PETpla.net Insider 09 / 2012

EDITOUR REPORTS 35 PET planet insider Vol. 13 No. 09/12 www.petpla.net $TCW $GXKCNG 'ZRGTKGPEG QWT KPPQXCVKQPU NKXG s 0QXGODGT “ *CNN “ 5VCPF 6JG VTWOR ECTF KP CP[ ƂNNKPI NKPG 6JG -*5 +PPQƂNN )NCUU OCEJKPG Q $GPEJOCTM KP ƂNNKPI VGEJPQNQI[ Q 'PGTI[ GHƂEKGPE[ CV VJG JKIJGUV NGXGN s 6¸8 EGTVKƂGF Q /WNVKRNG CYCTF YKPPKPI QRGTCVQT RTQORVKPI Q (CUV ENGCPKPI VJCPMU VQ EQPUKUVGPV J[IKGPKE FGUKIP .GCTP OQTG CDQWV -*5 +PPQƂNN )NCUU D[ XKUKVKPI YYY MJU EQO INCUU QT UECP VJG 34 EQFG We met Dimo Golev, Production Manager Preforms Sector, Lidija Velcheva, Assistant Zdravko Kormevski, responsible for the production of plastic parts for industry and household equipment Gotmar was established in 1992, quite close to its present location at Saedinenie. The company moved here for reasons of expansion. Looking at what is actually a showroom and a meeting room at the same time, you will quickly realise that Gotmar is an absolute all-rounder when it comes to matters of plastics processing. “The Bulgar- ian market is something really special in relation to the demand for packaging“, explains Mr. Golev, glancing in the direction of the array of glass display cases with their prod- uct samples. In addition to the production of practically any bottle format you can possibly imagine, the company also goes in for the manufacture of high quality preforms and caps for a wide range of sec- tors, as well as water, CSD/ non-CSD, dairy products, beer and spirits, plus non- food, such as e.g. cosmetics packaging, cosmetics jars and containers. And, as if that wasn’t enough: other depart- ments at Gotmar are engaged in the precision manufacture of moulds for packaging and technical plastic components as well as manufacturing the technical plastic components themselves e.g. micro parts for electronic switches or large parts for (e.g.) refrigerators using materials such as PS, PA 6 and PA 66, ABS, SAN, TPE, PP and HDPE. Gotmar’s launch in 1992 began with the production of edible oil in PVC and PVC bottles. With the move and the 1997 expansion, the company added other departments to its existing portfolio. In 1998 PET preform production (in those days still on a machine from a Chinese manufacturer), the manufacture of bottles for household and cleaning prep- arations in 2002 and, in 2005, the division for manufactur- ing engineering components for well-known manufacturers like ABB, Liebherr, Schneider Electric etc. Innovation, taking into account cost structures, has been a guiding principle for Gotmar right from the begin- ning. In 2000 Gotmar was the first supplier in Bulgaria to produce 5l bottles from a preform that was, in those days, of a similar size. In 2002 the company developed a method for reducing the weight of the bottom section of preforms whilst retaining existing stability and quality levels. In the PET sector the company has today arrived at a manufacturing bandwidth featuring 5g to 670g preforms and manufactures 0.025l bottles for the hotel sector right through to 19l containers. Similarly impressive is Got- mar‘s array of machines, consisting of global players such as Netstal, Biraghi, Engel and Krupp. In preform manu- facture, tools from Hofstetter and Sipa are used. Around