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D 51178; ISSN: 1438-9452 04.02.19 No.1+2 MAGAZINE FOR BOTTLERS AND BOTTLE-MAKERS 2019 IN THE AMERICAS, ASIA, EUROPE AND ALL AROUND THE PLANET PETplanet is read in more than 140 countries Page 12 CCAPSAPS & CLOSURESCLOSURES Page 18 Page MARKETsurvey 31 Suppliers of Page resins & additives 28 www.petpla.net We think about your caps, so you can think of everything else. www.corvaglia.com 3 imprint EDITORIAL PUBLISHER Alexander Büchler, Managing Director HEAD OFFICE heidelberg business media GmbH Bunsenstr. 14 69115 Heidelberg, Germany phone: +49 6221-65108-0 fax: +49 6221-65108-28 [email protected] Dear readers, EDITORIAL Kay Barton The planned EU-wide planned ban on the most common Heike Fischer Gabriele Kosmehl disposable plastic packaging continues to create shockwaves Michael Maruschke throughout the sector. Following the major corporations Coca- Ruari McCallion Cola, Danone, Pepsi and Nestlé’s rejection, in a joint statement, Waldemar Schmitke of the introduction of the mandatory tethered caps on certain Anthony Withers beverage containers and instead rely on an upgraded with- drawal policy, the Verband Deutscher Mineralbrunnen (VDM) WikiPETia.info has even commissioned a legal opinion. According to this legal [email protected] opinion, the Brussels design rule violates EU law. MEDIA CONSULTANTS Plant manufacturers and fastener producers are still prepar- Martina Hirschmann ing for the fi ght and working on solutions to ensure that the cap [email protected] remains fi rmly attached to the bottle. We have captured some of Johann Lange-Brock the current thinking of closure and mould manufacturers for you [email protected] on pages 18-21. A retrospective of successful developments in the caps and closures segment also marks the start of our phone: +49 6221-65108-0 series of anniversary contributions, with which we are intending fax: +49 6221-65108-28 to celebrate our 20th anniversary! In each issue, a technologi- cal area is put under the microscope, questions asked about its LAYOUT AND PREPRESS development and commented on by up to date industry voices. EXPRIM Werbeagentur | exprim.de Matthias Gaumann Our Jubilee Year is already upon us! Over more than 10,000 READER SERVICES pages, we have reported continuously on innovations, proce- Till Kretner dures and players in the PET sector since 1999. But we are [email protected] also looking forward, for example to an update on the EU plastic strategy at the Petcore conference in Brussels (February 6-7 PRINT 2019). The Drink Technology India trade shows in Bangalore Chroma Druck & Verlag GmbH (April) and New Delhi (December) provide the setting for this Werkstr. 25 year’s India Road Show roundtrip. In May we will be meeting 67354 Römerberg you at Chinaplas and the year will be rounded off with the K fair Germany in Düsseldorf and the BrauBeviale in Nuremberg. We look for- ward to sharing an exciting 2019 with you, and take this oppor- WWW tunity of thanking you for 20 years of loyal support and encour- www.hbmedia.net | www.petpla.net agement, and for the trust you have continued to place in us! PETplanet Insider ISSN 1438-9459 is published 10 times a year. This publication is sent to qualifi ed Yours, subscribers (1-year subscription 149 EUR, 2-year subscription 289 EUR, Young professionals’ sub- scription 99 EUR. Magazines will be dispatched to you by airmail). Not to be reproduced in any form Alexander Büchler without permission from the publisher. 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PETplanet Insider Vol. 20 No. 01+02/19 www.petpla.net 4 PETcontents 01+02/19 INSIDE TRACK Page 362412 3 Editorial 4 Contents 6 News 45 Products 46 PET bottles PREFORM PRODUCTION for Home + Personal Care 47 PET bottles 10 Productivity boost - Removal of preform for Beverage + Liquid Food cooling from the injection station increases 48 Patents productivity EDITOUR 12 Colouring the plastics world - Repi’s rising up in the US market BOTTLE MAKING 13 Minimising blockades - Attaining uptime in a sustainability driven PET bottle production world BOTTLING / FILLING 14 Cool fi lling - Bottling and palletising water Page right from its glacial source 31 CAPS AND CLOSURES CAPS & CLOSURES 16 A review of caps and closure developments MARKET SURVEY 18 Future challenges in cap handling - Voices from the industry on the EU strategy 28 Suppliers of resins and additives paper on Single Use Plastics 22 Maximum performance in minimum time - The fourth generation of El-Exis SP LABELLING 23 You can keep your cap on - Range of 31 Personalised labelling at the point of packaging tethered closures for screw and snap application - Flexible and environmentally-friendly labelling 24 The inline quality lab 32 Western style BBQ bottles - Rotary labeller for 26 Time for closure fl exible self-adhesive labelling 33 Dynamic labelling - Heuft launches ‘Tornado II Dynamic’ 34 Connected labelling - Packaging and decoration stepping into the virtual world 35 A second skin for PET containers - Sleeving PET detergents and body care products TRADE SHOW REVIEW 37 China Brew China Beverage 2018 40 All4Pack Paris 2018 Page 42 BrauBeviale Nuremberg 2018 23 44 The key to sustainability - Increased use of rPET in disposable PET bottles in Germany BUYER’S GUIDE 49 Get listed! PETplanet Insider Vol. 20 No. 01+02/19 www.petpla.net yellow.agency TOTALLY SWISS. A FAMILY OWNED SWISS COMPANY. OUR INJECTION MOULDS FOR PET AND PAC FEATURE THE FINEST TRADITIONAL SWISS CRAFTSMANSHIP. OTTO-HOFSTETTER.SWISS 6 Drink Technology India in Bengaluru: NEWS PETnews Event date postponed Drink Technology India (DTI) Bangalore has been post- poned at the request of the exhibitors. The trade fair will SGT launched its own now take place from April 10 to 12, 2019. The Bangalore International Expo Centre will remain the exhibition venue. plastics recycling unit The second event date of DTI in 2019 in New Delhi remains unchanged. Société Générale des Techniques (SGT) has decided to speed up its transition to a circular model. This is coming to The fair had been planned for the end of February (Febru- fruition with the creation of a recycled PET production unit at ary 28 to March 3) in Bengaluru and is mainly aimed at Indian its Chalon-sur-Saône site in France under the name “SGR”. exhibitors and visitors. The premiere of DTI in the metropolis has now been postponed following close consultation with The rPET produced by SGR is intended to enable SGT to the industry. Numerous Indian exhibitors had requested that respond to current market demands by assisting its custom- the event not be held at the planned date. The background ers with their own commitments to a circular and responsible to this is the production cycles and the annual statement of economy. SGR’s rPET production will have EFSA (European accounts of the companies that tie up the workforce during Food Safety Authority) and FDA (Food and Drug Administra- this period. Accordingly, the number of registrations for the tion) approval for food contact. This means that thanks to its new date has remained virtually unchanged: around 95 % preform production SGT will provide its customers with guar- of the Indian exhibitors who had already registered will also anteed supply and quality in the “bottle-to-bottle” principle. attend the new date. The international companies will also remain loyal to the event in April. In view of the varying SGR has invested € 7 m in its decontamination line which presence of the sectors in the Indian regions, the focus in has been recognised and validated by the food safety authori- Bengaluru is on fruit juices, beer, spirits, wine and liquid food. ties. This recycling unit will have an initial processing capacity of 12,000 t/a and will directly supply the preform production In 2019, DTI will take place twice. After the premiere in unit located at the same site, creating around ten jobs. It is Bengaluru, the event will be launched in New Delhi from scheduled to start operations in September 2019. December 5 to 7 as a combined fair with Pacprocess India, Indiapack and Food Pex India by Messe Düsseldorf. Mumbai With this new project which has the support of the remains the international hub for the beverage and liquid ADMEME and the Burgundy Franche Comté Region, SGT food industry in India, and the next event there will take states to make an active contribution to the collective objec- place from December 9 to 11, 2020. tive of developing a fairer and more environmentally-friendly economy. It provides used bottles with a second life so that www.drinktechnology-india.com they are seen as reusable resources. www.sgt-pet.com New study on the world market for plastic caps and closures Changing consumer patterns are revolutionising the packag- The different requirements for closures within the individual ing industry. The trend towards on-the-go products, for exam- application areas as well as the different designs of the types ple, is driving demand for resealable packaging. The current, of closures have an effect on the choice of the types of plas- second study on the world market for plastic caps and closures tics used. The study on the worldwide closures market offers by the market research institute Ceresana examines in detail separate fi gures for the market leaders polypropylene (PP) and the demand for the different types of closures: screw caps, polyethylene (HDPE and LDPE) as well as for polyethylene fl ip-top closures, disc-top closures, dispensers, spays, lids, terephthalate (PET), Polystyrene (PS), and the aggregate of and overcaps. In the next eight years, analysts at Ceresana “other plastics”.