PETpla.net Insider 03 / 2010

NEWS 7 PET planet insider Vol. 11 No. 03/10 www.petpla.net Wild and KKR form a strategic partnership After 80 years as a family business, natural ingredient pro- ducer Rudolf Wild GmbH & Co. KG is to become a public com- pany. On 1 January 2010, international investor Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co (KKR) acquired shares in the German company, including subsidiaries in 11 countries. The business will continue under the leadership of the current management. Wild intends to target foreign markets with KKR’s financial support, with the aim of building a global flavours business through its global network and acquisitions. Dr. Hans-Peter Wild will be the majority shareholder. The fruit preparation businesses of Rudolf Wild GmbH & Co. KG in Germany, France and Poland will not be affected by the announced transaction. Also Deutsche SiSi Werke with its lead- ing brand Capri-Sonne/Capri-Sun and Indag (Wild’s technology centre) will continue to be fully owned by Dr. Wild. www.wild.de  www.kkr.com Water conservation award for United Breweries Indian beverage company United Breweries Ltd (UB) has been named India’s ‘Best Water Conserver – Waste Water Management’ for 2009–10. UB has significantly reduced water consumption in all its breweries in India over a sus- tained period. Many of its breweries now have world-class water consumption standards, with waste water treated through secondary and tertiary processes being recycled within the plant for some applications. Most have internal rainwater harvesting systems and it also sponsors rainwater harvesting projects in Kerala and Rajasthan. Sudhir Jain, deputy vice-president operations (S&W) was presented with the award by Shri Pawan Kumar Bansal, minister for parliamentary affairs & water resources, at a ceremony in New Delhi on 9 January. Mr Jain also accepted the Corporate Social Responsibility Award for Water Practices from Mr. Armoogum Parsuramen, Director & UNESCO Rep- resentative for India, Bhutan, Sri Lanka & Maldives. www.theubgroup.com Successful testing for 40,000/bph labelling machines Sacmi and Coca-Cola have recently concluded a success- ful test of two Sacmi Opera 200 Roll Fed 18T S1/E1 labelling machines, at a special speed setting of 40,000 2l PET bottles/h. Coca-Cola’s Edmonton, UK, plant has six working lines produc- ing small and large format products. It is one of seven Coca-Cola Enterprise Ltd plants in the UK, which together produce 650,000 packages daily – nearly 260 million per year. Sacmi’s Opera 200 Roll Fed is an automatic rotating labelling machine, which can work cylindrical and shaped containers and can also apply either partial or full labels made of a variety of materials. Labelling stations are equipped with two self contained coil supports, film tension control and automatic rectification that maintains vertical positioning. Film is transferred from the roll to the bottle by ‘vacant’ technology. It is designed for ease of use, low maintenance and continuous operation. www.sacmilabelling.com EREMA Engineering Recycling Maschinen und Anlagen Ges.m.b.H. Freindorf · Unterfeldstr. 3 · P.O.B. 38 · A-4052 Ansfelden/Linz · Austria Phone (43)732/3190-0 · Fax (43)732/3190-23 · erema@erema.at We know how. www.erema.at VACUREMA PRIME Up to 10% IV increase without energy intensive classic SSP process FDA approved, ILSI-conform Very low total energy consumption from 0,25Kw/kg pellet only More than 100 plants delivered worldwide YOUR MOST ECONOMIC WAY TO HIGH QUALITY BTB REGRANULATE PET BOTTLE RECYCLING BY VACUREMA