PETpla.net Insider 01+02 / 2013

EDITOUR REPORTS 15 PET planet insider Vol. 14 No. 01+02/13 www.petpla.net July 3,2012 APG – Advanced Packaging Group F.l.t.r.: Sergey Sokolov, Kay Krüger, Vladimir Dorofeev and Viktor Karpunin We met: Viktor Karpunin, Executive Director Vladmir Dorofeev, Marketing Director Sergey Sokolov, Technical Director TAMPON PRINTING & LASER MARKING FOR CAPS AND CLOSURES N highest efficiency N best quality N newest technology N fastest service Made-in-Germany - Full-range programme: machines, automations, consumables, world-wide service - since 1978 www. tampopr int .de The North West and its preforms PET preform producer APG, the outcome of a British venture project, commenced operations in 2000 as one of Russia’s first preform manufacturers in St. Petersburg. Following the start up of five Netstal 3500 lines and subse- quent contracts with a number of well-known major custom- ers, it was not long before the company started looking at increasing its own capacity. Following a decision by share- holders, APG relocated in 2008 from Saint Petersburg to Gatchina. Since 2006 the company has also been part of the major Russian corporate processors’ group Europlast (Moscow, Solnechnogorsk). The Gatchina location, with its proximity to St. Petersburg, not only means that the com- pany has recourse to qualified skilled personnel but also sufficient space for expansion, thus smoothing the way for follow-up projects such as the acquisition of further preform facilities, not least of which is the Husky HyPET 400. Mr Karpunin, Executive Director, Mr Dorofeev, Market- ing Director, and Mr Sokolov, Technical Director, discussed APG’s markets and the range of preform variants. From 18g for wide-neck 0.35l size bottles to 27g-40g for 1.0l and right through to 48g for bottle sizes of up to 2.25l. Among the percentage best sellers are, primarily, the 23g PCO preform in the CSD range, 46g-48g PCO in the beer sector, together with the 27g wide-neck for milk. The vari-