PETpla.net Insider 09 / 2011

BOTTLE MAKING 33 PET planet insider Vol. 12 No. 09/11 www.petpla.net Nissei ASB - globally Nissei ASB estimate that a global total of 8,600 single stage systems are installed – working with three to four moulds each. Nissei ASB partici- pates in the market with approx. 6,000 units - i.e. with approx. 70% market share. In fiscal year 2009/2010: 445 machines and 1,030 moulds were supplied to 65 countries world wide. Market areas:  47% Asia  23% Europe  20% America  11% Japan Nissei ASB – in Europe Nissei ASB has a delivery record in Europe of over 1.000 units covering some 370 accounts/customers, 80% of which are independent converters such as RPC, APPE, M&H – PET Power, Graham Packaging, Promens, Actipack, Obeck, Sauer, Rebhan, Ger- resheimer, Hanex, Masterchem - 20% of which are brand owners such as Henkel, P&G, Danone/FR, Nestle/CH, Tupperware. Karel Keersmaekers: “Single stage is pushing the technical boundaries of bottle development.” “We have positioned Nissei ASB in a market of many niche applications for PET. We are not a player focus- sing too much on beverages. Instead we go for the huge number of other applications. Every week together with our customers we develop yet another innovative application. Thus we have become specialists in high end cosmetic markets, beauty and health products, with very big wall containers, in pharmaceuticals, syrups, animal medicine, detergents, and others.” Karel Keersmaekers is MD of Nissei ASBs subsidiary located in the industrial zone of suburban Düs- seldorf - with offices for engineering and service, store for machines await delivery and a stock of spares. He is also Executive Officer at the Head Office of the mother company in Japan. Top positions of Japanese compa- nies are usually occupied by Japa- nese – Keersmaekers, Belgian by birth, being an exception. Which is reason enough to take a closer look at Keersmaekers as a person: He Nissei ASB “Rather win the market than beat the competition.” A meeting with Karel Keersmaekers, MD of Nissei ASB Europe Head Office and main factory Komoro, Nagano-Ken, Japan Manufacturing sites Komoro/Japan, Mumbai/India, Shanghai/China Sales Offices 16 Date of establishment November 8, 1978 Capital 3,860 million JPY = € 33 million Sales 2009/2020 16,822 million JPY = € 146 million Export 90% Stock Exchange Jasdaq Number of employees 1,100 Nissei ASB mould applications