PETpla.net Insider 10 / 2012

REGIONAL MARKET REPORTS 13 PET planet insider Vol. 13 No. 10/12 www.petpla.net ers include the heavyweights Nongfu Springs, Yinlu and Wahaha. SOE in Xiamen is the model for the strengths of the merged group – there they have a KraussMaffei PET- Form and two Netstal PET-Line lines in operation, in each case engaged in typical applications. PETplanet: You have undertaken a fundamental re- organisation which is not over yet. Your plans will require considerable investment in the coming years. Where is the money coming from – Munich or Switzerland? Michael Mueller: Funding will be made available by the Group. For me it is very important that we are able to offer our customers the best commercial solution on the market whatever the application will be. Additionally we will have a much bigger team to provide a first class service. Michael Mueller has been Vice President China for Sales/Service KraussMaffei and Netstal PET Group since September 2011. His career at KraussMaf- fei began in Project Manage- ment in 1997, subsequently in Sales. From 2002 to 2005 he worked in Key Account Management (Automotive plus Regional Representative). In 2006 he was appointed Vice President for the Injection Moulding, Extruding and PUR sectors in China. Bringing together the KraussMaffei and Netstal brand names – formerly fierce competitors – and forging them into a single operating unit presented a formidable challenge. An even greater challenge will be to ensure that both of these famous names prosper in the future. S.O.E .Group “Diversification through PET recycling" We met: Universe Chen, General Manager (with David Tso) S.O.E. Group – Zhonghao Chemicals in Shantu, Guangdong – is active in polyester processing. 85 to 90% of sales relate to the manufacture of foils, including tapes for video and audio; 10 to 15% conversion of PET into pre- forms. As far as the PET business is concerned, S.O.E. is a classic converter who knows all about and limits itself to the supply of preforms. Are your standard PET preform molds making you as much money as they should? Ask how MPET with iFlow technology improves production and achieves greater quality results. Innovation doesn’t happen in isolation. It happens when blue-sky thinking meets down to earth know- how and exceptional supply chain execution. The sort of innovation that Mold-Masters is known for, now applied to PET tooling for industry-leading results. Introducing MPET – the new PET preform tooling solution designed for the standards of tomorrow. Mold-Mastersand theMold-Masters logo are trademarksofMold-Masters (2007) Limited. © 2011Mold-Masters (2007) Limited.All rights reserved. Think about it. moldmasters.com/thinkaboutit info@moldmasters.com