PETpla.net Insider 06 / 2013

NEWS 10 PET planet insider Vol. 14 No. 06/13 www.petpla.net Milacron appoints Chief Operating Officer Milacron LLC, a global plastics industry company that offers a range of plastics processing equipment, technologies and services, has named Ron Krisanda to the newly created position of Chief Operating Officer (COO). He will be responsible for manufacturing, engineering, technology, research and devel- opment, quality, continuous improvement, environmental health and safety for Milacron’s global businesses. He will report directly to Tom Goeke, Chief Execu- tive Officer, and will be based in the UK. Before joining Milacron, Krisanda was COO of Edwards Group Limited, a UK manufacturer of sophisticated vacuum pumps and abatement systems and a portfolio company of affiliates of CCMP Capital Advisors, LLC. He has previously held senior management positions with Tyco International, Motorola and Ford Motor Company. He holds a BS degree in mechanical engineering from Clarkson University in New York and an MS in manufacturing systems from Lehigh University in Pennsylvania. Milacron LLC is owned by affiliates of CCMP Capital Advisors LLC. www.milacron.com Mocon reorganises global business structure Mocon, Inc., headquartered in Minneapolis, USA, which is described as a manufacturer of package integrity instrumentation, has created four global business units, with the intention of providing better support to its international operations. The units are: Permeation (based in Minneapolis); Package Testing (Ringsted, Denmark); Industrial Analyzers (Lyons, Colo.); and Microbial Detection (Minneapolis). Over the past 15 years, Mocon has acquired companies includ- ing Microanalytics, Round Rock, Tex.; Baseline, Lyons, Colo.; Lippke, Neuwied, Germany; and PBI-Dansensor, Ringsted, Denmark. The company has grown from a manufacturer of permeation equipment for packaging applications into providing products and services for food safety, medical device, pharmaceuticals, mud log- ging, gas monitoring, aroma/odour analysis and more. Permeation offers instru- ments for analyzing film structures and packaging for oxygen, CO 2 and water vapour transmission, as well as testing for organic compounds and hazardous material transmission rates. Package Testing includes headspace analysis instru- ments (oxygen, CO 2 and CO), leak detection, package integrity, seal and burst testers, modified atmosphere gas analysis, in-line gas blenders and leak detec- tors. Industrial Analyzers business unit offers gas chromatography and continu- ous environmental air and water quality monitors; the Microbial Detection unit is based on the GreenLight food safety product line. www.mocon.com Sidel celebrates Chinese five years Sidel has marked its five years of manufacturing in China with an event attended by customers, employees and senior representatives of the company’s management team. The plant has received considerable investment over the period, which has led to significant increases in the number of employees, pro- duction capacity and overall capabilities. Sidel has been operating in China for over 20 years, with offices in Shanghai, Beijing and Guangzhou. Its main Beijing manufacturing plant was opened on March 21, 2008 and now occupies some 40,000m². Recent additions include the creation of a training centre, a mould shop and a product care facility. Production of labellers at the site is scheduled to begin in 2014. Among the guests were Ms Zhao Yali, Head of the China Beverage Industry Association and Mr Zhu Hua Xu, CEO of Tingyi-Asahi Beverages Hold- ing. www.sidel.com CCT Creative Competence Technology GmbH Idsteiner Strasse 74 D-65527 Niedernhausen, Germany r.steinmetz@cct-systems.com www.cct-systems.com PET Molds Design and Patents Developments PET Systems Closure molds Closure Molds Closure Systems at the drinktec in Munich (Sept. 16-20), booth B3/414 at the K in Düsseldorf (Oct. 16-23), booth 1/1A40