PETpla.net Insider 05 / 2012

NEWS 8 PET planet insider Vol. 13 No. 05/12 www.petpla.net Mold-Masters and Plastec USA sign agent agreement Mold-Masters has signed an exclusive agency agree- ment with Plastec USA for product sales and service for most Central and South American regions, includ- ing Mexico, but excluding Brazil and Argentina, where Mold-Masters already has sales representation. Plastec has over 25 years of experience in the sale of plastic processing machinery in Latin America and is the largest export management company for the US plastics industry in Latin America. The group is headquartered in Miami, Florida, has a sister office in Mexico and additional offices throughout Central, South America and the Caribbean. It will offer the entire Mold-Masters product line. The agree- ment became operational on April 9, 2012. www.moldmasters.com Management changes at Corvaglia Romeo Corvaglia, founder and proprietor of Corva- glia Group, began streamlining in-house structures in the summer of 2011. The company says that this restructuring and remodelling process has now been completed. Thomas Marder, dipl. Ing. FH, became Group CEO on July 1, 2011. Romeo Corvaglia remains as Chairman of the Board of Directors but will gradually be stepping back from opera- tional matters and devote his time to strategic projects. Dr Michael Krueger has been appointed CTO and manager of the Technology Department. Former CTO Roger Mueller left the firm with effect from April 2012. Peter Kistler, Eidg. Dipl. Techn. Kaufmann, will head the newly-created Process Improvement unit, which will analyse internal processes in the ongoing drive to integrate operations and refine work- flow. In addition to his duties as Chief Sales Officer, Dr Peter Schkoda has taken over the management of Corvaglia Clo- sures Eschlikon AG. Other Board roles and responsibilities are unchanged. www.corvaglia.ch Cermex acquires Newtec Cermex, a subsidiary of the Tetra Laval group, has announced that it is to acquire Newtec Case Palletizing from the Newtec Group. Cermex says that the acquisition repre- sents a continuation of its growth strategy and will help to consolidate its resources in case packing, shrink-wrapping and palletising. The acquisition will bring Newtec Case Pal- letizing’s plant in Saint-Laurent-sur-Sèvre in France, into Cermex operations, including its layer-by-layer and robotic- unit load palletizing activity. Cermex operates in the food, beverage, home care, personal care and health care sectors; Newtec Case Palletizing is also established in the liquid dairy products segment. The enlarged company will have a turno- ver of €120 million and nearly 800 employees. www.cermex.com PE reaches out to the Maghreb P.E.Labellers has opened a new branch in Algeria, which is to be known as P.E. Maghreb. It will be dedi- cated exclusively to the Maghreb – NW Africa, including Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia – which relies on locally- produced labeling machines. The company’s objective is to provide effective after-sales service, technical support and spare parts production and supply. www.pelabellers.com  www.pemaghreb.com Alpla and Sidel win 900 million bottle contract Alpla will be supplying 900 million empty bottles per year for the next eight years to ArcaContinental, the second-larg- est Coca-Cola bottler in Latin America. ALPLA turned to its long-term partner Sidel to acquire equipment and technical expertise. The bottles are produced on eleven SBO Univer- sal2eco blow-molding machines and 1,200 moulds. Alpla will join its trade partner in its facilities and produce most of the bottles inline.with the objective of reducing shipping operations and stocking costs, optimising delivery times and ensuring optimal bottle quality. Small volumes of bot- tles will be produced in an offline production hall that will also be designated for palletising. The SBO Universal2eco blow-moulders delivered to Alpla are equipped with six to 26 cavities and will produce up to 2,200bph, in sizes ranging from 250ml to 3l. Some of the machines are able to produce up to 21 different shapes and sizes. There are 1,200 moulds equipped with Kohlox, a system made of thermo compos- ite material that helps parts move freely without lubrication, thus reducing machine downtimes. The order was placed with Sidel in August 2011 and all were delivered by February 2012. The new machines are due to be installed in six plants across Mexico and will start operations in the coming weeks. www.sidel.com