Business profile

Alupol Films is the largest Polish manufacturer of BOPP films, which are used in many industrial sectors. It is part of the Alupol Group, which is the largest manufacturer of flexible packaging in the country and one of the largest entities of this type in Europe. The Group also includes: Alupol Packaging S.A. and subsidiaries: Alupol Packaging Kęty Sp. z o.o.

Alupol Films offers transparent, white, pearl white, matt and metallized BOPP films. In addition, the production of printing cylinders and a reproduction studio dealing with file processing and working out patterns enabling the production of a printing form are located in Oświęcim.

Structure of the Alupol Group

BOPP films produced by Alupol Films are used in many industries, m.in. food, cosmetics, pharmaceutical, electronic and technical. 

Alupol Films in numbers

23
%
Alupol Films' share in the Polish BOPP film market
>66
%
Share of foreign sales
100
%
Films that meet the criteria of recyclability
5
%
Reduction in greenhouse gas emission intensity (scope 1 and 2) in 2023 compared to the base year (2018)

The largest export markets where we are present are: Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Ukraine, Lithuania,  Czech Republic and Hungary.

  • 1956 – Establishment of the Foil Rolling Mill Department
  • 1970 – Opening of a modern foil rolling mill and packaging department   
  • 1992 – Transformation of the Light Metals Plant “Kęty” into a joint-stock company 
  • 1996 – Debut of ZML Kęty S.A. on the Warsaw Stock Exchange 
  • 1999 – Launch of the modern Alupol flexible packaging factory in the economic zone in Tychy 
  • 2001 – Modernization of the foil rolling mill in Kęty 
  • 2005 – Launch of a production plant producing packaging using the flexographic method 
  • 2006 – Fire in a packaging factory in Kęty 
  • 2006 – Diversification of production in two independent plants in Kęty and Tychy 
  • 2009 – Establishment of a new company, Alupol Packaging Kęty Sp. z o.o., which took over the assets of the Flexible Packaging Segment in Kęty
  • 2009 – Alupol Sp. z o.o. acquires 100% of shares in Alupol Packaging Kęty Sp. z o.o.  
  • 2010 – Transformation of Alupol Spółka z o.o. into Alupol Packaging Spółka Akcyjna  
  • 2014 – Establishment of a subsidiary Alupol Films Sp. z o.o. 
  • 2016 – Start of production of 5-layer BOPP film at Alupol Films Sp. z o.o. 
  • 2019 – Second BOPP film production line – doubling production capacity at Alupol Films
  • 2021 – Launch of flexo printers at Alupol Packaging Kęty as a backup for Alupol Packaging Tychy