PETpla.net Insider 03 / 2011

NEWS 10 PET planet insider Vol. 12 No. 03/11 www.petpla.net DRYING HAS NEVER BEEN THIS EFFICIENT: ETA plus® LUXOR - now available with ETA plus ® ETA plus ® considerably reduces energy consumption and protects materials. When it comes to drying, saving energy is a key concern. We have developed a system that combines airflow regulation with a temperature adjustment feature – that can be disabled if required –and efficient waste heat recovery. The result? A drying system that cuts energy consumption by up to 64%: ETA plus ® . motan-colortronic gmbh info@motan-colortronic.de www.motan-colortronic.com New CEO for Mold-Masters Mr William Barker has been appointed Chief Execu- tive Officer of the Mold-Masters Group of Companies, effective December 6, 2010. Mr Barker has over 20 years of experience as a CEO/General Manager of high tech- nology industrial manufacturing companies with a global footprint, most recently with Rexam PLC and Textron Inc. He has been a board member of both publicly traded and private equity owned companies. www.moldmasters.com 50 th anniversary, New ‘Packworld’ centre for Greiner Packaging Austrian company Greiner Packaging International celebrated its 50 th anniversary with the opening of its new ‘Packworld’ innovation and communications centre. The facility, located at the former Llosent & Forschner Korken GmbH factory in Oberwaltersdorf, near Vienna, offers conference and meeting rooms, a gastronomy sector and a lounge. The advanced facility is intended to be used for lectures, seminars, meetings and other communication and presentation events on the subject of packaging. The official opening ceremony, on September 30 th 2010, saw a number of long-service and loyalty presentations to com- pany employees. Greiner Packaging International employs a workforce of 2,878 employees at 28 production sites in Europe. The company achieved annual sales of €357 mil- lion in 2009. www.greiner-gpi.com Petainer acquires Rostiprimpac Specialist plastics packaging technology business Petainer has purchased PET packaging manufacturer Rostimprac AB, based in Norrkoping in Sweden, and Rostiprimpac Verpackungen GmbH based in Leinefelde, Germany, from A.P. Moller Maersk. Petainer intends to develop new products and markets following the acquisi- tion. Petainer, a European designer and manufacturer of plastics (primarily PET) packaging has manufactur- ing plants at As in the Czech Republic and Lidkoping in Sweden, where it also has an R&D centre. The company has sales offices in Germany and the United Kingdom. www.petainer.com Indorama renames PET resins range Indorama Ventures has changed the names of the PET resins produced at its facilities in Rotterdam and Working- ton, because of the expiry of its Technical License Agree- ment with Eastman Chemical. Indorama emphasised that the move is purely a change of name and there is no change whatsoever to either the raw material make-up or the production processes used and does not indicate anything else. The changes took effect on March 1, 2011. The former and new names can be found on Indorama’s website. www.indoramaplymers.eu