PETpla.net Insider 07+08 / 2012

PET news 6 PET planet insider Vol. 13 No. 07+08/12 www.petpla.net Mann+Hummel and Ohl Engineering become ProTec ProTec Polymer Processing GmbH commenced business operations on May 1. The new company was created out of the merger of Mann+Hummel ProTec GmbH, of Belsheim, and Ohl Engineering GmbH of Limburg, part of the Schoeller Plast Industries group. The new company’s headquarters will be in ProTec’s existing facility in Bensheim. Ohl’s headquarters in Limburg will be maintained as a satellite office. The company’s Managing Directors are Alfred Kimpel, formerly Managing Director of Mann+Hummel ProTec, and Arnold Jahn, Managing Director of Schoeller Plast Industries, of Pullach, near Munich. ProTec Polymer Processing will produce Somos system solu- tions for plastic processing material handling, and Ohl systems for post-condensation of solid matter and drying of plastics, as well as turnkey systems for the bottle-to-bottle recycling of PET. With its involvement in the Schoeller Group network, the new company intends to improve and expand its customer ser- vice internationally, and especially in the Asia-Pacific region. www.schoeller-plast.com  www.sp-protec.com drink technology India and Interna- tional PackTech India getting bigger Almost 300 exhibitors are now confirmed for drink tech- nology India (dti) and International PackTech India, which are taking place at the Bombay Convention & Exhibition Centre in Mumbai, India, from 6 – 8 November. Exhibitor numbers are up almost one third since the last shows and organisers Messe Muenchen and Messe Duesseldorf antici- pate that the shows will cover 12,000m 2 , almost 50% more space than previously. This is the second time that the com- panies have jointly organised the exhibitions and over 8,000 trade visitors are expected, a 30% increase. India repre- sents one of the world’s fastest-growing markets for food and beverage, with the middle class on the subcontinent expected number around 580 million by 2025. Among the companies already registered as exhibitors are Clearpack India, KHS, Krones, Sidel and Siemens. PackTech will fea- ture presentations from France, Italy, Turkey and Switzer- land, while representatives from the industry in China and the UK will be presenting at dti. www.drinktechnology-india.com  www.packtech-india.com PolyOne to expand via ColorMatrix in Africa ColorMatrix, a subsidiary of PolyOne Corporation and a leading innovator of liquid colour and additives for plas- tics, has announced plans to open a new facility in Africa. The new facility, which will be located in the Montague Gardens industrial precinct in Cape Town, South Africa, is expected to open in August 2012 and will support custom- ers throughout Africa. Services will include sales, tech- nical support and an on-site colour laboratory for rapid colour development. The immediate focus of the operation will be to deepen support for customers who manufacture products such as PET containers for the beverage and personal care markets. www.polyone.com Erema Discovery Days 2012 International plastics recycling industry gathers at the opening of the Erema. The Erema Customer Centre was officially opened on Friday 22 June, 2012 in Ansfelden near Linz. Some 400 invited guests from all five conti- nents came to this event to attend the launch of a techni- cal innovation on the recycling and compounding market – the new product Corema. Erema has invested €5 million in its Customer Centre. It is equipped with seven Vacurema systems in operation on 1,200 m² of floor space: These seven systems will be available for customers to carry out test runs for their own materials. During a demonstration at the Discovery Days the quality of the recycled pellets produced for process- ing to make the end product was verified firstly on-site and then on an in-house cast film plant and an injection moulding machine. The Vacurema process has become established as the global standard in processing not only post-consumer PET bottle flakes but also in-house PET waste. Over 140 systems are now in use worldwide. Manfred Hackl, one of the two members of the managing board at Erema, explains, “For 29 years now Erema has been carrying out pioneering work in the plastics recy- cling sector and there is no let up in the success story. Recycling processes and technologies are being even more intensively coordinated with the requirements of the specific end applications of our customers”. International guest speakers and experts from around the world gave presentations. Among the guests: Upper Austrian state governor Dr. Josef Pühringer, Ton Emans (President of EuPR – European Plastics Recyclers, European promot- ers of the plastics recycling industry) and Erema custom- ers from all over the world. www.erema.at Piovan Turkey expanding Eighteen months after the acquisition of dosing and blending technologies specialist FDM GmbH, Italian com- pany Piovan has announced measures intended to expand and strengthen its presence in Turkey. Piovan Turkey, which is managed by Cihan Sonmez, has been operating in Turkey for six years and offering service, after sales, sales and administration activities. The local staff is composed of engi- neers and sales executives, with experience in resin convey- ing, dosing and blending, drying, cooling and supervisory systems. Piovan says that it is capable of developing and managing highly technological solutions. It holds local stocks of equipment and spare parts for prompt deliveries to the domestic market, and is able to provide rapid support and follow-up to the Middle Eastern region, along with a range of services to the plastics industry. www.piovan.com