PETpla.net Insider 09 / 2012

REGIONAL MARKET REPORTS 10 PET planet insider Vol. 13 No. 09/12 www.petpla.net China The second part of our Regional Market Report on China is dedicated to the interviews with Zi Jiang, Sidel and Husky. We met: (Arthur) Liu Tie Feng, Zi Jiang Enterprise Group Con- tainer Packaging Unit General Manager Wang ZhenHui, Zi Jiang Enterprise Group Container Packaging Unit Technical Director Sun Bin , Zijiang Enterprise Group Container Packaging Unit Technical Centre Manager Together with Marilyn Chua, Communications Director of Sidel Visit to Zi Jiang and discussions represent the status of our visit in March 2012: Zijiang Enterprise is one of the largest manufacturers of PET packages in China and can look back on turbulent times in terms of its development over the last several years. The annual growth in the number of PET preforms and PET bottles and the resultant explosion in sales, in each case of the order of double digit growth, must surely be a source of elation and satisfaction for the people responsible. Not necessarily, in the view of General Manager Arthur Liu of Zi Jiang, who – although outwardly confident and delighted about what has been achieved – nevertheless does not shy away from the problem that is worrying all converters in the big markets. This has been caused by Zi Jiang Enterprise Group “No business model is sustainable forever. You need to re-invent your business continuously.” Liu Tie Feng, Zi Jiang Enterprise Group Container Packaging Unit General Manager by Wolfgang von Schroeter Regional market reports China Part 2