The packaging solutions specialists ALPLA (Austria) and FROMM (Switzerland) have entered into a co-operation agreement. in the field of PET recycling agreed. Both companies operate recycling plants for PET bottles and thus secure the supply of raw materials for their own production plants.
The aim of the co-operation between ALPLA and FROMM is to Further optimisation of the already high recycling rates for PET and a significant reduction in CO2-emissions through reduced transport routes. The partners also benefit from other advantages, such as easier access to the markets in the respective countries.
„The requirements of our production plants complement each other very well: at ALPLA, we mainly need food-grade, clear recycled pellets. Fromm processes coloured flakes for the strapping bands,“ explains Georg Lässer, Head of Corporate Recycling Services at ALPLA. „The cooperation between our recycling companies will ensure the quantity and quality of raw materials for production on both sides.“
Reinhard Fromm, owner of the family-run FROMM Group, adds: „The three recycling plants are integrated into different procurement markets and complement each other perfectly when it comes to procuring raw materials.“
Partners with complementary interests
The ALPLA Group owns the PET Recycling Team plants in Wöllersdorf (Austria) and Radomsko (Poland). These recycling plants have an annual capacity of around 45,000 tonnes of food-grade rPET from post-consumer material. The PET recycling company Texplast in Wolfen (Germany) has been a subsidiary of FROMM Plastics GmbH since 2004. Texplast produces PET regranulate and PET flakes. FROMM uses these for its own production of strapping, but also supplies manufacturers of beverage bottles, thermoforming sheets and fibres. The parties have agreed not to disclose details of the co-operation. Further opportunities for co-operation are to be examined.
[infotext]About ALPLA:
ALPLA is one of the leading companies for plastic packaging. Around 19,300 employees produce customised packaging systems, bottles, closures and injection-moulded parts at 176 locations in 45 countries worldwide. The areas of application for the quality packaging are diverse: food and beverages, cosmetics and care products, household cleaners, detergents and cleaning agents, motor oil and lubricants. ALPLA operates its own recycling plants: PET Recycling Team with two sites in Austria and Poland, and as part of joint ventures in Mexico and Germany. ALPLA celebrated its 60th anniversary in 2015.
About FROMM & Texplast:
The FROMM Group is a leading company for systems for securing transported goods and can look back on a company history of over 70 years. More than 1,200 employees develop, produce and sell customised packaging solutions for customers with around 40 companies on 6 continents. FROMM has production sites in Italy, Germany, USA, Thailand, Chile and Slovakia. Texplast GmbH is a 100 per cent subsidiary of FROMM Plastics GmbH in Kölleda. With almost 100 employees and an input capacity of over 50,000 tonnes of bottles per year, the company is one of Western Europe's leading recyclers of PET, especially used beverage bottles. Texplast produces flakes for applications in the plastics industry and regranulates for the production of food packaging. FROMM specialises in strapping bands, air cushion packaging and stretch films, including the associated machines and equipment[/infotext].
