PETpla.net Insider 07+08 / 2012

regional market reports 17 PET planet insider Vol. 13 No. 07+08/12 www.petpla.net Sterilizer Rinser Filler Doser Dosing your P erfect Mi X Let the fruit jump in! Injection moulding: preforms A total of 520 to 560 systems/machines are in the market, with Husky and Netstal being the undisputed lead- ers in the high-tech, high-productivity systems. Supplied by Husky approx. 420 Supplied by Netstal approx. 80 Other systems supplied by companies such as Krauss Maffeimachines as from 2012 are sold by Net- stal, Sipa - with a smaller number of 48 cavities locally assembled systems. Cheng Hsong - slowly disappearing from the PET market. Amongst the local Chinese suppliers of preform sys- tems, Guangzhou Huayan is probably the most significant with their production aimed at the less demanding clientele in China, but nonetheless with cavities between 2 und 144. The strategies deployed by the leading companies in China could not be more different. Husky operate a factory in which the manufacture of hot runners and PET injection moulding machines for China and the Asian Pacific markets go hand in hand – using compo- nents that are purchased globally and used globally. Approx. 20% of the materials are sourced locally in China. At the plant, which is located close to Shanghai, the systems are com- pleted and trialled. (In July Husky announces further invest- ments in China to meet needs of growing customer base. The company plans to establish a new manufacturing facility in the region of Suzhou. see page 9 ) Netstal import Swiss technology and Swiss quality. The Netstal sales department which operates in China under the management of Krauss Maffei has included Krauss Maffei’s vertical preform systems in its sales portfolio. Sipa is continuing with assembly work on its local Chi- nese machine with 48 cavities. However, all their hopes for the future are focussed on the new imported 128 cavity system which was exhibited at the NPE 2012 in Orlando. Today there are more cavities with brand owners than with converters. 70% with brand owners, 30% with convert- ers. The percentage shift from converters to brand owners continues. After losing the market in blow-moulded bottles, converters are now beginning to lose the preform business to the brand owners as well. The leading converters are: Zhong Fu Zi Jiang Both companies – together with their subsidiaries - have more than 80% of the free converter markets. Both companies have placed in-house and wall-to-wall equip- ment on premises of their traditional customers, i.e. the brand owners. Both companies are also making serious