PETpla.net Insider 12 / 2010

REGIONAL MARKET REPORTS 10 PET planet insider Vol. 11 No. 12/10 www.petpla.net Part 4 France by Wolfgang von Schroeter Part 4 of our series “Focus on France” is devoted to a company whose significance in the PET market, past, present and future, is difficult to overestimate: Artenius PET Pack- aging Europe (APPE). Although the company has faced a number of problems recently, Jean-Marc Rostagno, Managing Director, was anxious to give a clear message to the market about the com- pany’s prospects and invited PETplanet to share his thoughts with our readers. The message is clear: APPE was drawn into the turmoil connected with the re-structuring of the Spanish parent company La Seda Barcelona (LSB), but the disruptions, both internal and external, caused by this re- structuring are now firmly in the past. The company is now looking forward to resuming its major role in the French PET market. APPE has facilities in Beaune, the first and largest PET recycling operation in Europe, and also in Bierne, which is the biggest PET converter in France. In the next, and concluding, part of our Focus on France” series, we will be looking at Retal France and Bericap France. April 28, 2010 Artenius PET Packaging Europe (APPE) recycling plant in Beaune Frédéric Blanchard, Plant Director of APPE Beaune Regional market reports France Part 4