PETpla.net Insider 01+02 / 2012

PET contents 01+02/12 4 PET planet insider Vol. 13 No. 01+02/12 www.petpla.net INSIDE TRACK 3 Editorial 4 Contents 6 News 34 Products 35 Bottles 36 Patents REGIONAL MARKET REPORT 14 Serbia Difficult market with high proportion of PET MARKET SURVEY 21 Suppliers of conveyors for preformsand empty bottles PREFORM PRODUCTION 10 Ace of base Netstal’s ‘LightBase’ process 12 Lighter PET bottle necks Sipa’s latest processes for ightweighting bottles BOTTLE MAKING 26 A lidl less weight Debut for Krones lightweight bottle BOTTLING / FILLING 28 Silver Springs strikes gold Silver Springs Bottled Water company implements the KHS InnoPET BloFill monoblock concept CAPPING / CLOSURES 30 New caps for new markets Corvaglia drives for lighter one-piece caps and broader applications 32 Slimmer means fitter Bericap’ s range of slimmer closure system solutions Page 10 Page 26 BUYER’S GUIDE 37 Get listed! Page 30 Light weighting SPECIAL