PETpla.net Insider 10 / 2013

EDITOURS REPORTS 18 PET planet insider Vol. 14 No. 10/13 www.petpla.net EDITOUR REPORTS 18 CCT Creative Competence Technology GmbH Idsteiner Strasse 74 D-65527 Niedernhausen, Germany [email protected] www.cct-systems.com PET Molds Closure Molds Developments PET Systems Closure Systems Design and Patents CCTsystems ® SST (Standard-Slider-Technology) CCTsystems ® SBT (Slit-Band-Technology) CCTsystems ® SFBT (Slit-Fold-Band-Technology) All Types available with: Design and Patents CCT O26 Series 0,9 g CCT O29 Series 1,2 g CCT O30 Series 1,8 g CCT O38 Series 2,9 g emerged about the market shares of the big CSD manu- facturers: Coca Cola (with 60%), Pepsi (with 30%) and the discount brand Manaos (10%). One of our informants claimed that Manaos reckons it is ahead of Pepsi in terms of market share, but we failed to substantiate the story. A striking feature of the Argentinian beverage market is, here too, the high level of usage of the PCO 1810 neck finish. Following expert estimates, however, a large-scale conversion to the more lightweight PCO 1881 is likely to take place, probably in two years’ time. Largely due to the difficult economic situation, the majority of companies are not ready for major investments and are not likely to be so any time soon. With the technology in the PET sector that is already available in the market place, or so we kept hearing, Argentina finds itself at present at the limit, so to speak, where preform lightweights are concerned. As was consistently pointed out to us, if the present stagna- tion continues, investment in the PET packaging sector in Argentina is likely to lag behind from a technical viewpoint. For instance, cold air blowers are nowhere to be seen. As regards Argentine beer, basically the same situa- tion exists as with Chilean beer. The customer has, without exception, gone for recyclable glass and cans. The bottle sizes are practically identical to Chile. With a 75% market share, the ”Quilmes“ beer (decorated in the country’s col- ours) is by far the brand of beer favoured by the Argentin- ians. Quilmes is a product of the Cervecería y maltería Quilmes brewery, part of the AmBev group. Between 2008 and 2012 consumption grew by 2.9% a year, and experts are forecasting an annual rise of 3.7% in the future. As is also the case in Chile, plastic closures are sometimes used. In his Editour report in PETplanet Insider issue 9/13, Alex Büchler drew attention to the Canadean and Euro- monitor analyses of these markets. For our part, we have preferred figures from Anber Chile (Asociación Nacional de Bebidas Refrescantes), which are closer to the Euromoni- tor data. We have chosen this data for our analysis of the Argentinian market. Chile: Sales trends for non-alcoholic beverages in millions of litres (Source: Anber) 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 CSD 1773 1,790 (+0.9%) 1,880 (+5.0%) 1,930 (+2.7%) 2,044 (+5.9%) Water 213 221 (+3.5%) 245 (+11.0%) 284 (+15.9%) 349 (+22.9%) Juices / nectars 159 173 (+8.6%) 197 (+14.2%) 228 (+15.7%) 268 (+17.5%) Sports drinks 7.2 8.7 (+20.4%) 11 (+26.1%) 15 (+36.8%) 22 (+46.0%) Tea No data 3.0 3.4 (+12.7%) 4.8 (+40.9%) 5.1 (+7.7%)