PETpla.net Insider 01+02 / 2012

REGIONAL MARKET REPORTS 17 PET planet insider Vol. 13 All ten lines are made up of linked individual machines: three Sidel, one Krupp and one Sipa blower, fillers come basically from KHS although there is also a Procomac, labellers from a range of suppliers and the packer always comes from SMI. “Serbia has a very eventful past and as a result we have used a range of suppliers depending on the year and the underlying situation“ says Production Man- ager Goran Savović. He has been with the company for 20 years and loves all his machines whatever their pedigree and manages well with the colourful mixture of machines. The newest line is a Hotfill KHS line for 0.2l juice. This is fully automated including the syrup room. The largest PET line bottles 24 000bph of 1.5l still water. It is on to this line that Zorica Vukčević Kljajić, COO, is intending to introduce the lightweight 1881 at the start of 2012. “The other PET lines will follow bit by bit“ she states. This will mean that the weight will fall from 39g to 37g for 1.5l of carbonated water. They are not bothered about getting any more out of it. As regards the still waters, however, they are definitely keen to make more savings. Here they are look- ing at getting the weight of the bottle down from 37g to 30g˅. “We can only do this with a new design bottle that is at the same time still aligned to the design we have used hitherto” says Milan Vujović, Marketing Director. The preform and caps suppliers in Serbia already have sufficient capacity avail- able to them for the new 1881. As a one-time market leader in the former Yugosla- via, the company still com- mands a high market share in Bosnia and Montenegro. It is the premium brand Knjaz Miloš that is doing very well in these countries. Still water there is exposed to strong local competitive pressures. In addi- tion to this they supply to many other countries in the world, not always in large quantities but sufficient to make it worth- while. A total of 67 different decorations are thus featured. www.knjaz.co.rs Goran Savovic Production Manager has been looking after the machinery at Knjaz Miloš for 20 years