PETpla.net Insider 09 / 2013

PET planet insider Vol. 14 No. 09/13 www.petpla.net BOTTLE MAKING 46 More than 100 delegates experience PET expertise KHS PET event More than 100 international KHS customers visited the KHS PET event which started with a series of talks and finished with a tour of the new production shop at the KHS Corpoplast plant in Hamburg, Germany. The latest innovations to be highlighted during the PET event were a new ultraclean concept with an integral mini hygiene housing, the direct digital printing of PET bottles, which can be seen at drinktec, and the newly developed FreshSafe PET marketing concept which documents the further improved Plasmax coating technology from the consumer’s point of view. The event also focused on the KHS Service department with its wide range of services from the supply of spare parts to individually tailored maintenance contracts. Toshihiro Ueki, General Manager of Shonan Plant Kirin Beverage Company Limited, and Thomas Reise, Techni- cal Director of Hansa-Heemann AG, reported on many years of successful cooperation with KHS. Technical highlights The latest technical developments to individually tailored maintenance contracts. Ultraclean monoblocks The newly developed ultraclean technology monoblocks the InnoPET Blomax Series IV stretch blow moulder with the filler/capper section which is incorporated into what is known as a mini hygiene housing. The advantages of this concept are the system’s small footprint, improved sustainability and reduced costs while providing maxi- mum microbiological safety. to be highlighted during the PET event were the ultraclean concept with an integral mini hygiene housing, the direct digital printing of PET bottles, and the newly developed FreshSafe PET marketing concept which docu- ments, from the consumer’s point of view, the advantages of further improved Plasmax coating technol- ogy (a more extended article about this subject will be published in PET- planet insider issue10).The event also focused on the KHS Service depart- ment with its wide range of services from the fast supply of spare parts The KHS PET event in Hamburg, Germany, focused on the presentation of KHS innovations as well as a tour of the newly erected production shop.