# Alpla opens EUR 20M plastic packaging plant in Tire, Turkey

Alpla opened a new plastic packaging plant in Tire, Izmir province, Turkey, built with an investment of about EUR 20 million. 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 expected to employ about 120 people at full capacity.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2026-10-01
- Where: Tire, Izmir province, Turkey, Türkiye
- Value: $22.5M (20.0M EUR)
- Jobs: 120
- Starts operating: 1 Oct 2026
- Status: completed
- Capacity: annual processing capacity increased from about 90,000 to 120,000 tonnes
- Products: PET preforms, closures, HDPE blow-moulded products, PET blow-moulded products
- Sectors: [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [ALPLA](https://endata.com/companies/889.md)

## Sources

- [packagingnewsdaily.com](https://packagingnewsdaily.com/stories/alpla-opens-eur-20m-plant-in-turkey-lifts-local-capacity-to-120-000-to-2026-10-01), 2026-10-01: "Alpla has opened a new plastic packaging plant in Tire, Izmir province, Turkey, built with an investment of about EUR 20m."

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