PETpla.net Insider 06 / 2013

EDITOUR REPORTS 17 PET planet insider Vol. 14 No. 06/13 www.petpla.net Ukraine Tour Blog A longish stretch of the tour of 350km or so guides us to the beverage company Sandora in Mykolayiv. Prog- ress is deadly slow, and after 3 hours, having covered a mere 100km, we decide to put back the interview to the next day. Once again, the wonders of sat- ellite navigation let us down and we are forced to fall back on good old paper maps, and some helpful members of the local constabulary. Thanks to this old-fashioned “technology”, we find ourselves by evening at the fac- tory gates, looking forward to enjoying a peaceful night’s sleep. The interview on the following day with manufactur- ing director Volodymyr Yehorenko is, to our delight and astonishment, virtually “print-ready”. So much information, we hardly need to ask any questions. The next stretch is a daunting 600km north to Chernihiv. No traffic or satnav issues today and by evening we have already reached our destination. Ably assisted by significant quantities of the amber liquid and lashings of good food, we easily rise to the challenge of solving all known preform and bottle production problems. Suitably fed and watered, we retire to our beds for an excellent night’s sleep. Thanks to the punishing hours and hours of brainstorming which kept us awake till the wee small hours, getting up proves to be something of a chal- lenge. Nonetheless, we arrive bright- eyed and bushy-tailed at our appoint- ment with PET Technologies. Here waiting for us was a machinery manufac- turer created out of nothing a mere 15 years ago. We want to make good use of our eve- ning here to have a good look around Kiev. We manage to find a superb camp site situated on an island on the Dnieper. Even better, it is linked directly to the city centre by means of a convenient wooden footbridge. by Alexander Büchler Save RAW MATERIALS reduced plastic volumes Save ENERGY less energy consumption Save TROUBLE more quality and higher performance, guaranteed by a sole supplier Full INSPECTED online quality control / stand alone With Sacmi, the beverage specialists are always at your side. With our unbeatable technological know-how and continuous research we are creating new containers and closures designed to ensure outstanding performance. The new IPS injection system for preforms, the CCM compression press for caps and the quality control systems fully designed and built by Sacmi, allows for large-scale production with considerable advantages in terms of efficiency and flexibility. The outcome? Reduced plastic volumes, less energy consumption and lower running costs.All in a bottle: the one you’ll soon be making. Preform & Closure technologically together HALL C 134