Alpla opens EUR 20m plant in Turkey, lifts local capacity to 120,000 tonnes
Alpla has opened a new plastic packaging plant in Tire, Izmir province, Turkey, built with an investment of about EUR 20m (USD 22.5m). The facility combines PET preform, closure, HDPE blow-moulding and PET blow-moulding technology, raising Alpla's annual processing capacity in Turkey from about 90,000 to 120,000 tonnes. It is the company's fifth Turkish plant, alongside sites in Kocaeli, Ankara, Konya and Adana, and is expected to employ about 120 people at full capacity.
Why this mattersTurkish capacity rises by a third to 120,000 tonnes, giving Alpla a larger local base for dairy and beverage customers and for supply into neighbouring markets.
- Investment of about EUR 20m (USD 22.5m) for the new Tire, Izmir plant
- Alpla's Turkish annual processing capacity rises from about 90,000 to 120,000 tonnes
- Combined with an Adana plant, total new investment in Turkey is about EUR 30m
- Plant covers 26,000 square metres of built space on a 50,000 square metre site
- Expected to employ about 120 people at full capacity
- Fifth Alpla plant in Turkey, after Kocaeli, Ankara, Konya and Adana