PETpla.net Insider 04 / 2011

TRADE SHOW PREVIEW 43 PET planet insider Vol. 12 No. 04/11 www.petpla.net interpack 2011 Düsseldorf, 12 – 18 May Hall 14, Stand D14/E29 A seductively attractive way to economise: the new krones LitePac. www.krones.com Magplastic Hall 11 Booth C20 Bottle blowing flexibility Magplastic (Switzerland), part of the SIH Group, and supplier of linear mid output machines with particular expertise in the production of PET beverage containers will be presenting a newly developed PET bottle blowing machine capable of produc- ing bottles in sizes from 40ml to 2l. The new SSB03i was developed specifically for the demands of the Indian market, where Magplastic established a dedicated facility in Pune in 2004 in order to be able to respond quickly to the needs of this emerging sector. The machine offers a speed up to 3,800bph in a 3 cavity configuration blowing bottles from 40ml to 1l, and 1,800bph for bottles from 1.25 to 2l as a 2 cavity machine. The SSB03i has been developed in conjunction with Bisleri, India. Traditionally Bisleri sold mineral water in small bottles but its growing popularity combined with higher disposable incomes among many consumers led to increasing demand for larger sizes from 250ml up to 2l. While volumes are relatively low at present, Bisleri wanted a machine that was capable of producing a variety of sizes, both small and large, in order to be able to meet both current and future needs. www.magplastic.com Clarifying and nucleating agents for caps and closures Plastics additives producer Milliken will be exhibiting its Millad clarifying agents and Hyperform HPN nucleating agents, which can be used with injection or extrusion- compression moulding pro- cesses. Millad NX8000 helps produce clear PP parts with optical properties intended to enable processors to switch from ‘glass clear’ plastics. In combination with Milliken’s ClearTint colorants, Millad NX8000 allows the produc- tion of caps and closures with highly transparent, bright colours. There are two grades of Hyperform HPN for PP grades for caps and clo- sures: Hyperform HPN-20E; and Hyperform HPN-68L for applications where ‘pigment levelling’ is important. Milliken says that the additive raises the crystallisation tempera- ture of the polymer to override any nucleating effect created by the pigment, making part shrinkage the same what- ever the compound’s colour. Processors can use the same mould and processing condi- tions for production of caps and closures across the colour spectrum. www.millikenchemical.com Milliken Hall 10 Booth C32