History

      In 1961 Alucon was established by Mr. H W Schneider and a small group of Thai investors, to produce aluminium collapsible tubes.

1961.   Alucon was established
1962.   Alucon started the first aluminium collapsible tube production in Thailand.
1969.   Exports were started.
1985.   The factory was expanded. Two aluminium monobloc aerosol can production lines
           were installed and aluminium aerosol can production started.
1989.  - Alucon's aluminium slugs factory and a new monobloc aerosol can factory were
           established in Sriracha.
          - Alucon became a public listed company with a 24 million baht capital investment and
             its shares traded on the Stock Exchange of Thailand.
1995.   Alucon entered into a joint venture with Takeuchi Press Industries Co., Ltd of Japan.
           Slug factory was expanded with capacity of 10,000 tons per year.
2000.   ISO9002: 1994 certified.
2002.   Aluminium tube factory with clean room facilities was established in Sriracha.
2003.   ISO9001: 2000 certified.
2004.   The tube plant in Sriracha was GMP certified by BVQI.
2008.   Slugs production capacity increased to 24,000 ton per year.
2009.   High-end new aerosol line for bigger diameter cans, was installed and equipped with an
            ironing machine Frattini’s double necker(56stations) and a post washer.
2011.   Aerosol can factory building (No.8) completed with full GMP facilities.
2013.   18^th aerosol line (200cpm) in Alucon started production.
           line for hair color No.2 tube was installed, and started production in December.
2014.   Aluminium tube factory building (No.9) completed
           Aluminium tube line TPS5 (180tpm) started production, which has seven colors
           printing machine, print inspection facility, and auto packing machine.
           Aerosol can line CPS19 (200cpm) with 2 nine colors printing machines was installed
           and started production.
2016.   ISO 22000 : 2005 and ISO/TS 22002-4 : 2013 certified.
2017.   ISO 9001 : 2015 certified.
2018.   Production of bottle for car maintenance products started.
2019.   Production of beer bottle started.

Alucon now(Feb, 2019) has 33 complete production lines as following in operation;        
          Tube line                   15 lines    
          Aerosol can line         16 lines    
          Felt pen body line      2 lines
Annual production in 2019 (million tubes/cans):      
          Tubes                        345 (for pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, glues, toothpastes)   
          Aerosol cans              290 (for deodorants, hair-care products, perfumes)
          Felt pen bodies          106 (for stationeries)     
          Total                         741 million pieces
          Slug production         34,474 tons
Total revenue:                     5,644 million baht
Number of employees (as of end 2019): Total 1,399
          - Head office and Bangkok factory : 258
          - CPS (Can Plant Sriracha) and  TPS(Tube Plant Sriracha) : 844
          - SPS (Slug Plant Sriracha) : 297