PETpla.net Insider 06 / 2013

NEWS 8 PET planet insider Vol. 14 No. 06/13 www.petpla.net petengineering.com info@petengineering.com P.E.T. Engineering: the one-stop shop for beverage packaging. Technology excellence, captivating design, ergonomic shapes: a product developed by P.E.T. Engineering is easily recognizable. Its technical know-how and experience have made of it a leader brand in the sector of PET containers. Design, prototyping, laboratory tests and the production of blow moulds: P.E.T. Engineering is the perfect partner, holding itself all the possible solutions. PACKAGING. EVERYTHING YOU NEED DESIGN The perfect shape for an easy handling. PROTOTYPING Bottles available just a few hours DIWHU WKH ȴQDO GHVLJQ RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT New materials, innovative solutions and cutting edge technologies. PRODUCTION AND CUSTOMISING OF THE MOULDS High quality blow moulds for every kind of container and any type of blowing machine. STARTUPASSISTANCE AND TRAINING Supporting the client during the whole project. Visit us at Drinktec 2013 Hall B3, Booth 309 Munich – Germany 16-20 September 2013 M&G opens N American plants and signs license with Alpek Italian PET producer M&G Group has announced the signing of a Licensee Agreement with Alpek, S.A.B. de C.V. for IntegRex PTA technology, which will be used in the con- struction of M&G’s 1,200,000t/a PTA plant at Corpus Christi, Texas. M&G has also revealed that Alpek has purchased a multiyear sourcing agreement covering rights to 400,000t/a of PET (made with 336,000t/a of integrated PTA). The pur- chase price of the agreement was US$350 millions. M&G will fully own and independently construct and operate both the PET and PTA plants and will also use the vast majority of their output to supply its North American PET clients and to maintain control of sourcing of its other PTA requirements in North America. The two plants are expected to begin produc- tion in 2016. Other terms and conditions of the agreements were not disclosed. www.gruppomg.com Mocon and Inspection Systems tie up in Australia Minneapolis company Mocon, Inc., and Inspection Sys- tems, Melbourne, Australia are working in partnership to establish a certified lab for permeation, seal strength and leak detection testing for food and pharmaceutical packaging structures. Inspection Systems has created IS Laboratories, Melbourne, as a separate entity to support the partnership, which is aiming to provide food and pharmaceutical compa- nies with fast and affordable testing services using Mocon instrumentation. IS Laboratories is the first Mocon-certified test facility in Australia and the eighth in the world. Its capa- bilities include: oxygen, water vapour and carbon dioxide permeation testing; burst and pressure strength testing; and pressure decay. www.islaboratories.com www.mocon.com Sidel revives Gebo for integration The launch of GeboCermex, which was announced in April by Sidel, revives the Gebo brand in the beverage world. It is combined in the new company with Cermex, which spe- cialises in secondary packaging and end-of-line equipment. Sidel says that the new company remains part of the Sidel Group but has the freedom to focus on engineering, line-inte- gration and end-of-line packaging for a range of industries beyond beverages. Sidel will continue to provide packaging design, blowing, filling and labelling equipment, and offer its beverage customers complete line solutions for PET, can and glass across all categories. GeboCermex will offer bev- erage customers line integration and engineering services, including its standalone equipment (conveying and feeding systems, tunnels, overwrapping, packing and palletising). GeboCermex will be Sidel’s exclusive partner for can and glass lines, and a key partner for PET lines. www.gebocermex.com