ALPLA Group

ALPLA acquires all shares from joint ven­ture partner Taba

Pla­stic pack­a­ging spe­cia­list fina­lises inte­gra­tion of site in Egypt

Hard, 20 January 2025 – ALPLA fully inte­grates the site in Egypt into the Group with the acqui­si­tion of all shares from joint ven­ture partner Taba. The glo­bally active pack­a­ging and recy­cling spe­cia­list manu­fac­tures pla­stic bot­tles, pre­forms and clo­sures for the mar­kets of North Africa and the Middle East at its plant in 10th of Ramadan City near Cairo. Since 2024, the site has also been the cen­tral accoun­ting ser­vice hub for the entire Africa, Middle East & Turkey (AMET) region.

ALPLA con­ti­nues to invest in the growth region of North Africa. Eight years after ALPLA TABA was founded in Egypt, majo­rity share­holder ALPLA is taking over all the shares of the joint ven­ture partner Taba. The inter­na­tional pack­a­ging and recy­cling spe­cia­list thus com­pletes the inte­gra­tion of the site in the Cairo metro­po­litan region. ‘The close coope­ra­tion with Taba has laid the foun­da­tion for our suc­cess. During our time tog­e­ther, we have con­so­li­dated our market-leading posi­tion. Now we are taking the next step,’ says Javier Del­gado, Regional Mana­ging Director AMET at ALPLA.

ALPLA employs around 450 people at its state-of-the-art pro­duc­tion plant in 10th of Ramadan City. They use injec­tion blow moul­ding (IBM), injec­tion stretch blow moul­ding (ISBM), extru­sion blow moul­ding (EBM) and injec­tion moul­ding (IM) tech­no­lo­gies to pro­duce high-quality pla­stic bot­tles, clo­sures and pre­forms for the food, beverage, house­hold and beauty care indus­tries as well as the phar­maceu­tical industry. In addi­tion to inter­na­tional brand manu­fac­tu­rers, ALPLA also sup­plies local companies.

Focus on pharma and recycling
With its start in Egypt, ALPLA expanded its port­folio to include stan­dard pack­a­ging for phar­maceu­tical pro­ducts and is now one of the country’s lea­ding manu­fac­tu­rers. ‘The exper­tise and expe­ri­ence of our partner Taba helped us greatly in the suc­cessful deve­lo­p­ment of this busi­ness,’ reports Del­gado. ALPLA and Taba will remain linked in the future: The joint ven­ture DEPACK, based in the 10th of Ramadan City Indus­trial Park, manu­fac­tures food pack­a­ging using ther­mo­forming technology.

ALPLA is also a pio­neer in recy­cling. The com­pany has been pro­ces­sing post-consumer recy­cled mate­rial (PCR) for many years, thereby streng­thening the local cir­cular eco­nomy. ‘Ever­y­where in North Africa and the Middle East, the need for safe, affordable and sus­tainable pack­a­ging solu­tions is gro­wing. As a system pro­vider and tech­no­logy market leader with 70 years of expe­ri­ence, we imple­ment these from a single source. Our pre­sence in Egypt plays a key role and has also been home to our cen­tral Accoun­ting Ser­vice Hub since 2024,’ empha­sises Tarek Bas­siouni, Regional Head of Finance & Con­trol­ling AMET at ALPLA.

The shares were acquired on December 16, 2024. The par­ties to the con­tract have agreed not to dis­c­lose the conditions.

 

About the ALPLA Group
ALPLA is one of the world’s leading companies in the manufacture and recycling of plastic packaging. Around 24,350 employees worldwide produce custom-made packaging systems, bottles, closures and moulded parts at 200 sites across 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, South Africa, Romania and Thailand. Other projects are being realised elsewhere around the world.

www.alpla.com

 

Enquiry infor­ma­tion for editorial
ALPLA, Erik Nielsen (Team Leader Cor­po­rate Com­mu­ni­ca­tions), +43 (0)5574 6021 701, erik.nielsen@alpla.com
Pzwei. Pres­se­ar­beit, Joshua Köb, +43 (0)5574 44715 22, joshua.koeb@pzwei.at