PETpla.net Insider 05 / 2013

NEWS 11 PET planet insider Vol. 14 No. 05/13 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-Masters and theMold-Masters logoare trademarksofMold-Masters (2007) Limited. ©2013Mold-Masters (2007) Limited.All rights reserved. Think about it. moldmasters.com/thinkaboutit info@moldmasters.com IVL to build second plant in Alabama Governor Dr. Robert Bentley, Governor of Alabama, recently made the formal announcement that Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited (IVL) is to invest $190 mil- lion in building a new manufacturing plant alongside to its current site in Decatur, Alabama. The new facility will be capable of producing approximately 500,000t/a and employ an additional 100 full-time workers, taking the total number of employees on the site to close to 650 when complete. Construction is expected to commence during 2013, with comple- tion anticipated for Q4 2015. IVL has been operating in the USA since 2003 and currently employs around 1,000 people. The Decatur site also hosts a PET recycling plant. www.indoramaventures.com Sidel gets new MD in Germany Sidel has announced the appointment of Rüdi- ger Hilbert as Commercial and Managing Director for its German subsidiary. He joined Sidel after more than ten years at packaging sys- tems provider Elopak, where he held several positions in engineering and man- agement, before becoming Global Head of Project Man- agement. He was responsi- ble for managing Elopak’s entire Equipment Supply Support department and was heavily involved in the devel- opment of two new aseptic filling machines. Sidel says that the appointment is intended to help strengthen its position in the German market. www.sidel.com