PETpla.net Insider 09 / 2011

PET news 6 PET planet insider Vol. 12 No. 09/11 www.petpla.net First MTR plant in Europe starts up In the spring of 2011 Uhde Inventa-Fischer and Alco- Naphtha JSC started up the first MTR PET production plant to be built on European soil. The plant, located at Alco- Naphtha JSC’s site in Kaliningrad, has an annual capac- ity of 240,000t, making it currently the biggest single-train PET plant in Europe. Uhde Inventa-Fischer’s MTR process replaces the SSP (solid-state post condensation) process and is claimed to reduce energy and maintenance costs, with lower feedstock consumption and capital investment than conventional methods. The process is based on Uhde Inventa-Fischer’s 2-reactor high-viscosity technology and applies the patented Espree and Discage reactors to ensure sustained high-melt viscosity PET production. Uhde Inventa- Fischer’s services included permit engineering, basic and detail engineering, supply of all plant equipment, supervi- sion during construction, installation and commissioning, and operating personnel training. Sister company OOO Uhde, of Dzerzhinsk, provided local compliance services. www.uhde-inventa-fisch er.com drinktec to co-organise China Brew & China Beverage Under a contract signed in Beijing on August 2, 2011, drinktec has committed to co-organising CBB (China Brew & China Beverage), the International Brew & Beverage Processing Technology and Equipment Exhibition for China, until least 2024. The contracting parties are MMG (Messe München GmbH), the organiser of drinktec, and its subsidi- ary MMI Shanghai, and Beijing Zhongqing Heli International Exhibition Corporation (BZHC) as the co-organisers, and the China National United Equipment Group Corporation (CNUE) as the licensee of CBB. The agreement covers a total of seven events, the first to be held from 19 to 22 September 2012 at the new China International Exhibition Centre in Beijing. MMG and MMI Shanghai will be the con- tact and contracting party for all international, non-Chinese exhibitors at CBB. The contract marks the provisional con- clusion of talks that started in Autumn 2009 and which ini- tially resulted in a marketing agreement covering CBB 2010. A total of 583 exhibitors took part in CBB 2010, 225 of them from outside China. www.drinktec.com Simei/Enovitis 2011 to showcase vine and olive technology Simei and Enovitis, the International Oenological and Bottling Equipment Exhibition and the Vine and Olive Growing Techniques trade show will run from Novem- ber 22 -26, 2011 at the Milan Fairground in Rho. The 24 th edition of Simei will present the last developments in the wine-growing and producing sector and provide an inter- national showcase for technical innovations in production, bottling and packaging of wine and of other beverages. Labelling, packaging and bottling equipment companies will exhibit in halls 13 and 15 of Simei. Manufacturers of equipment for oil, wine and juice processing will occupy halls 9 and 11. The eighth Enovitis will exhibit vineyard equipment and the latest technologies for vine-growing. The exhibition programme includes a series of techni- cal meetings and scientific conferences with international speakers, as well as the award of the Viticultural and Oenological Innovation Prize, organised in cooperation with Unione Italiana Vini. Up to 90% of available space had been booked by June 2011, by Italian and interna- tional companies. Online pre-registration is available and location plans will be published from October. www.simei.it  www.enovitis.it Krones earnings up in H1 2011 Krones AG, the beverage filling and packaging tech- nology company, has reported increased sales, orders and earnings before taxes (EBT) for the first half of 2011 (H1 2011). The company says that it has profited from the cyclical upturn and the initiatives it has taken to improve performance, including more efficient production meth- ods. Sales increased by 16.8% in H1 2011 over H1 2010, to a new company record of €1257.5 million. Sales in April-June 2011 were €650.8 million, up 19.9% on 2010. H1 2011 order bookings rose by 19.8% compared to 2010, from €1104.9 to €1323.4 million. Highest growth rates in order bookings were in Africa/Near East, in East- ern Europe and the CIS nations, and in Central Europe. The highest order bookings in absolute figures came from China. At the end of June 2011, Krones had outstanding orders worth €974.6 million (2010: €917.2 million). EBT was €69.2 million, (2010: €32.0 million). EBT margin was 5.5% (2010: 3.0%). After taxes, Krones earned €49.2 mil- lion in H1 2011. Earnings per share were €1.62. The com- pany says that the global economy remains on course for growth although uncertainty continues. Krones is confi- dent that the situational conditions will remain favourable overall during the second half of 2011. www.krones.com