Takeover strengthens commitment to the U.K. market as system provider for bottles and closures
Hard, June 1, 2023 — The internationally active ALPLA Group strengthens commitment to the U.K. market with the acquisition of the packaging business iTEC Packaging (Mansfield). The plant specializes in the production of closures mainly for dairy, but also food and beverage sectors.
Quality and choice from ALPLA: With the acquisition of the iTEC Packaging (Mansfield) business, the global packaging and recycling specialist ALPLA is expanding its expertise as a packaging system provider on the U.K. market. “With our global know-how, with this acquisition we can increasingly offer the U.K. dairy industry sustainable, efficient and innovative packaging solutions,” says U.K. Managing Director Jens Seifried on the significance of the acquisition.
Recycling expertise and site securityWith the takeover, ALPLA is also pushing the use of post-consumer recycled material (PCR) in the closure sector and offers complete solutions with high recycling content. In doing so, the company is building on its pioneering work in the processing of recycled HDPE (rHDPE) in the ultra-light bottle “Eco-Bottle”. The packaging can be made of up to 40 per cent food-grade rHDPE. With further developments, the inclusion could be increased in the coming years.
The incorporation of the former iTEC Packaging plant (Mansfield) provides further capacity and product range and, at the same time, secures jobs at the site. The staff will be taken over in their entirety.
The takeover was contractually agreed on May 26, 2023. The parties have agreed not to disclose the terms and conditions.
About ALPLA GroupALPLA is one of the world’s leading companies in the manufacture and reuse of plastic packaging. Around 23,300 employees worldwide produce custom-made packaging systems, bottles, caps and moulded parts at 190 sites in 46 countries. The high-quality packaging is used in a wide range of areas, including for food and drinks, cosmetics and care products, household cleaning products, detergents and cleaning agents, pharmaceutical products, engine oils and lubricants.
ALPLA operates recycling plants for PET and HDPE in Austria, Germany, Poland, Mexico, Italy, Spain, Romania and Thailand. Other projects are being realized elsewhere around the world.
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