PETpla.net Insider 11 / 2010

TRADE SHOW PREVIEW 34 PET planet insider Vol. 11 No. 11/10 www.petpla.net Brau Beviale 2010 in Nuremberg, Germany will host 1,400 exhibitors. At this year’s impor- tant exhibition for the beverage industry some 34,000 visitors from November 10–12, 2010 are expected at the fairground in Nurem- berg. At hall 7A at Brau Beviale the Exhibi- tors Forum and the two theme pavilions are located. The “Energy & Water” theme pavilion, which is organized together with the Compe- tence Pool Weihenstephan of Munich Techni- cal University, focuses on renewable energy, rational energy conversion, cogeneration units, contracting, disinfection, and recovery, analysis and treatment of water. The “Future Beverage Industry 20XX” theme pavilion ventures a look into the future of the beverage industry. The beverage industry faces great challenges: How can costs be cut? What technologies help to increase production? How can quality management be improved? Wirtschaftsvereinigung Alkoholfreie Getränke (wafg), the German employers association of non-alcoholic beverage manufacturers, offers a workshop for its members and exhi- bition visitors. The exchange of opinions on “Beverage packages – Challenges for bever- age producers” starts at 2 p.m. on Thursday afternoon (11.11.) in the Neu-Delhi room of CCN Ost. The PETnology Europe Confer- ence in Tokio hall of CCN Ost will take place on Monday and Tuesday before the exhibition starts (8./9.11.). The exhibition centre will be open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. In this tradeshow preview we bring you a short preview of the exhibitors of particular interest to Pet bottle fillers. KHS Combined operator-machine interface KHS Gmbh will be showing its newly-developed HMI (human-machine interface) machine operator system, which the company developed in collaboration with Fraun- hofer IAO Institute. The graphic design of the interface is the work of Projekttriangle Design Studio. KHS says that the new HMI is that it brings together a number of machine operator interfaces to form a uniform system. Both individual machines and entire production lines can be controlled and monitored on a single interface. The company says this is a first. The user interface is claimed to offer greater ease-of-use, with recognisable and easily- memorable icons and clear, interactive handling instruc- tions. The HMI system has been conferred a ‘red dot’ quality award by Design Zentrum Nordrhein-Westfalen. www.khs.com Hall 5 | Booth 127 Aptar Food + Beverage Caps and closures solutions Aptar Food + Beverage is part of the Aptargroup family of companies, along with Aptar Beauty + Home and Aptar Pharma. It designs, develops and manufactures dispens- ing systems for leading food and beverage manufacturers. Aptar will be exhibiting a range of dispensing solutions and will be talking to visitors about its global distribution and support network, as well as discussing tailor-made and specialized solutions for the beverage market. www.aptar.com Hall 4 | Booth 336