PETpla.net Insider 10 / 2011

PET news 6 PET planet insider Vol. 12 No. 10/11 www.petpla.net Corvaglia opens new laboratory Swiss closures company Corvaglia has invested in a new laboratory. It says that the lab has been furnished with state- of-the-art equipment and is able to carry out testing to real- world standards, including vent slot efficiency, opening torque and compressive strength. The laboratory will supervise both new closure development and volume production. www.corvaglia.ch KraussMaffei expansion plans in China Since it was founded in 2001, KraussMaffei with its three brands KraussMaffei, KraussMaffei Berstorff and Netstal has been gaining growing acceptance among customers in China. After combining its competencies and strengths under one organizational roof this year, the company wants to utilize future opportunities in the Chinese market with a wider range of products and services. „We want to clearly increase our operations in the Chinese market and expand our business activities, thus generating growth. We already supply products to renowned groups and are intending to expand our plant in Haiyan in the next few years on account of the rising demand“, says Harald Schweitzer, Managing Director of the Chinese sub- sidiary. www.krauss-maffei.de Amut acquires Comer Engineering Italian extrusion, thermoforming and recycling com- pany Amut spA has recently acquired Comer Engineer- ing, which is headquartered at Maserada sul Piave, Treviso, Italy. Comer has particular competence in lines and plants for sorting and treatment of solid, industrial and similar urban waste; sorting and treatment of plastics and tyres; and handling, sorting and treatment of other materials. Amut says that the acquisition provides direct technical and commercial synergy and is built on years of cooperation between the two companies. It is aiming to exploit positive trends in the plastics recycling market. A new company, named Amut Ecotech, has been formed from the acquisition, which is intended to provide a com- plete, integrated range of services related to the recy- cle of urban solid waste and to reinforce the company’s position in the field of plastics washing and recycling. The new company has already commenced activities and has received orders for €10 million. www.amut.it Bepex installs recycling system in Vietnam Bepex International, which specialises in process development and equipment for the food, chemical, mineral, and polymer industries, has signed an agree- ment with Vietnam’s Thanh Tai Gas Company to custom design, manufacture and deliver the first in its new line of plastic bottle recycling systems, called BePET. The FDA- approved system will allow Thanh Tai to recycle up to 1.5 billion PET bottles per year. The system allows the pro- cessing plant operator to control both decontamination of the plastic and product intrinsic viscosity (IV) at the same time, and in solid form. The system’s process design is claimed to offer operating and capital cost savings of up to 60%, compared to currently available recycling sys- tems. The first line of Thanh Tai’s system will be installed and fully operational by January 2012. A second, parallel line will be installed to expand capacity to produce differ- ent IV plastic for a variety of applications, including for the food packing industry. www.bepex.com  www.bepet.com New Managing Director for MHT USA MHT USA, LLC., a subsidiary of the German com- pany MHT Mold & Hotrunner Technology AG, has appointed Christian Wagner as Managing Director as of September 1, 2011. Wagner is a graduate engineer in mechanical engineering and has been employed in the company since the establishment of MHT Germany in 1996. Most recently he has been responsible for the development of new moulds as well as all patent matters. He will manage the North American business and support Andreas Krampe, who has been the Director of Pro- jects since the beginning of 2010. MHT USA had been managed temporarily by the CFO of the German parent company. www.mht-usa.com pet-recycling.com