PETpla.net Insider 05 / 2012

EDITOUR REPORTS 15 PET planet insider Vol. 13 No. 05/12 www.petpla.net Facts and figures 2011*  Reported 762 million unit cases of consolidated sales volume in 2011, was up by 15% (1 unit case equal 5,678l in average) compared with the previous year, i.e. approx. 4.3 billion liters  Turkey sales volume was up by 11% in 2011 reaching 547 million unit cases, International Operations’ sales volume reached 215 million unit cases in 2011, up by 26% with strong performance in all categories of bever- ages. Production CCI has 20 plants in its operating geography – see above. In almost all plants PET bottles are blown and filled on integrated lines, where preforms are injection moulded. Preform moulding is a core business of CCI. In Turkey almost all preforms are injection moulded in-house – except the “dedicated” preforms for multi-layer and/or larger sized bottles. Equipment  Injection moulding systems: Systems are mainly based on Husky equipment  Blowing and filling: all prominent PET players are repre- sented: Sidel, Krones, KHS and also Sipa  For future investments (blowing/filling) block machines will be bought. Development efforts According to Selim Mizrahi: “Following the world mar- kets, we do what every prime company does in terms of development and try to be the best in class.“ The main develoments are:  Light weighting - by moulds up-grading and line refur- bishing to achieve 10.5g bottles for 0.5l water.  Energy savings - by low pressure blowing (reducing from 38 to 17bars)  Resin handling - by optimization of cycle time and cavi- tations It is not only the technical topics that the CCI develop- ers are concentrating on. The success of both product and company is constrained by the overall “Supply Chain”; this includes activities such as market research, decisions for formats, consultation, prototyping and testing, transporta- tion and storage – all working together to provide a service to customer and end-user alike. Looking ahead Statement by the Engineering Service Director, Selim Mizrahi: “The future is bright for CCI. We are aiming to get bigger, by optimizing our systems, and promoting the ser- vice to our customers and to our consumers. *Facts and figures in this report were sourced from the official ‘Consolidated Financial Statements’ as published annually by the company. www. .cci.com.tr