PETpla.net Insider 12 / 2010

NEWS 7 PET planet insider Vol. 11 No. 12/10 www.petpla.net More regional expertise and 24-hour parts shipment from Husky Husky Injection Molding Systems has announced an increase in its global field support network, including more beverage packaging system specialists, faster parts ship- ment and enhanced global call centre capabilities, Sean Weir, Husky’s General Manager of Global Customer Sup- port, said that the measures are intended to enable the company to respond more quickly and effectively to cus- tomer needs, around the world. It is increasing inventory levels in all regions and streamlining logistics, consolidating management of these activities into one global system. Husky plans a 20% increase in dedicated service and support technicians in the field. They will have a new global fleet of service vehicles equipped with the necessary tools to ensure they can get on site and resolve issues faster. The company says that larger regional teams will also improve responsiveness, allowing customers to achieve faster start-ups and to raise uptime levels. It aims to have a specialist is in a customer’s facility within 24 hours after a processing issue has been identified. Husky has also invested in improved technology and added resources for its call centres, which will be more regionally aligned so that customers will deal as much as possible with the same expert. www.husky.ca Siapi for jars and single serve Esterform, UK, has selected Siapi’s technology and experi- ence for a new project, which is to offer a complete range of innovative jars in PET as an alternative to the traditional glass formats. Also due to English law, which has always imposed the development of eco-sustainable packaging, Esterform developed PET jars to minimize the impact of the materials as well as the lower transport costs. Thanks to the experience it has gathered in this sector and the constant increase in efforts by its Research and Development depart- ment, Sisai provided Esterform with support in developing the relative preforms and optimizing the profile. According to Siapi, the mechanical characteristics of the containers were improved thanks to an optimal distribution of wall thicknesses. Pepsico International selects the Siapi platform for their newAquafina container PepsiCo International has entrusted Siapi a world-wide reference for the large format market for more than 10 years, with the creation of their new Aquafina containers that will be produced using the EA2S blow-molding machine. In this way it has decided to invest in the Middle East, focusing on one way technology. Interest in one way solutions has appeared timidly recently in this emerging market, but only now thanks to Pep- si’s forward-thinking approach, signs of change are appearing, involving the entire sector. As a result, Siapi has developed for the multinational a 17.5l water container for distributors, which is distinguished by packaging that is extremely innovative, especially from the point of view of its weight (only 340g). The developed container is blown by the EA2S machine for large formats: a stretch blow-moulding, 2 cavity machine for creating large format containers up to 20l that can be configured with the automatic system for inserting the handle during or after the blowing phase, the HandleMatic 360° system. More capacity for IPP International Process Plants (IPP) has recently increased its PET holdings with the purchase of high margin speciality grade PET bottle grade resin and PET fibre and textile lines. IPP has also acquired two complete PET facilities in the USA and Germany, making it the largest company of its type and a leader in the global PET market. The company now has over 70 complete plants in its inventory, offering a range of speciality PET lines. It has seven solid state polymerisation plants, ranging from 43 to 300t/day and a further seven speciality staple fibre continuous polym- erisation lines, producing from 78 to 100t/day. Eleven resin continuous polymerisation lines, producing 93 to 434 tons/day of speciality grade polyester fibre, textile and PET, 17 spinning lines (39 to 50t/day); 18 stretch-draw lines (46 to 57t/day); and six filament spinning lines (15 to 44t/day) complete its produc- tion portfolio. The plants use FII Design and various other technologies. Ancillary to their PET holdings, IPP has eight 750t Trane Absorption chillers; nine other chillers; eight hot-oil boilers; four steam boilers; and a range of air compressors. As well as complete PET manufacturing lines, IPP also has a number of PET handling equipment and systems avail- able. The company is a worldwide buyer and seller of com- plete process plants and equipment. It has offices in twelve countries and over 20,000 major pieces of process equipment located worldwide. Its business model is to purchase industrial plants globally, take on site liabilities and then utilise the on- site infrastructure to restore industrial activity. Its customers include leading Fortune 500 companies. IMD Ltd. Switzerland / www.imdvista.ch Swiss Made … more than a VISION SYSTEM _ Complete System Solution _ INOX Line (all in stainless steel) _ Vision System with COLOR cameras _ Self-learn functions _ Inline for 100% inspection _ Easy & fast product change _ Very compact Closure Testing Preform Testing