PETpla.net Insider 06 / 2012

NEWS 7 PET planet insider Vol. 13 No. 06/12 www.petpla.net Are your standard PET preform molds making you as much money as they should? Ask how MPET with iFlow technology improves production and achieves greater quality results. Innovation doesn’t happen in isolation. It happens when blue-sky thinking meets down to earth know- how and exceptional supply chain execution. The sort of innovation that Mold-Masters is known for, now applied to PET tooling for industry-leading results. Introducing MPET – the new PET preform tooling solution designed for the standards of tomorrow. Mold-Masters and theMold-Masters logoare trademarks ofMold-Masters (2007) Limited. ©2011Mold-Masters (2007) Limited.All rights reserved. Think about it. moldmasters.com/thinkaboutit info@moldmasters.com Sidel invests in customer training In order to meet demand for targeted training Sidel has developed a new ‘competence audit’ program, which is claimed to look at operators and maintenance staff from both a theoretical and a practical point of view. Sidel special- ists evaluate employees at their job, based on their perfor- mance and individual profile. Clients are provided with a report that includes detailed results for each employee and a custom-designed training plan. Training sessions are held either on-site or at one of Sidel’s seven worldwide training centres. It says that it trains over 5,000 people each year. Sidel recently inaugurated a new training lab in Parma, Italy, which houses two automation training stations, one room for training on aseptic fillers and one for different types of filling technologies and valves in a 150m 2 extension to the exist- ing facility. The Technical Training Centre in Beijing, which was opened in mid-2011, has already trained more than 150 people from 39 different clients, specialising in applica- tions such as sensitive products, water and carbonated soft drinks. The 900m 2 facility includes blow moulding machines, a laboratory with simulation benches for the configura- tion of standard and aseptic fillers, and a Combi automa- tion desk for the reproduction of machine synchronization requirements. It has a fully equipped laboratory and three classrooms, including a virtual reality room where trainees can interact with projected models. Sidel has been offer- ing training for 40 years and offers a range of programmes, from individually-tailored sessions to a portfolio of training courses and seminars. training-seminar.sidel.com www.sidel.com Bericap to expand production at Singapore site Bericap’s production site in Singapore, which was opened at the end of 2010, is to increase production of closures for customers in Thailand. Output in 2012 is expected to be double of the one achieved in its first year. The Singapore site was estab- lished with the intention of providing a central location for Southeast Asia and to assume responsibility for customer service in the region, which had previously been handled from China or other loca- tions. During the plant’s first year, employees from China and Germany provided sup- port to ensure that the facility achieved company standards. The plant manufactures clo- sures for the chemical/ techni- cal and edible oil sectors for export customers in Australia and Asia. The facility has 35 employees and capacity to expand beyond the former product program. www.berciap.com