Alpla to build new plant in South Africa

Alpla Group, an international specialist for plastic packaging and recycling based in Hard, Austria, is building a new facility in Lanseria, South Africa. According to a news release from Alpla, the company broke ground on the facility in February, and the facility is expected to open in the summer of 2021.

In the past five years, the company has been expanding its market presence in Africa with acquisitions and cooperation agreements, including the acquisition of Boxmore Packaging in 2017, the company reports. With the construction of a new production site in South Africa, the international specialist for plastic packaging and recycling plans to consolidate five existing plants from around South Africa into the new Lanseria plant. As part of the consolidation the management contemplates that more than 50 employees would be impacted. 

According to the company, standard bottle solutions and tailor-made packaging for the food, personal care, home care, chemical, detergent and pharmaceutical industries will be predominantly manufactured as before. Customers include international groups as well as smaller, local players.

“Our new plant in Lanseria gives us the opportunity to produce according to modern, globally applicable corporate standards. In this way, we not only improve the quality of our products, but also meet the high demands of our global customers,” says Christoph Riedlsperger, Alpla regional director for Africa, the Middle East and Turkey.