Austria-based packaging producer and recycler Alpla Group has acquired Heinlein Plastik-Technik, a manufacturer of closure systems, dosing systems, and application aids for the pharma and medical industries.
Heinlein is based in Ansbach, Germany, and currently employs around 175 at its 22,000 square meter facility in Bavaria. The plant comprises development, construction including the company’s own mould construction and mechanical engineering, and production together with moulding and assembly.
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.
Alpla said it plans to turn the Ansbach site into a technology centre for injection moulding and automation technology for the entire Alpla pharma group.
Heinlein will continue to operate ‘largely independently’ as a member of the Alpla pharma group. The companies did not disclose the terms of the acquisition.
“I am delighted that we have been able to gain Heinlein Plastik-Technik, which is a long-established, global business,” said Alpla CEO Philipp Lehner . “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,” he added.
Alpla currently has 196 production facilities across 47 countries and employs 23,300 workers worldwide. In 2023, its sales totalled € 4.7 billion.