Alpla
ALPLA, otherwise ALPLA-Werke Alwin Lehner GmbH & Co KG is an Austrian, international acting plastics manufacturer headquartered in Hard, specialising in blow-moulded bottles and caps, injection-moulded parts, preforms and tubes. It is the largest producer of packaging in Europe, with a total of 178 production plants in over 46 countries worldwide, approx. 20,800 employees and annual sales of € 3.66 billion in 2018.[2]
Type | GmbH & Co KG |
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Industry | Plastic packaging systems; bottles, caps and injection moulded parts, preforms |
Founded | 1955 |
Founder | Alwin Lehner |
Headquarters | Hard, Austria |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Günther Lehner CEO Nicolas Lehner Philipp Lehner Klaus Allgäuer COO |
Revenue | € 3.66 billion (2018)[1] |
Number of employees | 20,800 (2018) |
Subsidiaries | 178 production plants in 46 countries |
Website | alpla.com |
History
The company was founded in 1955 as "Alpenplastik Lehner Alwin OHG" and is today the employer of around 20,800 people in 46 countries worldwide (around 1,000 of them in Vorarlberg, Austria).
The headquarter of the company is in Hard, Austria. Alpla is building their plants all over the world close to the customers filling plant or even inside the customers building (called: Inhouse Plants). 72 plants of Alpla were built next to the customers filling system.
References
- "Facts & Figures | ALPLA Group". www.alpla.com. Retrieved 2019-01-25.