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Heidelberg Business Media Gmbh Häusserstr D 51178; ISSN: 1438-9452 10.09.12 No. 09 MAGAZINE FOR BOTTLERS AND BOTTLE-MAKERS 2012 IN THE AMERICAS, ASIA, EUROPE AND ALL AROUND THE PLANET PETplanet is read in more than 150 countries Page 10 MARKETsurvey Regional report Suppliers of 2-stage - Part 2 stretch blow CHINA www.petpla.net moulding machinery Page 27 speedrunner www.speed-runner.ch imprint PUBLISHER Alexander Büchler, Managing Director EDITORIAL HEAD OFFICE EDITORIAL heidelberg business media GmbH Häusserstr. 36 69115 Heidelberg, Germany dear readers,, phone: +49(0)6221-65108-0 fax: +49(0)6221-65108-28 AsAs you you do do thetthhee weekly weeklyekeklklyly shop, shopshoshoop, do do you ever eveeveer fi ndn your gaze straying to [email protected] thethEDITORIAL PETP bottles b ttl on the th shelf? h lf? The Th cap, theth label, l b the size of the bottle andand formform ofof presentation all seemse to induce a kind of fascination in me. 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Smallest and largest preforms are moulded in top form by our moulds. www.otto-hofstetter.com/pet Krones signs up to PETnews UN Global Compact Krones AG signed up to the United Nations (UN) Global Compact in May 2012, which it says is in line Elasto Müller Kunststoffe with its view of its social responsibilities as fundamental and EPS come together elements of its corporate culture. UN Global Compact signatory companies are obliged to comply with the global After several years of co-operation between Müller guidelines covering human rights, labour standards, envi- Kunststoffe and EPS, the two companies have agreed a deal ronmental protection and combatting corruption. that brings them together in a new Caps and Closures divi- sion within Elasto Müller Kunststoffe. EPS specialises in the www. krones.com development of compounds for caps and closures. Raymond Exon, CEO at EPS, will remain as Caps and Closures Product Manager for Elasto Müller Kunststoffe. 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Uhde Inventa-Fischer will provide basic and detail engi- consulting personnel work directly with process engineers neering, supply of all plant components and supervision of and plant fl oor personnel to solve problems such as man- the construction and commissioning activities, and will also aging light weight applications and quality issues, as well train operating personnel. ThyssenKrupp Uhde and Uhde as a range of process improvement efforts that lead to India will provide the civil and steel structure engineering. improved pack rate. www.agrintl.com www.uhde-inventa-fi scher.com PTi sells sheet extrusion system to Aserpet IVL closes Indonesian PET deal Sheet extrusion machinery manufacturer Processing Technologies International (PTi) has announced the sale Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited (IVL) has of a new sheet extrusion system to Aserpet, of Gazi- completed the acquisition of the PET assets of PT Polypet antep, Turkey. The recently completed sale is PTi’s fi rst in Karyapersada in Indonesia. The deal, which the company Turkey. Aserpet, a recycler of PET fl ake for the packaging fi rst announced in March 2012, provides IVL 100,800t of industry, purchased its fi rst sheet extrusion line to help PET capacity adjacent to the PTA assets of PT Indorama support the company’s entrance into the packaging indus- Petrochemicals (formerly known as PT Polyprima Karyes- tries. The PTi coextrusion system, which runs 750 kg/hr of reska) at Cilegon, West Java, which IVL acquired under PET, also includes a roll stand, winder, and stacker. The a joint venture in 2011. Mr. Aloke Lohia, Group CEO of machine has been installed and is now operating at the Indorama Ventures, said, “Indorama Ventures has pursued customer’s facility. PTi sold the machine through its agent an integration strategy of our PET and PTA businesses in Kerem Anil with Plast-teknik in Istanbul. The company is Thailand, Italy (under a joint venture) and The Netherlands exploring other business opportunities in Turkey, targeting and earlier announced upstream integration into MEG PET, PP, PS, and barrier sheet extrusion systems for the (Monoethylene Glycol) in North America. The acquisition of packaging industry. PT Polypet Karyapersada creates synergies due to it being www.ptiextruders.com co-sited with our PTA plant PT Indorama Petrochemicals in Indonesia, making it a strategic investment in the most populous country in ASEAN.” www.indorama.net 6 PETplanet insider Vol.
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