Swiss quality, precision & reliability

alupak is a leading manufacturer of deep-drawn aluminium packaging and works in long-standing partnerships based on trust for and with customers.

We manufacture premium products with the help of over 200 committed employees as well as state-of-the-art technology.

As a medium-sized business, alupak is distinguished by our strong growth, which is supported by high investment volumes.

Philosophy

alupak has always been driven by the demand for custom packaging solutions. In close partnership with customers, suppliers and partners, this has often resulted in end products that were initially unthinkable. For example, you probably didn’t know that it was initially considered impossible to produce a packaging capsule for premium coffee blends with the same dimensions as today’s coffee capsules?

With modern machinery backed up by a highly motivated and committed team, we are able to set new trends in aluminium packaging.

With decades of well-rounded expertise and creativity, we are happy to face new challenges and develop tailor-made solutions that shatter entrenched, sector-specific conventions.

alupak Code of Conduct (in German)

alupak Guiding Principles

History

1962 1971 1985 1999 2001 2006 2008 2008 2016

Founding by Jakob Inauen in Bern-Bümpliz

Commissioning of the production plant in Belp (CH)

Development coffee capsules

Acquisition by Alwin Kolb Management GmbH and Paperboard AG

Opening of the 2nd production facility in Germany

Commissioning of the new production plant in Belp

Alufoil Trophy

Focusing the business portfolio, Sale of the production plants in Germany

2nd Alufoil Trophy

Alufoil Trophy Lavit – 2016 & Peelican – 2008

Innovation

We create new products and set new standards by working with you

In order to achieve optimal solutions for your products and applications, we undertake a continuous development process of the materials used along with alternative manufacturing and finishing processes.

We improve our own manufacturing processes by means of ongoing productivity enhancements based on technical innovation. The drive to improve our processes is anchored in our culture.

We find new solutions in interdisciplinary teams as well as with qualified external partners.

Quality

0 failures
We feel committed to a zero-failure goal.
ISO certification
Our certification to ISO 9001 provides the basis for our day-to-day business.
Ethical business practices
We stand for ethical business practices and are certified in accordance with SMETA/Sedex.
Vision system
Our specially developed camera systems enable 100%-inline control of essential criteria.
Testing and measurement laboratory
Our in-house laboratory is equipped with state-of-the-art testing and measurement equipment.

Quality is always a major focus, both for
us and for our customers.

At alupak, we implement a hygiene concept for the production and supply of packaging aimed at the food industry.

We provide safety and protection via full compliance with food hygiene regulations and a continuous risk assessment in accordance with HACCP plus complete traceability throughout the logistics chain. Our products are kosher.

Our policy of quality pre-planning ensures dependable product quality and robust production processes.

Regular customer audits, internal audits and audits at suppliers ensure stable workflows and quality. Continuous training of all employees is a key component of our knowledge management system.

Safety

Working together to create the safest possible workplace

For us, safety is always a major focus, both at work and at home.
We place great importance on providing safe and ergonomically optimised workstations,
so that our employees go home in good health at the end of the day.
We support the Swiss Accident Insurance Association (SUVA) charter and are developing a “safety culture”.

Health & safety
There is nothing more valuable than a person’s health,
which is why it is our top priority.
Safety
Whether via walkabouts or proactive security measures –
we pay daily attention to safety so as to prevent accidents.
Every accident is one too many
It should never happen that the same accident is repeated. For this reason, we analyse all incidents, even near-misses, and then implement appropriate measures.

SO’s (Safety Officers)

Specially trained and aware of their responsibilities, they play a key role in ensuring safe workplaces, while sensitising staff to avoid risks and treat each other with respect on a daily basis.

Ecology

For the sustainable preservation of our planet

alupak is committed to preserving nature and a world worth living in. Consequently, alupak also recycles all raw materials and production scrap 100%, while utilising the waste heat from production. As a company with intensive electricity use, we utilise initiatives to continually explore saving options, for instance through automatic light switching, LED lamps or compressed air consumption optimisation, and agree energy targets with initiatives throughout Switzerland.

We also support aluminium as a modern packaging material for ecological reasons – owing to its truly special characteristics for protecting products: Aluminium is easy to shape, stable, impervious to light and gas, heat resistant, hygienic and tasteless. Aluminium is kind to resources when it helps to save weight and preserve valuable goods against damage and spoilage. Packaging made from aluminium therefore plays a role in effectively protecting the food, medicines and other sensitive goods produced with much higher energy and water input. This depends on the relevant application conditions and is confirmed by independent environmental life cycle analyses.

Aluminium can be recycled indefinitely without loss of quality, which reduces energy consumption by 95% compared to the production of primary aluminium. A large number of different environmental measures undertaken by packaging manufacturers, trade associations, NGOs and national initiatives are generating positive feedback and increasing recycling rates.

Downloads

These documents from Alupak are available as a download:

Alupak Code of Conduct for suppliers

The ETI Base Code

Contact

+41 (0)31 818 31 31
info@alupak.com

Where we are

Aemmenmattstrasse 45
3123 Belp – Switzerland