PETpla.net Insider 10 / 2012

REGIONAL MARKET REPORTS 10 PET planet insider Vol. 13 No. 10/12 www.petpla.net China The third part of our Regional Market Report on China is dedicated to the interviews with KraussMaffei Group China, S.O.E. Group, Xiamen Yinlu Foods and KHS Corpoplast. KraussMaffei Group China “...the best commercial solution on the market whatever the application” Michael Mueller, left, and David Tso, right We met: Michael Mueller, Vice President China KraussMaffei Group David Tso, General Sales Manager China for the KraussMaffei and Netstal brand by Wolfgang von Schroeter The Netstal PET-Line system, featuring a horizontal injection moulding unit, and the KraussMaffei PETForm system with its vertical injection unit, used to be fierce competitors. However, since October 2011, they have been marketed in China by the same personnel / engineers under the auspices of a single department, their strategic aim being to pool their PET business interests. “...offering the best commercial solution on the market whatever the application“: This is is how Michael Mueller, Vice President China and the person responsible for the KraussMaffei Group’s injection moulding machines in China, sees it. His state- ment exudes commitment and conviction. The same goes for David Tso, General Sales Manager for China and the person responsible for the Netstal PET-Line systems on site (and, since October, also for KraussMaffei PETForm systems), a less ebullient personality perhaps and more reserved - qualities which have stood him in good stead during the dramatic events and changes in his career path – all this he has borne calmly and stoically. The off cial party line is as follows: “The PET activities of the Krauss Maffei Group with the products PET-Line and PETForm have now been brought together under the Netstal umbrella”. Regional market reports China Part 2