AL INVEST

What AL INVEST does

AL INVEST Břidličná, a.s. is a Czech aluminium rolling and packaging manufacturer founded in 1930 (originally as Franke a Scholz) and now operating as a member of MTX Group. The company produces aluminium foils, sheets, strips, plates, and flexible packaging materials across two manufacturing facilities — the Břidličná headquarters in the Bruntál region and the Tapa Tábor plant — with a dedicated sales office in Prague. It is described in its own materials as a major European and the largest Czech producer of aluminium packaging and rolled semi-finished products, serving customers in food, pharmaceutical, tobacco, construction, engineering, and automotive industries, and employing approximately 900-1,000 people in the Czech Republic.

The company's product portfolio is organized around two lines: flexible packaging (aluminium foil with barrier properties for packaging applications) and rolled semi-finished products (plates, sheets, strips, foils for industrial use), supplemented by a specialised finstock product line for folded heat exchangers in the automotive sector. Underlying capabilities include rolling, casting, and finishing of aluminium, a continuously cast zirconium-alloyed aluminium process, modernised melting/casting technology branded ALFAGEN, and an in-house accredited testing laboratory (No. 1407). The company maintains certifications including ISO 9001, IATF 16949 (automotive), and BRCGS Packaging, and is an active recipient of EU regional development, modernisation fund, and innovation subsidies across multiple R&D and energy-efficiency projects.

AL INVEST operates a B2B industrial sales model, taking direct orders via its Prague sales office (with dedicated contacts at metalimex.cz email addresses, suggesting a sales channel shared with Metalimex within the MTX Group), and uses the PROe.biz electronic supplier qualification system for procurement. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed. Revenue is generated from hardware sales of aluminium mill products; no public revenue figures are available. Forward R&D priorities include recycling of refined aluminium foil as a low-carbon substitute for primary aluminium, energy savings in melting and casting, and automotive-grade alloy development (including contilite technology for 5754 alloy).

Name

AL INVEST

Legal name

AL INVEST Břidličná, a.s.

Website

https://alinvest.cz

Company type

Private

Founded year

1930

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

AL INVEST Břidličná is the largest Czech aluminium rolling and packaging manufacturer, producing foils, sheets, strips, plates, and flexible packaging for food, pharmaceutical, tobacco, construction, engineering, and automotive customers across two plants and roughly 900-1,000 employees.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Aluminium Manufacturing

NAICS

Aluminum Sheet, Plate, and Foil Manufacturing (331315)

SIC

Primary Production Of Aluminum (3334)

akta.pro primary industry

Aluminum Rolling (Flat-Rolled Products: Sheet, Plate, Foil) (IMAKACAF)

Keywords

• Aluminium foil production
• Flexible packaging materials
• Rolled aluminium products
• Aluminium sheets manufacturing
• Automotive finstock production

Headquarters

HQ city

Bridlicna

HQ country

Czechia

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Aluminium Packaging Materials: Manufacturing and sale of aluminium foil and flexible packaging materials with excellent barrier properties for food, pharmaceutical, tobacco, and technical industries.
2. Rolled Semi-finished Products: Production and sale of aluminium plates, sheets, strips, and foil with applications in engineering, construction, and automotive industries.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

AL INVEST Břidličná, a.s. manufactures aluminium packaging materials (flexible packaging foils for food, pharmaceutical, tobacco, and technical insulation applications) and rolled semi-finished aluminium products (plates, sheets, strips, and foils for engineering, construction, and automotive industries). The company operates two production facilities in the Czech Republic and sells directly to industrial B2B customers with quote-based pricing.

Product overview

AL INVEST is a major European and the largest Czech manufacturer of aluminium products with over 90 years of experience. The company operates two main product lines: Flexible Packaging (aluminium foil for packaging with applications in food, pharmaceuticals, tobacco, and technical insulation) and Aluminium Plates, Sheets, Strips, and Foils (for engineering, construction, and industrial applications including automotive finstock). The company also offers laboratory testing services for external entities, including chemical analysis, tensile testing, and corrosion testing.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• 90+ years of manufacturing aluminium products
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Norsk Hydro: Global integrated aluminium group with a large European rolled-products division serving packaging foil and automotive applications. Broader and more upstream than AL INVEST but directly overlapping in flat-rolled product lines.
• Novelis: World's largest aluminium rolling and recycling company, supplying flat-rolled products into packaging (incl. foil) and automotive. Comparable in recycling and rolling technology to AL INVEST but at much greater scale and global reach.
• Alcoa Corporation: Global primary aluminium and rolled-products producer with European rolling capacity. Operates at much larger scale and more upstream than AL INVEST, but directly comparable in flat-rolled aluminium technology.

Regional players

• Trimet Aluminium: German primary and recycled aluminium producer supplying rolling mills and extruders across Europe. Overlaps with AL INVEST in recycled input supply and energy-intensive European aluminium operations, though focused upstream.
• UACJ Corporation: Japanese aluminium rolling giant producing flat-rolled sheet, plate and foil for automotive, packaging and electronics. Not a direct European competitor, but a regional player with comparable rolled-product technology and automotive finstock capability.

Direct peers

• Impol Group: Slovenian aluminium rolling and extrusion group producing sheet, strip, foil and tubes for automotive, packaging and construction. Regional Central European peer with similar product portfolio and customer mix.
• AMAG Austria Metall: Austrian producer of primary aluminium, cast products and rolled sheets/strips/plates for packaging, transport and construction. Closely comparable European regional rolling competitor to AL INVEST with overlapping end markets.
• Constellium: Major European producer of rolled aluminium sheet, plate and foil serving packaging, automotive and aerospace. Directly comparable in product mix, end markets and B2B industrial sales model to AL INVEST.
• Hammerer Aluminium Industries (HAI): Austrian manufacturer of rolled and extruded aluminium products for automotive, transport and industrial markets. Comparable in rolling capability, automotive certification (IATF) and Central European footprint.
• Gränges: Specialist in rolled aluminium products and brazed heat-exchanger materials, including automotive finstock. Highly comparable to AL INVEST in automotive finstock and rolled-product technology.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/ALINVESTCZ
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/alinvestcz

Compliance5 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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