PETpla.net Insider 04/ 2013

NEWS 9 PET planet insider Vol. 14 No. 04/13 www.petpla.net 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 logoare trademarksofMold-Masters (2007) Limited. © 2013Mold-Masters (2007) Limited.All rights reserved. Think about it. moldmasters.com/thinkaboutit info@moldmasters.com Döhler gets Egyptian Delta DöhlerGroup, of Darmstadt, Germany, has acquired the Fruit Processing and Flavour Unit of Delta Aromatic (Delro), a 25-year-old specialist in fruit and vegetable ingredi- ents based in Egypt. Delro’s “Fragrance” and “Agriculture” business units are not part of the acquisition agreement. The name of the unit will be changed to Döhler Egypt and the production site in Cairo will be known as Döhler Egypt for the Production of Natural Fruit & Beverage Ingredients S.A.E.. The existing management of Delro will remain in place. Döh- lerGroup’s technology-based natural ingredients, ingredient systems and integrated solu- tions for the food and bever- age industry includes flavours, colours, speciality & perfor- mance ingredients, cereal ingredients, dairy ingredients, fruit and vegetable ingredients to ingredient systems. Döhler Egypt is the company’s first production site in Africa. Egypt is a member of the Comesa (Common market for Eastern and Southern Africa) and Gafta (Greater Arab free trade area) free trade zones. www.doehler.com CBE starts production in China Corpoplast Beverage Equipment Co., Ltd. (CBE), which was founded in 2012 by KHS, has formally opened its newly acquired production building on Suzhou Indus- trial Park, Suzhou, Jiangsu, which is about 100km north of Shanghai in China. Nearly 100 guests from various bever- age companies in Asia attended the official event. The tour of the factory included a presentation on CBE’s Aquabloc blow moulder/filler/capper monobloc machine, which has been specially developed for the Asiatic market. Its outputs range from 24,000 - 48,000 PET bph, in sizes ranging from 200ml to 2l (see PETplanet insider 10/12, page 17). www.cbechina.cn Clariant breaks ground in Poland Speciality chemicals producer Clariant has held a groundbreaking ceremony at its new plant in Konstan- tynów Łódzki, Poland. The CHF11.3 million modern plant will commence production of colour concentrates for pro- ducers of plastic materials in March 2013 and will double Clariant’s masterbatch production capacity in Poland. The 6,800m² facility will include a new production site, labora- tory, warehouse, and offices. Clariant has had a presence in Poland for 22 years. www.clariant.co m