ALPLA packaging touches the lives of billions of people every day. In Europe, North and South America, Africa and Asia, it ensures affordable consumption and supports numerous industries with safe solutions for consumer goods. More than 24,000 employees are responsible for this success. When the company was founded by brothers Alwin and Helmuth Lehner in 1955, its rise to become a global player was not yet foreseeable – but it was anything but a coincidence.
With a passion for technology, pioneering spirit and strong teamwork the company made an exemplary rise from a small family business to a global technology market leader for rigid plastic packaging. Numerous innovations, visionary concepts, bold expansions and family cohesion have shaped the past 70 years. Milestones include the legendary Alplamat extrusion blow-moulding machine (1958), the first in-house plant located directly at the customer’s site (1985), the world’s first two-step PET bottle (1985) and the early use of post-consumer recycled material (1990). More recent highlights include the industrialisation of bio-based paper bottles and biodegradable coffee capsules.
