AlwaysFree: Austria’s ALPLA Acquires Spanish Bottle Maker Plastisax

Austrian plastic producer ALPLA said on Wednesday that it had agreed to acquire Spanish bottle maker Plastisax for an undisclosed amount. Plastisax’s portfolio consists mostly of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) and polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles used in the cosmetics, home and personal care segments. The Alicante-based company uses stretch blow moulding (SBM) and extrusion blow moulding (EBM) technologies for its production. Plastisax employs 58 workers who will be transferred to ALPLA after the transaction.