ALPLA Group

Hein­lein Plastik-Technik becomes a member of the ALPLA Group

Expan­sion of busi­ness acti­vi­ties and of system solu­tions portfolio

Hard, 17 June 2024 – The ALPLA Group is fur­ther expan­ding its pharma divi­sion ALPLApharma with its acqui­si­tion of Hein­lein Plastik-Technik GmbH. The German pack­a­ging spe­cia­list Hein­lein is one of the world’s best-known addresses for the deve­lo­p­ment and manu­fac­ture of clo­sure sys­tems, dosing sys­tems and appli­ca­tion aids for the pharma and medical indus­tries, and curr­ently has a work­force of around 175 at its site in Ans­bach, Bavaria.

I am delighted that we have been able to gain Hein­lein Plastik-Technik, which is a long-established, global busi­ness,’ says ALPLA CEO Philipp Lehner in sum­mary, upon suc­cessfully con­clu­ding the nego­tia­tions. ‘It is a good fit with our focus on the one hand on the dyna­mics of advan­cing tech­no­lo­gical inno­va­tions and on the global expan­sion of our busi­ness acti­vi­ties on the other. With the exten­sive know-how that Hein­lein has to offer, we can expand our pro­duct port­folio to include high-quality pri­mary pack­a­ging solu­tions for the pharma industry. The bene­fi­ci­a­ries of this will first and fore­most be our mutual cus­to­mers, who will now be able to source their tail­ored system solu­tions from a single place.’

With Hein­lein Plastik-Technik at our side, our capa­ci­ties in the area of injec­tion moul­ding will now con­sider­ably increase once again,’ adds Walter Knes, Mana­ging Director of ALPLApharma: ‘We addi­tio­nally plan to turn the Ans­bach site into a tech­no­logy centre for injec­tion moul­ding and auto­ma­tion tech­no­logy for the entire ALPLApharma group.’

Saskia Wellhöfer-Meyer, owner and CEO of Hein­lein Plastik-Technik, sees the acqui­si­tion as the per­fect oppor­tu­nity to sys­te­ma­ti­cally fur­ther develop the company’s site: ‘We look for­ward to app­lying our broad exper­tise in the deve­lo­p­ment and pro­duc­tion of pre­cision clo­sure and dosing sys­tems. I firmly believe that, as we con­tinue to ope­rate lar­gely inde­pendently as a “Member of ALPLApharma”, we will hence­forth be in an even better posi­tion to cater to the market demand for com­pre­hen­sive, high-quality and com­pe­ti­tively priced system solutions.’

Spe­cia­list in the manu­fac­ture and deve­lo­p­ment of pri­mary packaging
Hein­lein has been ste­adily inves­ting in expan­ding its site since 2018. Mea­su­ring more than 22,000 square metres, it now com­prises deve­lo­p­ment, con­s­truc­tion inclu­ding the company’s own mould con­s­truc­tion and mecha­nical engi­nee­ring, and pro­duc­tion tog­e­ther with moul­ding and assembly. Inno­va­tive injec­tion moul­ding tech­no­lo­gies and state-of-the-art in-line pro­duc­tion serve as the basis for the manu­fac­ture of pri­mary pack­a­ging made of plastic.

Heinlein’s machine fleet curr­ently com­prises more than 60 injec­tion moul­ding and assembly machines. More than a bil­lion pla­stic com­pon­ents are pro­duced annu­ally in three-shift ope­ra­tions. All the pro­cess steps, from the pro­ducts’ deve­lo­p­ment and manu­fac­ture to assembly and deli­very, are sub­ject to global qua­lity assu­rance stan­dards and are con­se­quently cer­ti­fied in accordance with ISO 9001, HACCP, GMP 15378 and ISO 13485. Hein­lein is addi­tio­nally hea­vily involved in envi­ron­mental mat­ters and sus­taina­bi­lity pro­jects, and endea­vours to also involve its cus­to­mers, part­ners and sup­pliers in this engagement.

The con­tract was signed on June 12, 2024. The par­ties have agreed not to dis­c­lose the nego­tiated details of the transaction.

 

About ALPLApharma
With approximately 23,300 employees, 196 sites and annual sales of 4.7 billion euros in 2023, Austria’s ALPLA Group is one of the world’s leading companies in the production and recycling of plastic packaging. Founded in 2019, the ALPLApharma division produces certified bottles, containers and closures in the clean room as well as packaging for over-the-counter (OTC) pharmaceutical products.

www.alplapharma.com

 

About Heinlein Plastik-Technik
Founded in 1932 and based in Ansbach, Heinlein Plastik-Technik GmbH specialises in the manufacture and assembly of primary packaging made of plastic for the pharmaceutical industry. Heinlein currently has an employee headcount of 175 and generated sales of around 27 million euros in 2023. The company supplies markets around the world with closure and dosing systems, and is certified among other things in accordance with ISO 9001, ISO 13485 and ISO 15378.

www.heinlein-plastik.de

 

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 4471 522, joshua.koeb@pzwei.at