PETpla.net Insider 05 / 2010

NEWS 9 PET planet insider Vol. 11 No. 05/10 www.petpla.net New ‘Aptar Group’ branding for Emsar, Seaquist, Indigo by Valois, and Pfeiffer Airlessystems, Emsar, Indigo by Valois, Pfeiffer, Seaquist Closures, Seaquist Perfect Dispensing and Valois are to be rebranded by their longstanding parent company as Aptar Group. The business recently announced that it would, in 2010, undertake a strategic realign- ment of its business lines in order to focus on three market segments: Aptar Beauty + Home, Aptar Food + Beverage and Aptar Pharma. Aptar Food + Beverage will be fully opera- tional by early 2011. Production and sales will be organised on a regional basis, with the backing of global development teams. It will, in addition, further focus on innovation in dispens- ing systems, the company says. www.aptar.com Renaming of Amcor business Michigan-based Amcor PET Packaging has been renamed Amcor Rigid Plastics, as a result of the reorganisation of seven business units follow- ing the US$1.9 billion acquisition of parts of Alcan Packaging by Amcor Ltd. Amcor Rigid Plastics consists of Amcor PET Packaging; Bericap North America, a plastic closures joint venture between Amcor and the Bericap Group; and the plastics container unit of Alcan’s global pharmaceutical busi- ness. Bill Long, who had been president of Amcor PET Packaging, will head up the new business. The company said that the acquisition of Alcan’s phar- maceutical rigid container business will complement Amcor’s current plastics packaging business, which produces PET packaging for the beverage, food, and non-food industries. Alcan’s rigid container pharmaceutical business produces containers made of PP, PE, and PET for over-the-counter drugs, vitamins, and other pharmaceutical needs. www.amcor.com Low-output rebranding reflects acquisition In early 2009, Krones AG increased its shareholding in Kosme SRL, of Roverbella, Italy, to 100 per cent and extended its market reach into low-output beverage and filling technol- ogy. Kosme is comprised of two business units: Kosme GmbH in Austria and Kosme s.r.l. in Italy. Since spring 2010, the new subsidiaries have been using the Krones logo but with a difference: the Kosme corpo- rate colour of orange has been retained. The company says that this is intended to denote the overall group affiliation while ensuring that Kosme equip- ment remains easily identifiable. Kosme Italy focuses primarily on labelling, filling, packaging and conveyor technologies, with output ranges up to approxi- mately 18,000 containers an hour. Kosme Austria is responsi- ble for developing and manu- facturing stretch blow-moulding technology. Kosme will work with Krones AG in research and development, so that it can incorporate empirical feedback from Krones technology in its own products. Its customers can also use Krones’ worldwide Life- Cycle Service. www.krones.com