PETpla.net Insider 03 / 2012

PET news 6 PET planet insider Vol. 13 No. 03/12 www.petpla.net Scott Steele becomes Plastic Technologies President Scott Steele has been appointed President of Plastic Technologies, Inc. (PTI), which specializes in package devel- opment and design, rapid prototyping, and material evaluation engineering for plastic packaging. Steele will be responsible for global operations and will report to the company’s board of directors. He had been Vice President of PTI since 1995. Dr. Tom Brady, founder of Plastic Technologies, will continue as Chairman. He joined Plastic Technologies in 1987 as one of the company’s first employees and is the author of 11 U.S. and international patents. Steele began his career at Owens- Illinois as a member of the team that developed and commer- cialized the world’s first successful PET carbonated soft drink container. He has served in numerous positions within the Society of Plastic Engineers and is the past Chairman of the Blow Molding Division board. www.plastictechnologies.com Coperion takes majority stake in PELL-TEC On January 1, 2012, Coperion GmbH, Stuttgart, acquired a majority stake in Pell-Tec Pelletizing Technology GmbH, Niedernberg, Germany. The two companies have been work- ing together for a number of years. Pell-Tec supplies pelletiz- ing systems to customers in the plastics processing and recy- cling industry. Its product portfolio covers the entire process from melt discharge through to ready-to-use pellets and offers systems with output rates of up to 6,000kg/h. Coperion says that the acquisition strengthens its competence as a systems supplier and it is now able to supply tailor-made pelletizing solutions for small and medium-sized extruders. www.coperion.com Refresco France, PepsiCo France and Sidel jointly receive award for efficient and clean technology Refresco France, PepsiCo France and Sidel have been jointly awarded first prize in the category of “Effi- cient and Clean Technology” at the Prix Entreprises et Environnement (Enterprise and Environment Awards) in France. The award has been given every year since 1987 by the ADEME, part of the French Ecology ministry, with the support of Orée, a non-profit organization that specialises in environmental management with busi- nesses and local authorities and Credit Cooperative. Sidel’s main contribution to the award was the instal- lation of its latest dry-decontamination technology for bottling beverages, the Combi Predis/Capdis FMa, at Saint-Alban-Les-Eaux, a Refresco France plant where Lipton Ice Tea drinks are bottled for PepsiCo France. The award also embraces the ecological design of the bottles used by Refresco France, especially its choice of using 50% recycled PET. As a result of all these innova- tions, the Refresco France plant is now saving more than 1,700 tons of CO 2 equivalent, 38,000m³ of water, 2.5 million kWh of energy and more than 400t of virgin PET every year. Sterilant usage has also been reduced from 42t of Peracetic Acid (or Peroxyacetic Acid: PAA) to 6.7t of H 2 O 2 . Significant cost savings have also occurred as a result. Throughout the project the quality of the bottled Lipton Ice Tea product was a non-negotiable priority. www.sidel.com. Polyone acquires Colormatrix Polyone Corporation has completed its acquisition of Colormatrix Group, Inc., the manufacturer of speci- ality additives, liquid colorant and dosing technologies for markets such as rigid beverage and food packag- ing, performance moulding and fibre. ColorMatrix has an intellectual property portfolio of 162 patents and 107 pending applications worldwide. Colormatrix is a leading provider of colorant and additives for fluoropolymers, as well as custom colour dispersions used in silicone pro- cessing for a range of medical, consumer and automotive applications. The acquisition is part of Polyone’s strat- egy to become a global company with a suite of additive technologies and a strong market position in liquid color- ants. In connection with the acquisition, Polyone secured a new $300 million Term Loan B with a coupon of 5%, which replaced its expiring facility. Polyone Corporation had revenues of US$2.6 billion in 2010. www.polyone.com