Alpla acquires Texplast and the joint venture PET Recycling Team Wolfen, thereby increasing its PET recycling capacity in Germany. The annual processing volume in Germany increases to 75,000 tonnes of PET bottles.
Following the acquisition of BTB Recycling in October 2021, the company is Alpla the processing volume in Germany. The company is investing in Quality and availability of PET recyclate for the German „bottle-to-bottle“ cycle. Texplast and the PET Recycling Team Wolfen account for 55,000 tonnes of this and BTB for 20,000 tonnes.
„Our goal is the Cycle from bottle to bottle. We are stepping up our activities worldwide to meet the growing demand for post-consumer recyclate. This investment strengthens our position on the German market and guarantees our customers high quality and availability of the material.“
Philipp Lehner, Alpla CEO
Texplast produces PET regranulate and PET flakes from used PET bottles. The regranulate is primarily used for preforms for new PET bottles. The coloured PET flakes produced in the process are used by packaging manufacturer Fromm for the production of packaging tapes. In recent years, however, the focus has increasingly shifted towards the bottle cycle.
„The long-standing, cooperative and fair collaboration with the Fromm Group was the ideal basis for this further development. The takeover enables us to Rapid and efficient increase in capacity. At the same time, we are also securing production for both sides in the future. We can rely on a highly motivated, fully functional team and are proud to welcome all 125 Texplast employees to the Alpla family.“
Georg Lässer, Head of Recycling at Alpla
The PET Recycling Team Wolfen specialises in recycling PET bottles from the Yellow Bag. These are from household collection back into the recycling loop. The globally unique sorting and processing facilities at the Texplast site in Wolfen were built in 2019. The takeover was contractually agreed on 25 February 2022.
At the beginning of 2021, the Alpla Group announced that it would invest an average of EUR 50 million per year in the further expansion of its recycling activities until 2025. The main plan is to Internationalisation of measures for high-quality recyclates, to close material cycles in as many regions as possible. In total, the annual production capacity of the Alpla recycling companies, joint ventures and cooperations amounts to around 203,000 tonnes for rPET (recycled PET) and 74,000 tonnes for rHDPE (recycled HDPE).
Source: ALPlA
