ALBERPLÁS – Indústria de Plásticos, S.A, headquartered in the Industrial Park of Albergaria-a-Velha, began its operations back in 1992. Today it is the largest national producer of plastic bags, reaching in 2008 a turnover of more than 40.000.000€.

This unit, installed in a building with around 45,000m2 plant, with 20,000m2 of covered area, employs about 150 people and its where modern equipment for extrusion, printing and cutting enable the processing of approximately 3,500 tonnes of polymer per month in a production primarily directed to the distribution sector, trade and services.

All industrial activity is supported by a modern laboratory, where they proceed to regular testing of raw materials - tests Melt Index, density... – and to the finished products -testing impact resistance, tensile strength, elongation and tear strength, coefficient of friction, elasticity modules...