PETpla.net Insider 11 / 2012

NEWS 8 PET planet insider Vol. 13 No. 11/12 www.petpla.net O u r p r e f o r m . . . www.resilux.com Damstraat 4 - 9230 Wetteren - Belgium Tel +32 (0) 9 365 74 74 - Fax +32 (0) 9 365 74 75 sales@resilux.com PET Preforms & Bottles Monolayer, Barrier, Refill, Hotfill Y o u r b o t t l e ! www.resilux.com KraussMaffei reorganises in the Americas Integration of Netstal production, sales and service team The KraussMaffei Group’s October, 2012, reorganisa- tion of its business activities in the USA sees the Netstal USA plant relocated from Devens, Mass, to Florence, Ky, where it will join its spare parts warehouse. Products of all three of the Group’s brands - KraussMaffei, KraussMaffei Berstorff and Netstal - will be sold under a single umbrella in future but will continue to operate independently on the market. Mike Sansoucy, former President of Netstal USA, will still become General Manager and retain responsibility for the sales and the aftermarket activities of the Netstal brand. Tony Gaudet, Head of After Sales, will continue to provide a point of customer contact and existing telephone numbers and e-mail addresses will remain operational until further notice. The Group says that there are no plans to reduce the number of sales, service or parts personnel and that, in fact, Netstal customers will find a larger organisation within the KraussMaffei Group in the United States and Canada. Strengthened operations in Latin America Netstal is also reorganising its sales structure in Central and South America with effect from October 2012, when it started using existing KraussMaffei Group sales and ser- vice structures. KraussMaffei Andina (Bogotá), the Colom- bian subsidiary of the KraussMaffei Group and headed by Carlos Cadavid, assumed responsibility for sales and service in Colombia, Bolivia, Venezuela, Central America and the Guyanas. Sales in Chile and Peru will be managed through the Aldo Vergara Convermaq agency of Santiago de Chile. Sales in Argentina will be managed through the Buenos Aires-based Jorge Oleskow KHS Corpoplast agency, while Paraguay and Uruguay will be handled by the Brazilian sub- sidiary of the KraussMaffei Group. All activities for this region will be coordinated and managed under the overall control of Klaus Jell. www.kraussmaffei.com www.netstal.com K reaches 60; next edition in 2013 The first K show opened its gates in Düsseldorf 60 years ago, in October 1952, at a time when the German plastics industry was deep in post-war reconstruction. The age of mass plastics production had only just dawned and it was intended that K should demonstrate the potential and versa- tility of polymer materials. From its humble beginnings, it has grown to be one of the leading international marketplaces for plastics and rubber. The next K Show is scheduled for Octo- ber 16 - 23, 2013 and around 3,000 companies from over 50 countries are expected to present their wares. They will be exhibiting raw materials and auxiliaries, semi-finished prod- ucts, technical parts and reinforced plastics, and machin- ery and equipment for the plastics and rubber industry. The organisers have prepared an online presentation of 60 years of K show. www.k-online.de/60_years_K