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ALPLA history
ALPLA company history timeline
The company was founded in 1955 as "Alpenplastik Lehner Alwin OHG" and is today the employer of around 21,600 people in 45 countries worldwide (around 1,000 of them in Vorarlberg, Austria).
After ALPLA had established its second plant in Austria in 1962, the country gradually began to feel a little small for the company.
The logical step for the relatively new enterprise was therefore to expand into neighbouring Germany: in 1964, ALPLA established a new site in Markdorf on the German side of Lake Constance.
ALPLA was an established, strong player in the market when Alwin Lehner handed over business to the new leadership trio consisting of Günther Lehner, Georg Früh and Helmut Scheffknecht in 1997.
By acquiring plants for manufacturing preforms in Spain, Italy and Belgium, ALPLA strongly reinforced its position as a supplier of PET bottles within Europe in 2002.
The year 2002 also saw the establishment of a new production site in Fussach across a floor space of 8,000 square metres close by the company’s headquarters.
In partnership with the Coca-Cola Company and bottler Coca-Cola Femsa, the company opened a plant in Toluca in 2005.
By 2005, the end of this additional stage of expansion, ALPLA had 87 production facilities in 29 countries and a staff of 6,800, reporting revenues of over €1.5 billion.
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| Angstrom Graphics | 1918 | $272.1M | 137 | - |
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ALPLA may also be known as or be related to ALPLA, Alpla, Alpla Avellaneda SA and Alpla Inc.