PETpla.net Insider 01+02 / 2013

EDITOURS REPORTS 16 PET planet insider Vol. 14 No. 01+02/13 www.petpla.net ous preforms meet the Bericap standard and are avail- able not only as PCO but also as BPF – a format which is mainly being used in Siberia. Since the supply contract with Pepsi, the company has introduced the PCO 1881 Stand- ard (2011). According to APG, Pepsi, in its capacity as the primary PET bottler in Russia, has wholly endorsed this standard. APG’s main focus of attention is directed at the north west of Russia and the main target groups include the beer industry as well as Pepsi St. Petersburg in the CSD sector. With a total output of approx. 500 million preforms a year, around 15% in addition go to neighbouring Belarus. Over and above its portfolio, APG build to individual cus- tomer requirements, but always with an eye to keeping up with the times where technical matters are concerned. APG orders the PET material not only through Russian companies such as Senezh (which belongs to Europlast), Sibur and Alco-Nafta but also from foreign (mainly Asian) manufacturers of PET. Its key customer base (in north-west Russia) at present includes Danone, Heineken and Pepsi. As regards Belarus, APG is a supplier to Alevaria, the Bal- tika plant there, and to others in that country. www.preforma.ru July 3, 2012 Deka We met: Mr Dmitriy Pinchukov, Executive Manager Mr Igor Jasnogorodsky, Technical Manager Round of talks with the Deka team Russia Tour Blog – from Germany to Moscow Well, today’s the day: the day when the Go to Brau Beviale Tour 2012 from Nurem- berg to Ekaterinburg actually gets under- way! Between us and Ekaterinburg lie a few thousand kilometres of Russia! With the start of the tour and our first appointment at the Nuremberg Fair behind us, it’s full steam ahead on the ferry in the direction of St. Petersburg. After a crossing that lasts almost three days and three border crossing points on the Russian side, we are glad to find our- selves at long last in the centre of St. Petersburg. Our first interview appoint- ment is with the Baltika Brewery. This unfortunately falls through at short notice so we decide to make good use of the time we have gained and to head off in the direction of Gatchina ready for our meeting the following day with pre- form manufacturer APG and Deka in the town of Veliky Novgorod which lies fur- ther to the south. By the time we arrive at APG it is already evening and we are given permis- sion to park up on site and spend the night there in the Editourmobil. The fol- lowing morning finds us already sitting down to coffee in the meeting room with the APG management and discussing the company’s history. A guided tour of the plant follows, after which we set off for our next meeting at the Deka Brew- ery. The state of the carriageway starts out good but degenerates to dire. I am wondering when the fabric is likely to give way. Having arrived at Deka we find out, in conversation with the brewery team, all sorts of things about a bev- erage called ”Kwas“ which enjoys wide- spread popularity, and are also treated to a tasting. It’s now later on in the afternoon and we make an on the spot decision to carry on in the direction of Moscow. The Edi- tourmobil is beginning to show the first signs of failure on the electronics front but we are confident that we will be able to deal with any such occurrences our- selves. The following day we find ourselves in Moscow and, with the help of our broken Russian, seek advice from friendly natives as to where we may be able to top up our fridge. Unfortunately, meetings scheduled with Coca-Cola and Pepsi cannot take place or are cancelled, forcing us to change our arrangements. I make use of the time gained to write reports. In one nice side street in a residential area - thanks to