PETpla.net Insider 06 / 2013

NEWS 9 PET planet insider Vol. 14 No. 06/13 www.petpla.net We feel steel. Always with quality from the start. S+BI GROUP www.dew-stahl.com Plastic mould steels. We use them every day: PET bottles, caps, plastic packaging and other plastic parts. But scarcely anybody is aware that these products are manufactured in a tool or a mould made of specialty steel. Our plastic mould steels are easy-to- machine, corrosion-resistant, clean and wear-resistant – depending on what is required of them during use. That guaran- tees long tool service life, high productivity and efficiency. Which steel do you need? Husky’s leadership changes Husky Injection Molding Systems has announced a number of changes in its global leadership team, with the intention of providing more focused customer service and support in its core markets of hot runners and bever- age packaging. Gerardo Chiaia will take on the new role of President, Hot Runners, which has now been set up as a standalone business. Keith Carlton has been named Vice President, Global Sales, Beverage Packaging. They will both continue as members of Husky’s executive team. Robert Domodossola, now appointed Vice President, Engi- neering and Business Development and to the executive team, will be leading a newly-created team responsible for the development, refinement and launch of new products. Gerardo Chaia joined Husky in 1994 and was appointed Vice-President, Global sales, in December 2011. Keith Carl- ton has been with the company since 1999 and has been Chief Operating Officer since 2008. Mr. Domodossola has been Director, Development Engineering since December 2008, having joined Husky ten years earlier. www.husky.ca Low Acid validation for ABF GEA Procomac has announced that the ABF (Aseptic Blow Fill) machine has successfully passed the LA (Low Acid) microbiological validation making it suitable to fill milk and milk based products. The Low Acid validation was structured to challenge the decontamination capabilities of the machine in different crucial areas. A production test with Culture Broth was car- ried out on three batches of 10,000 bottles. The result was zero defects on the 30,000 bottles produced. The accepted standard for this kind of text is of max 1:10.000 defects per batch. GEA Procomac ABF has passed all the steps to be suit- able for the production of LA products. A new stretch rod system in the ABF includes a magnetic joint that allows movement inside the aseptic housing and makes sure that, after sterilisation with Hydrogen Peroxide, the stretching rod remains sterile. www.gea.com