ALPLA
Revenues climb 4% in 2024 / Plans to double output recycling capacity to 700,000 t by 2030
— By Marilyn Gerlach —
 Alpla CEO Philipp Lehner (Photo: Alpla) |
Austrian plastic packaging manufacturer Alpla (Hard; www.alpla.com) reported a revenue increase to EUR 4.9 bn last year, marking a modest 4% growth from EUR 4.7 bn in the previous year. This represents a turnaround from the nearly 8% decline in sales recorded in 2023.
The family-owned recycling specialist did not provide a breakdown of 2024 revenues nor how much was generated through integrations of companies it had bought in 2024 and late 2023. It did note, however, that it has reached the 200-plant mark and created more than a thousand new jobs through new business areas, acquisitions, and training programmes.
In October 2023, Alpla announced it was the majority owner of Paboco (Paper Bottle Company, Slangerup, Denmark; www.paboco.com) and a month later it said it took a majority stake in Atlantic Packaging (Tangier, Morocco). The following December, Alpla bought packaging specialist Fortiflex (Vega Alta, Puerto Rico, USA; www.fortexfortiflex.com).
In 2024, the packaging manufacturer acquired Germany’s Heinlein Plastik-Technik (Ansbach; www.heinlein-plastik.de), which has 175 employees and sales of around EUR 27 mn.
Alpla said its workforce grew to 24,350 employees last year at 200 locations in 46 countries compared with 193 facilities and around 23,400 staff the year earlier.
Related: Alpla consolidates its injection moulding activities in separate division
Commenting on 2024, Alpla said in addition to the “strong” growth markets in South America, Africa, and the Middle East, demand in North and Central America also recovered last year.
In Europe, it is experiencing an upward trend, but the market environment remains challenging. “Increasing EU regulation is creating a lot of work and weakening our international competitiveness. This is compounded by high labour costs in some countries. We are countering this with increased efficiency, new products, and our leading role in recycling,” said CEO Philipp Lehner.
The markets in the Asia-Pacific region offer “huge potential” and a new plant would be open in Thailand in 2025, the company noted.
It said it invests at least EUR 50 mn a year in recycling and announced plans to double output recycling capacity to 700,000 t by 2030 from the current 350,000 t. The Alpla recycling division produces rPET and rHDPE at 13 plants in nine countries.
The family-owned recycling specialist did not provide a breakdown of 2024 revenues nor how much was generated through integrations of companies it had bought in 2024 and late 2023. It did note, however, that it has reached the 200-plant mark and created more than a thousand new jobs through new business areas, acquisitions, and training programmes.
In October 2023, Alpla announced it was the majority owner of Paboco (Paper Bottle Company, Slangerup, Denmark; www.paboco.com) and a month later it said it took a majority stake in Atlantic Packaging (Tangier, Morocco). The following December, Alpla bought packaging specialist Fortiflex (Vega Alta, Puerto Rico, USA; www.fortexfortiflex.com).
In 2024, the packaging manufacturer acquired Germany’s Heinlein Plastik-Technik (Ansbach; www.heinlein-plastik.de), which has 175 employees and sales of around EUR 27 mn.
Alpla said its workforce grew to 24,350 employees last year at 200 locations in 46 countries compared with 193 facilities and around 23,400 staff the year earlier.
Related: Alpla consolidates its injection moulding activities in separate division
Commenting on 2024, Alpla said in addition to the “strong” growth markets in South America, Africa, and the Middle East, demand in North and Central America also recovered last year.
In Europe, it is experiencing an upward trend, but the market environment remains challenging. “Increasing EU regulation is creating a lot of work and weakening our international competitiveness. This is compounded by high labour costs in some countries. We are countering this with increased efficiency, new products, and our leading role in recycling,” said CEO Philipp Lehner.
The markets in the Asia-Pacific region offer “huge potential” and a new plant would be open in Thailand in 2025, the company noted.
It said it invests at least EUR 50 mn a year in recycling and announced plans to double output recycling capacity to 700,000 t by 2030 from the current 350,000 t. The Alpla recycling division produces rPET and rHDPE at 13 plants in nine countries.
15.01.2025 Plasteurope.com [257092-0]
Published on 15.01.2025