA US subsidiary building new packaging plant in Kentucky / USD 22m investment	14.02.2013
ALPLA Contract to supply Mexican Coca-Cola bottler with 900m bottles per year / Sidel supplies the necessary blow-moulding machinery	03.05.2012
COCA-COLA Plans to invest USD 1 bn in Mexico this year / Focus on sustainable packaging / Local recycling capacities doubled in wake of PetStar acquisition	16.02.2012
HUSKY Injectoplast business sold to Alpla Holding	26.01.2012
PLASTICS PACKAGING Unbroken global growth for flexible and rigid packaging / Plenty of potential in the health and cosmetics sector / Amcor has highest sales in Europe / Further consolidation in the industry / AMI report	04.10.2011
ALPLA Polish subsidiary PRT Radomsko reportedly planning PET recycling facility	22.07.2011
ALPLA Packaging giant shuts down Spanish preform plant / New facilities to be built in China and the US	03.02.2011
CROATIA Plastics consumption drops to 105,600 t in 2009 / Employment rises despite the crisis	15.12.2010
SPAIN / PORTUGAL Plastics consumption recovering slowly after the crisis / Injection moulders face pressure to consolidate / AMI report	07.12.2010
ALPLA Acquisition of PET Recycling Team targeted	10.09.2010