Our History

Our history

We have a history of being a reliable and trustworthy supplier… And what a
fantastic journey it has been!

1965

Our journey begins in Portugal as a can making company, founded by Ilídio Pinho

1973

We implement our printing facilities

1975

We take the first steps on plastics business, with injection molding

1985

We install the first primary cutting machine, which enables us to provide an integrated process: from coil to can

1996

We start using UV Printing 4 colors

1999

We acquire a plant in Navarra

2000

The RAR Group acquires 100% of Colep from Colep Holding

2008

We begin our operations as can maker in Kleszczów, Poland

2008

We start using UV Printing 7 colors

2015

Colep celebrates its 50th anniversary

2017

First double reduction assembling line (aerosols diameter 57) installed

2017

Colep launch an innovative labelling technology - Flexican

2021

Colep announces the split of its businesses into 2 new companies

2022

Colep Packaging entered in the aluminium segment by acquiring 40% of ALM Envases