PETpla.net Insider 04 / 2011

PET contents 04/11 4 PET planet insider Vol. 12 No. 04/11 www.petpla.net INSIDE TRACK 3 Editorial 4 Contents 6 News 48 Products 52 Bottles 54 Personal Care 55 Patents BUYER’S GUIDE 57 Get listed! CAPS / CLOSURES 38 It’s closures time Asian soft drinks consumption continues to drive future closure demand 40 A feather in their caps One-stop shop for cap moulds with various ejection systems TRADESHOW PREVIEW 42 Interpack, Düsseldorf, Germany, May 12 - 18, 2011 PET - AFTERLIFE 57 PET art ojects PET bottle artistically transformed into Chinese lucky fish MATERIALS / RECYCLING 10 Conical and co-rotating New conical technology boosts rPET processing PREFORM PRODUCTION 14 Moisture marks A rapid guide to perfect preforms, part 19 16 From commodities to custom-made items A visit at Retal Uniplast / Ukraine 20 Stars old and new in the heavens Manjushree, Bangalore, India Page 28 Page 20 BOTTLE MAKING 24 A great diversity PETplanet Zoom: Analysys and comparison of bottles from Egypt, Kenya and South Africa 28 Faster stretching. lighter bottle Research into energy optimised stretch blow moulder 35 Design to perform Optimizing high pressure air blowing energy costs MARKET SURVEY 31 Suppliers of caps and closures for PET bottles Page 14 Page 40