PETpla.net Insider 10 / 2013

EDITOURS REPORTS 22 PET planet insider Vol. 14 No. 10/13 www.petpla.net EDITOUR REPORTS 22 (F.r.t.l.) General Manager David Fierro Salazar, Controller Sergio R. Valenzuela and Kay Barton talking about the Tecmi Wrapping Unit Embosur, according to Fierro Salazar, has a total quality base and he backs up his statement by referring to the certi- fied HACCP Standard and pending certification to BRC (British Retail Consortium) as they are planning to export beverages for the first time in the near future, specifically to France. www.embosur.cl April 16, 2013 Plasco We met: Marco Dall’Olio, CEO Ahmed Usen, Production Manager Growing with its customers Since 1991 Plasco, based in Santiago, Chile, has been producing and selling bottles made from its own preforms. In 2007 the company started selling preforms in addition to bottles and four years after, in 2009, started to produce plastic closures. Plasco develop an average of seven new bottles per year, working intensively also to achieve reductions in weight. As a company in the CCU Group Plasco produces pre- forms, bottles and caps for water, soft drinks and juices. Plasco’s CEO, Marco Dall’Olio, who originally hails from Italy, explains to me over an original Italian Espresso the impres- sive development of this 165-employee strong company which today produces 500 million preforms a year and also blow bottles, roughly half of these in-house. Originally Plasco, based in Santiago, Chile, was producing and selling bottles made from its own preforms. In 2007 the company commenced selling preforms in addition to bottles, because it was more efficient for customers to blow bottles themselves. Hot fill products today account for around one third of Plasco’s production. Marco Dall’Olio is particularly proud of the fact that Plasco has been producing preforms and caps for short neck pro- ducts since 2009. Over a period of just eleven months he succeeded, in his capacity as Project Manager at the time, in converting Plasco’s entire, one way PET production, from BERICAP the plastic closure company committed to your success www.bericap.com Research and Development Developing closure solutions to meet your specific requirements Mould Technology A detailed understanding of mould design with in-house mould making facilities in Hungary and Germany Global Presence Local production in 21 strategically located factories. An on-going strategy of stregthening our global presence Capping Technology and Know-How Special advice on capping technology with on-going technical support Innovation and Flexibility Our broad range of plastic closures is the basis for generating new innovation. Our expertise covers aseptic, hot fill, barrier, anti-counter- feiting TE-systems, consumer convenience and child resistance