PETpla.net Insider 03 / 2012

PRODUCTS 43 PET planet insider Vol. 13 No. 03/12 www.petpla.net Naturally light MarketResearch.com estimates that the demand for eco-packaging will grow 6%/year until 2015 and compa- nies, to meet this demand, will have to reconsider their own packaging and their own productive system in the light of eco-sustainability. The project of 5l LW, developed by P.E.T. Engineering in collaboration with Novapet, Spain and Side, Spain, makes it possible to turn a market trend into a business opportu- nity. The companies in the team have developed the 5l LW as an alternative to those bottlers who have a significant proportion of their turnover devoted to the manufacture of 5l containers. This has made those companies reduce the process of lightweighting even though they have concerns about the environ- ment. The 5l LW container has been developed in two main versions, one to be filled up with nitrogen which weights 60g, and another one without nitrogen with a weight of 64g. The mechanical performance is equal to the 5l bottle weighing 74g and 78g currently in the market, due to the particular structure of the bottle. Ultra-light containers of big formats need special solutions to avoid the phenomenon of over-stretching and its consequent opaque effect in the base. Novapet, Spain, is the supplier of the material and has permitted the proto- typing of preforms, together with the preform design of P.E.T. Engineering. The X_TREME resin, which is able to achieve a good level of stretching up to 22 instead of 14, like in standard PET, is designed for the manufacture of lightweight bottles. The combina- tion of P.E.T. Engineering technology and Novapet’s lightweighting PET resin makes it possible to produce a con- tainer which is claimed to be 18-23% lighter than the rest of the products currently on the market. According to P.E.T. Engineering the process of stretch-blowing the performs with the Novapet material provides an energy saving up to 23% compared to the blowing of preforms made with stand- ard PET. The containers have been blown on the Side TMS 2002e-G, latest generation Side machine. www.petengineering.com www.novapet.es www.side.es Recycling line recoSTAR PET iV+ Ongoing PET recycling innovation, quality and state-of-the-art technology, a full range of consulting services – brought to you by Starlinger. Visit us at: Chinaplas 2012, April 18 – 21, Hall W1, Booth B41 ITM Istanbul 2012, April 21 – 24, Hall 2 NPE 2012, April 1 – 5, Booth 7571 Petfood Forum 2012, April 2 – 4 6WDUOLQJHU +HDG 2IßFH 6RQQHQXKUJDVVH 9LHQQD $XVWULD _ 7 ) UHF\FOLQJ#VWDUOLQJHU FRP ZZZ UHF\FOLQJ VWDUOLQJHU FRP _ $ PHPEHU RI 6WDUOLQJHU *URXS