PETpla.net Insider 01+02 / 2012

PET news 6 PET planet insider Vol. 13 No. 01+02/12 www.petpla.net Husky completes sales reorganisation Husky Injection Molding Systems has announced that Gerardo Chiaia has been named Vice-President, Global Sales for Beverage Packaging and that Mike Urquhart has been named Vice-President, Global Sales for Packaging Systems. They will both continue as members of the company’s executive team. Husky says that these announcements complete the tran- sition of its global sales force to a market-based organisation. Mr. Chiaia joined Husky in 1996 and served as its sales leader for Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and Africa since January 2010. Mr Urquhart joined the company in 1980 and has been Vice-President, Americas Sales since 2010. www.husky.ca Polyester & PET Chain 2012 The 16 th Annual Polyester and PET Chain World Congress takes place at the Swissotel, Zurich, Switzerland, from February 15-16 2012, with registration and a reception on February 14. Buehler, the producer of CP, SSP and RPET plants is offering a post-congress open house site visit on February 17. . Dis- cussions will centre on strategies for coping with the uncertain global business conditions, future supply and demand chal- lenges. A major focus will be the projected growth of world-wide polyester capacities in the various technologies and applica- tions from the current level of around 64 million tons. The future availability of 100% bio-based PET resins will be discussed by Coca-Cola, while Appe will present on the protection of oxygen- sensitive food products with novel PET barrier materials. Pos- sible migration of catalysts, additive and other resin residues will be reviewed by Fraunhofer. Further packaging presentations include PET colouring and reheat preform additives by ColorMa- trix, recycling of PET film laminates by the Parc Corp, and the efficiency, quality, testing and economic enhancements for RPET with filtration and recycling by Chemspeed, Erema, Kreyenborg, Starlinger and others. PET reactor technologies and products and advances in the Russian markets will also be covered. www.mbspolymer.com/polyester New Artenius PET resin line combines virgin PET and rPET Artenius Elite is a newly-developed PET packaging material from Artenius, the PET division of La Seda de Barcelona, S.A (LSB). It combines virgin PET resin and post-consumer recycled PET (rPET) as feedstock. Its chemical process replaces conventional non-renewable petrochemical raw materials with recycled material, which reduces the use of natural resources and helps to cut the environmental carbon footprint. It is available in nine different kinds of resins, designed to meet various packing and moulding process needs. The Artenius Elite formulation has been specifically developed for bever- age packaging, including both still and carbonated water, and soft drinks. The product is suitable for processing for stretch blow moulding in one- and two-stage processes, depending on the base resin employed. Artenius claims that all products in the Artenius Elite family of resins meet beverage package manufacturing demands in terms of mechanical strength, colour and transparency. The material is produced under a proprietary chemical recy- cling process, which begins when clean recycled PET is de-polymerized and mixed with standard virgin PET raw materials, integrating both types of compounds into the re-polymerization process. Decontamination challenge tests carried out by Fraunhofer Institute established that the production process results in resins as pure as 100% virgin resin, even under worst-case contamination sce- narios. The European Food Safety Agency (EFSA) has ruled that the Artenius Elite process should not be treated differently from monomers manufactured by chemical synthesis. The process has also been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) through a non- objection letter. Artenius Elite is currently produced in the Artenius Italia, S.p.A Italian factory. The factory at El Prat, Spain, will begin manufacture of the new product during Q2 2012. www.laseda.es Management changes at DAK DAK Americas LLC, of Charlotte, NC, USA, a wholly- owned subsidiary of Alfa S.A.B. de C.V. of Monterrey, Mexico, has announced that Jorge Young has been promoted to the position of President and Chief Execu- tive Officer. Young assumes the position of President and CEO with the retirement of Hector Camberos, who will be returning to Argentina and assuming the leadership of DAK Americas’ Argentina PET Business. Young has been with DAK Americas since it was established and has been serving as the Executive Vice President - PET Resins since 2007. DAK’s executive team is to be expanded and the following appointments were also announced: Jon McNaull, currently Vice President – Polyester Staple Fibers becomes Vice President – Resins at DAK’s PET Resins Business; Tom Sherlock, Business Director – PET Resins is promoted to Vice President – Specialty Polymers; and Mark Ruday, formerly President of the newly-acquired Wellman, Inc., will become Vice President - Fibers. DAK Americas’ production capacity is over 4.3 billion lbs/a(19 million t/a). www.dakamericas.com Creative Closure Technology becomes Creative Competence Technology Creative Closure Technology GmbH has been renamed, as at November 1st 2011 and is now known as Creative Competence Technology GmbH. Creative Closure Tech- nology has been active in the market for 15 years, initially in the field of closures development and the marketing of patents for the beverage industry. In the subsequent years its markets, products, distribution channels and the com- pany itself have changed. Creative Competence Technology now offers a wide range of new products within the scope of the beverage industry, from the development of closures and preforms through to supply of turnkey closure and/or preform production units. The change of name is accompa- nied by a change to the company’s logo and a new website, which will be available soon.