PETpla.net Insider 01+02 / 2013

EDITOURS REPORTS 20 PET planet insider Vol. 14 No. 01+02/13 www.petpla.net Engineering Excellence www.netstal.com Low production costs Maximum output At Netstal our aim is to help you produce the perfect PET preforms: at minimum cycle times you achieve maximum output with constantly high quality and energy efficiency. And that’s no coincidence: our team of experts are always there for you – with state-of-the-art systems. to offer. This step-by-step strategy is, according to Alexan- der Korotov, part of the company’s philosophy. To ensure this organic growth in production, the company has, since 2003, followed two guiding principles: 1. Purchasing new Netstal PET machines. 2. Replacing old Netstal HP 3500 machines with modern versions. These machines, fitted with a 96 cavity mould are each able to produce BPF as well as PCO 1810 and oil standard preforms. PCO 1881, says Korotov, is naturally under discussion, but will only be introduced once they have a specific customer require- ment in prospect, due to the associated restructuring. In addition to PET preforms, a small proportion of PE pre- forms are likewise being produced for filling with chemi- cal products, together with PP and PE caps. The same items are produced by the company on Engel, Demag and Biraghi machines. The entire preform production operation is housed within an area of 5,000m 2 and, from the point of view of turnover, represents the company’s core business activity. For purposes of processing and depending on price, the company makes use of the services of a range of resin suppliers from Russia, South Korea and, occasion- ally, Belarus. A major part of the preforms manufactured is supplied by Alfatechform to water bottlers, the rest to chemical product bottling plants. The focus of the market here is Russia. The company’s second string, also started in 1998, is the bottling of domestic and beauty care products, includ- ing its own discount store household range “Help“. The earlier idea of operating two companies, plastics process- ing and bottling, separately, was subsequently rejected so as to give a merely spatial split. Of the company’s own preforms, around 36 million bpa are in the meantime accounted for in the second 4,000m 2 production facility. The mixture for the individual products is also devised by Alfatechform itself. In addition, Chinese machines for PE extrusion and Russian machines for blowing bottles are used. The chemical products are sold chiefly within Russia as well as in small batches to Belarus, the Ukraine and Kazakhstan. In order to ensure the best possible customer service, seven sales offices have also been set up in vari- ous regions of Russia. www.atf-m.ru Russia Part 3: Petplanet insider issue 3/13